Show yA FATAL NATURAL GAS fXPWSION House is Wrecked and Twentyfivo Persons Injured as Result of Gas Leaking from Stove Two of the Occupants of the IllFatea Building Were Blown From Their Beds Through the Roof and Were Fatally Injured Pittsburg About twentyflvo persons per-sons were Injured two fatally and a dwelling house was torn to pieces when nn explosion of natural gas occurred oc-curred In n house located at 103 Elm street this city on Friday In tho fire which followed two firemen were severely burned Tho fatally Injured Mrs Sarah Grossman blown through the roof Jacob Bergman blown through the roof Seriously Injured Three members mem-bers of the Grossman family Esher Bolner a guest of the Grossmans About fourteen other persons in tho neighborhood received Injuries when windows In their homes were shattered shat-tered by the concussion and plaster rem upon tncin Apparently gas had been leaking from a kitchen stove all night Early Friday when n match was strucK In the lower portion of tho house to light the stove there was a terrific ox plosion The house was torn to pieces The roof was blown high Into the air and the front and rear of the dwelling collapse Mrs Grossman and Jacob Bergerman a boarder apparently received re-ceived the full force of the explosion both being blown from their beds through the roof They were fatally Injured by tho subsequent fall ana fireOther Other members of the families which occupied the houso were thrown from bed by tho concussion and severely Injured Mr Grossman who struck the match escaped with a severe but not fatally Injury Occupants In adjoining ad-joinIng houses were Injured and for 7 time the entire neighborhood was pan icstricken |