COOKED BY ESCAPING STEAM.
C. D. Markle May Die From Result of
Exploding Heater.
C. D. Markle, aged 52, 2138 Locust street, Kansas City, Kas., may die as the result of being scalded by the explosion of a hot water heater in the Merchants' Refrigerating Company plant at 550 Walnut street at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Markle is an engineer. His flesh was cooked from head to foot, and he was taken to the emergency hospital after the accident, where he was treated. Later he was taken home.