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Milt4m .IniK-l*00—Explosion of ftgasoline lantern started fire which completely destroyed the barn andcontents in the John Jones farm, occupied by the George Jones family. four miles northeast of Milton in the town of Milton, at 6:30 p.m. Friday. George Jones was bad'yburned about the hands.The fire destroyed 42 head ofthoroughbred Holstein cattle, five horses, se\ en brood sows, a number of pigs. and all the hay andgrain in the barn. Loss, partly covered by insurance, will run between $10,000 and $12,000.The gasoline lantern exploded afew minutes after Mr. Jones had set it on the barn floor to rearrangethe fodder for one of the cows, liehad finished milking and his wife and two-year-old daughter had leftthe barn for tiif house. Jones w.isCarrying a kerosene lantern in hi* hand.Mrs. Jones said she had just reached the house when she heard the explosion and saw- the blinding flash. Mr. Jones was so shocked and dazed that he injured his shoulder In leaving the barn andrunning immediately to the road.where he hailed the first passingcar, dm en by the neighborhood school teache r. She summoned thetown of Milton fire department from Milton Junction, from theAlf Addie farm nearby.By the time neighbors reach d the place the barn was a blazing mass and efTorts to fight the fir*were useless. Several horses which managed to leave the barn wereso badly burned it was necessary to shoot them. The fire department succeeded In s*\ing the machine shed.The gasoline lantern that exploded was found later, a wrecked rr.aaa full of holes.The barn was modern with the exception of electric lights. GeorgeJones, t ho tenant, to a son of JohnJones. Milton Junction, who owns the farm. Saturday he still suffered effects cf the shock, burns on hi* hands, and an injury to his shoui-11 ♦ r
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Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Feb 25, 1933
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