Edgecombe County NC Archives News.....

Gardner Boy Dies At The Hospital Friday Night October 8, 1927

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"The Southerner" October 8, 1927
Was one of the Victims Of the Gas Tank Explosion On the Grounds of the 
Pinetops Elementary School Thursday Afternoon.

After lingering for a short time and suffering agonies from his burns caused by 
the explosion of a gasoline tank on the grounds of the Pinetops elementary 
school, Lawrence Gardner passed away last night at 6 o'clock.

His death marks the third casualty from this tank explosion.  The remains were 
taken to the home of his parents last night.

As long as life was in his little tortured body he remained quiet and 
apparently resigned to his fate.  He was a bright, promising young lad and his 
death has cast another cloud of sorrow over the entire county, and the 
Southerner extends to his grieved parents and friends its heartfelt sympathy.

Additional Comments:

Lawrence Gardner: Date of Birth: 9-14-1917 - Date of Death: 10-7-1927

Three other children died as a result of the explosion: Lillie Trevathan, 
Douglas Trevathan and George Ross, Jr.    

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