OXYGEN TANK LEAK ON HYDROGEN-POWERED AMBULANCE CAUSES FLOOD

Two parts hydrogen apparently combined with one part oxygen, creating a flash flood just south of Dick’s Souffle Chalet on Beeker St. around noon yesterday.

According to Assistant Fire Chief Mickle Dipford, the surge of water resulted from exhaust from an experimental hydrogen-burning ambulance mixing with oxygen leaking from a tank aboard the vehicle.

“About 30-foot of Polly Ann Measle’s fence got tore up, but nobody got hurt,” said a relieved Dipford who picked his tooth gap with his left thumbnail.