Newspaper:John Haines, Franklin Parish, La.
Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd

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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 30, 1933
Submitted January 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
 
Negro Fatally Burned When Gas Explodes
John Haines, negro, 21 years of age, employed by Mike Cummings 
of Baskin was fatally burned last night when a storage tank full 
of gasoline exploded on the Cumming's plantation.
Haines was rushed to the Winnsboro Sanitarium, but died at 2:50 
this morning. He had been burned over the entire body.
It was said the the negro had entered the small gasoline storage 
house, carrying a lighted lantern. The gas exploded just as he 
entered the door.
The gasoline storage house was a complete lost as well as a smokehouse 
nearby which contained 700 pounds of cured meat.