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Th Bulletin, Thursday, IV 1 5 PERILOUS MIXTURE Explosion that rattled1 this Btnd base- ment occurred when gas was used at cleanin j substance in electric washer. Incident clearly illustrates dangers involved I Bend firemen from misuse o By Gerald Drapeau Bulletin Staff Wrlttr Several years ago, In the tasement of an eastside dwell ing, a woman filled her electric washer with gasoline and dump ed a joad of clothes in. She flicked the switch on, and . chatted with her daughter while the clothes swirled around. In a few minutes the rank gas fumes prompted the couple to step out side. At the basement doorway the woman stopped and asked her daughter: "You don't suppose it might . blow up?" Just then the washer blew up s with a prodigious bang. Quick work by firemen saved the house from destruction, and ilie doorway luckily shielded the couple from catastrophic harm. But the consequences might have been drastically different. This example is an extreme . one among the misuses of gaso 1 line recorded in the Bend Fire .- Department log. But some of ?! the other incidents have proved more disastrous. Intended at Fuel : Says Vera Carlon, Bend Fire Department chief: "Gasoline is intended as fuel for internal combustion en gines and that's all the com panies sell it for. It's not for cleaning paint brushes or cloth es, or starting fires, or any thing else. There are a lot less ,' volatile substances on the mar ket to use for these things." Tragedy often occurs when ; gas fumes and fire mingle. Not too many years ago a Bend . : man crawled beneath his car to ; drain the fuel tank. The drop- light he was using to see with had no wire guard. While shuf fling around he kicked the bulb, ' or struck it against something, ; . and the pavement about him ? suddenly became a raging top rent of flame. A few days later he died of painful third-degree bums. In this particular episode a wire guard around the bulb i would have spelled the differ- ence. dixi even a tew uiups ut cold water can break a burning bulb. Can Create Havoc Carrying gas in glass jugs sometimes creates havoc, too. It happened in the office of a westside service station where a customer was purchasing a gallon of gas. In reaching for his billfold he knocked his jug against the counter and broke It. Fumes quickly crept across the room to an oil stove, which promptly exploded. Fortunately the occupants had enough fore warning to remove themselves from the premises in lime, but there wasn't much left of the station.; It never re-opened for business. Widener weds stewardess PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI1 Millionaire sportsman Peter A.B. Widener III married a pretty airline stewardess Wednesday night in a private ceremony kept secret until the last minute. Widener. 39, widowed by a private plane crash more than 13 monuis ago, ana r ranees Miriam (Mlml) Crenshaw, 22, wera married in the First Bap tist Church at Palm Beach Gardens. Widener Is heir to the $100 million estate of the Widener family which won fame for its thoroughbred race horses and for whom the flOO.000 Widener Handicap at Hlalfah Park track Is named. Advertise your house In the monev makine. money saving classifieds. You'll b amazed! I March 12, 19M 21 nofe dangers f gasoline "Something else to remember about a glass jug," cautions Carlon, "is that it makes an ideal magnifying glass if the sun strikes it just so. With gas inside you're just inviting dan ger." Fumes Ignite The most recent episode In volving gas and fire occurred a couple of weeks ago in a Bend driveway. A resident was drain ing the fuel tank of his auto, us ing a gasoline lantern for light ing. He had set the lantern on the pavement a good 20 feet away, but the gas fumes even tually reached it anyway. The result was a nasti tire wrucn ignited some debris and class blades but. luckily, not the man. The lantern's position close to tne eartn made it an easy target. "Understand this about gas," the chief warns. Its fumta are heavier than air and therefore always seek the lowest level. Fire or electricity near the ground are most susceptible to gas. - v "But the best thing," he adds, "is to keep these elements miles apart. 1 1 3U2NJLr 1 1 another famous name joins THE OWL camera department! Coniessamat 35 Kll fVjmSj! for Automatic picture-taking-color and black and white? Just aim and shoot built-in light meter sets shutter automatically! Fast 112.8 lens, "Command Panel" viewfinder and other exclusive Zeiss-lkon features. Specially gift-priced kit includes Contessamst, Eveready case, Ikoblilz 5 folding flash gun and lens shade all for less than THE when gasoline is misused. Bend Fire Department has extensive records of accidents caused by mingling of ges fumes with electricity or fire. (Old Bend Fire Department photo). Firm proposals for inter-tie asked by Interior Department WASHINGTON (UPD- Firm proposals for nonfederal con struction of nign-voitage trans mission lines to connect the Pa cific Northwest and the Pacific Southwest have been asked by April 17, the Interior Depart ment reported Wednesday. Assistant Interior Secretary Kenneth Holum said the pro posals would be measured against a "yardstick" consisting of a federal plan for construc tion of the interconnection. Criteria to be met have been furnished to 11 utilities and other agencies interested i n building part or ail of the inter tie, Holum said. The plan, as prepared by the Interior Department, calls for two high-voltage interties be tween the Pacific Northwest, Northern California and the Colorado River systems. "Wa are asking the utilities and companies to demonstrate that they can build these lines and move the power better than the federal government, and at comparable costs," Holum said. 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