M. Courtais (Bourdeaux) 1858, 17 September A Photographic Accident
Magazine page Google Books Published in "The Photographic News", Vol.1, No.2, Sept 17, 1858, p.20,
A Photographic Accident. As M. Courtais, a photographer of Bordeaux, was a few evenings ago engaged in his laboratory, a bottle of sulphuric ether suddenly burst, and igniting at a candle set fire to his clothes. In a short time he was enveloped in flames, and rushed down stairs, where some persons extinguished the fire. He was, however, so horribly burned that he expired the next day.
