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Propane blast burns two Allegheny College students
Two Allegheny College students Ned Vidal 21 from Sharon and Barbara Mills of Carbondale were badly burned in a propane explosion in a cottage on Con Realit Lake near Meadville. Vidal suffered first and second degree burns over 40 percent of his body. Mills has second and third degree burns to the legs arms chest and face. The blast occurred in the Shady Avenue cottage rented by Kappa Kappa Gamma as gas continued to escape after the heater flame went out.
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