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Show EXPLOSION IN A HOME ON WALLAVE. Mrs. Sarah James, 77 years of age, was so severely burned by a explosion of powder yesterday afternoon that she Is confined to her bed at her home, 2757 Wall avenue, Mrs. James was cleaulng a granary Jn tho rear of her homo and bad gathored up the refuse, including whnt she supposed was a quantity of dust of many years accumulation. The sweepings were thrown Into the kitchen kit-chen firo when a terrific explosion occurred, oc-curred, blowing off the top, of tho stovo and sending a sheet of flamo high aboo tho nged woman's head, enveloping Mrs. James' face In fire. Aid was quickly tendered and a doctor doc-tor summoned The physician said that Mrs James' eves were saved by the glasses she "wore, but her faco was badly burned. The powder In the granary had been stored there forty years ago and its presence had been forgotten. |