John Coughlan -1895

COUGHLAN

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 3/5/2020 at 20:28:20

Cascade Pioneer, Cascade, Iowa, Friday, January 4th, 1895

Victim to Force of Habit

John Coughlan, of Sioux City, used a quart of gasoline to clean his clothing. When he got through he scratched a match on the seat of his pants to light a cigar. He was immediately enveloped in flames, and was fatally burned.