coal oil

Example Sentences

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Over 1,000 people showed up on a drizzly night to cheer as firefighters doused buildings with coal oil and set them ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times

The inmates were doused with coal oil and gasoline as a crude disinfectant, he said.

From Seattle Times

The injury count from Fukushima, and Chernobyl is minute compared to the fallout from coal oil and gas impacts.

From New York Times

The fire, thought to be started by an explosion of a coal oil stove, burned the pre-Civil War home and its contents, forcing the Schutt family to build a new house.

From Washington Post

The mob then went back to the jail and grabbed a third black man and hanged him and - like the other two - doused him in coal oil and burned him.

From Washington Times