Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 21
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 24, 1902
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GASOLINE LAMP EXPLODES.
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Herron's Drug Store Narrowly Escapes Fire.
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       About 9 o'clock Friday a.m, a gasoline lamp exploded in the Herron drug store and ignited the partition wall between the drug store and the bottling works.
       It was only the prompt action of the clerks and the work of the fire department which prevented a serious and most damaging fire.  As it was the loss is about $100.  Mr. Scales the prescription clerk, had one of his hands severely burned.

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