Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated August 22, 1950 reads, "While hoses spray the still gaseous air, Father James P. Manning (arrow), a visitor here from New York, risks personal injury today as he solmenly [sic] reads last rites over gas-blasted pit where three workers were entombed in explosion at Seventh street near Main street. He donned fire clothes for protection. Battalion Chief H. M. Norville holds [caption cut] fire hat over Bible to protect it also."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Priests--New York (State) Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--California--Los Angeles Natural gas--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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