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- By GLENN GAVILLER Niagara Gazette
LOCKPORT - Lockport police said a propane heater apparently was to blame for an explosion and fire in a camping trailer that killed a Florida man early Tuesday at 646 Niagara St. County Coroner Kenneth Lederhouse pronounced Clarence Miller, 82, of Ocala, Fla., dead at the scene of the 5: 15 a.m. fire. Police said the trailer was parked behind the house of Miller's son, Richard, with two 35 pound propane cylinders next to it. Christopher Molisani of Cambria told police be was all his way to work when he saw the fire and checked the trailer for occupants, only to find the door locked, Molisani then woke up Richard Miller and his wife to call the fire department. Molisani told Officer Edward Ott he went back to the trailer and broke a window, A small explosion occurred, he said. Detective Robert LaForest said the explosion apparently occurred when the propane cylinders outside the trailer were heated by the fire inside the trailer. Lederhouse said results of an autopsy performed Tuesday afternoon at the Erie County Medical Center should be received today. Foul play was ruled out, he said. "He died from the heat and the explosion itself." Lederhouse said.
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MILLER - Clarence E., passed away suddenly at his home, 646 Niagara St., Tuesday, June 3, 1986. Husband of Jane Duckworth Heitman Miller; father of Jack, Richard (Virginia) and Darlene Thomsen, all of Lockport; step-father of Mrs. Isabelle Hurst and Howard (Audrey) Heitman, both of Lockport. Also survived by several grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Prudden & Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee St., where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30. Interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
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1903 - 1986 (82 years)