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etTHREE DIEIN FLAMESthSffoAT PIXLEYwIrCOtothBCa r toBlStatic Ignite Gasoline e; Vapor as Auto Passes Truck on RoadWRAPPED IN FIREJack Butterfield of Bakersfield and Two Unidentified Japs KilledJack Bultorfielrf of Baktrafleld, driver of a Richfield Oil tank truck,' I and two unidentified Japanese, ilrlv :1nS Ford car. were lnrinerated by * y jflames started by static electricity, on 1,10 Frenu road, two miles out of Plxloy, 'about JO o’clock last night.The tragedy wae witnessed by L.CHaas, local representative of the Uroat RepuMic l.lfe Immranca com.I1'my. who aa»r the wwift uyiuah of lull- • name us the Ford and the truck rtiw , abreast a mile- itheml of him r:n theFwii; m In.jol.?road.I ‘■Thom no Oipl0St0D,'r llfi HhIiI. I (ai saw * bn Fiwri with the Jap* draw L„.on;.arguesCH‘EOlsc.toc up oi«nWo of the trubk, Trtb going ,: .*^11 u the same direction. : „1‘I’- 'T Biiw tin-1 truck nwnrvc noma tlm' ^ 1mini to make room, swlinjhg tllO», I 11,0 .trailer out o£ ihc way of the Ford. ! _ rj '-’'ho :ioxt thing r puw was a. sheet 1 01 of flame which Heeteicil to rise up bo-t'veen Lljr* Foul ami the truck.By 'he line w* reach o«l the scl-tui, the driver of -t.hi* truck wan off ilij *C-ul, lying on tho road 50 fuec •mil-;from the truck, wjih his dothos tat i. Umnod off bin. j [,Tj- Bnlti U;c truck and th* Fold ivGre : ,'l: jftr.5 enwrapped in flumes, but Lbcrc was -on/ «tlU no cfxplnvSnn. \lJ]“lVn htoyed nboul tho hccuo for some time, while about 50 people tgathered. for the flatuea liglied «p Jind'thc country for miles. The Imdie:;; were removed and taken to Pixley.Rlt;thincr- a--i.mn.1 lie f ub.nl •lice, over 11, ton Jna-andAt Pixley b call was fjodc In for tho j coroner. All ettort to establish tlio ,u Identity of tie Japanese fulled lant night.rintterfleld’t Id Ant it y wt-O est.ab-llaliuil ljy 51i“i. John Cclluttl. wife of the truck contractor for the lllchflold company. She sent her heGband's foreman to th-* scone op tlie report of nlu-r'tha accident to the ltic.hftoic. truck, and |He telephoned his Idoallflcatl'i.nctd- AmF..UD0 e ap-fevil.ulted'iKlURJur.k Uuttctfiiild, the drlvei of t.ho truck, whoau home In on H street. wuh well known ubout Bakers field. He Is the oejibcw of L. Butterfield o£ lots Eye Street. He ig «uivi\ed by a wife and litiki haby.Some time ago BuitevfUdd was Injured -in a motorcycle accilent bo seriously thnt he lost hie leg, ttnd wore un artificial one. jJack Butterfield was atout 221 euth-1 years old, bo:n und raided la Bakers* anted 'field, where ilii fimiily 1s on I of the icrcii, eld re»id«Jitb. lie is the suu of Lee i (]«iButterilold, who ranches usar Hak-up to i er afield. Biller field had been drlv-|i::g for Culottl about a yes.r. .after eloping up'the partnership ol Buttur-ficldft Tibbs, uuto repair garage.He lived with bis wife or. Kighth slraet. The UOWa of his deuth was witbliOld from her last ni^ht. Sh,e was told thr.t he bad boeu injured. HIb mother asas proBtrated by the news.ML(tlw‘.0ClrsFRANK ALBERS DIE3
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Bakersfield Morning Echo
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1926
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