Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Daily News reporter Brooks Barnes points to an apartment where a gas explosion occurred. The apartment was located on 932 S. Mariposa and the explosion occurred when 58-year-old Fred Gastmann lit a match in his gas-filled kitchen. Gastmann suffered first, second, and third-degree burns. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Explosion - wrecked apartment building at 932 S. Mariposa St., LA (Brooks Barnes pointing). Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Explosion 932 S. Mariposa.
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b&w nitrate negative
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Reporters--American--California--Los Angeles Newspaper employees--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Disaster Los Angeles Daily News (firm) employees Barnes, Brooks
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