Just then an automobile passed,
    Its body painted green—
The bullet struck its side and pierced
    The tank of gasolene.

A loud explosion followed and
    A tremor shook the air!
The passengers were tossed aloft
Amidst the smoke and glare!

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 4.

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