Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vandecar, Carlton 1934
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Portland Observer, 18 Jan 1934

Carlton Vandecar, 24-year-old farmer, living four miles north and a half mile 
west of Lake Odessa, died Wednesday morning from burns sustained in an 
explosion of gasoline in his barn at 10 o’clock Tuesday night.  

Vandecar was pouring fuel into the tank by the light of a lantern when the 
explosion occurred, showering him with burning gasoline.  Aflame from head to 
foot, he dashed out of the barn in which the blast took place and ran to a 
neighbor’s house, where the fire was smothered.  His wife tried to halt him in 
the yard of his home that she might smother the fire but he dashed past her.

The large barn and all its contents, including three horses and five hogs were 
destroyed by the fire.  The loss was estimated to have been about $5,000.


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