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NOVEMBER 5, 1941 FIREMAN HURT IN EXPLOSION CRITICALLY BURNED WHEN ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT IGNITES ALCOHOL James S. Gass, 49, of 1231 South Fleming Avenue, member of the Dallas Fire department for eleven years, sustained critical burns Wednesday when he dropped an electric tester on a can of alcoholic fluid, causing an explosion which burned his body before fellow firemen could come to his rescue. His condition was considered extremely serious. The explosion occurred in the repair shop of Fire Station 1, at Ross and Leonard Streets. Gass was at work on a battery-charging plug, using an electric tester. When he hung up the tester without breaking the circuit it fell, landing on a can containing one quart of carburetor-cleaning fluid. The metal contact caused the sudden explosion. Bill Latimer and O. C. martin, firemen, extinguished the flames in a few seconds, receiving hand burns. Gass was taken to Baylor hospital in a pickup truck at the station. Damage at the station was negligible. Fellow firemen said that Mrs. Gass was in Methodist Hospital and was the mother of a five-day-old son. Deaths and funeral Notices GASS, James Sims, passed away Friday at a local hospital. Residence, 1231 South Fleming, age 40. Survived by his wife, Ida Gass; two sons, Jimmy Leo and Billy Russell; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Bohn, Mrs. Kate P Goldberg and Mrs. Addie Dodd, all of Dallas, brother, W. A. Gass, Vinta, Okla. Services 3 p.m. Saturday, chapel of Lamar and Smith, Rev. Herbert Dudley officiating. Pallbearers O. C. Martin, Redwine, Wilson King, Pruitt, Hubert Hahnl, C O Towers. |