Show BLOWN THROUGH ROOf poor IN I A SOUND P s Leaked from rou stove All Night When Man M n Struck Match M Early rj in i the Morning Terrific Explosion followed Wrecking V House 25 Injured Throwing an au entire neighborhood into a pan panic c injuring injuring ing twenty five persons two to of yh whom ln are not expected to live a and and d wrecking reeking a house bouse J a gas explosion also caused a afire afire afire fire in Pittsburg today The man who struck the match which caused the explosion explosion ex ex- ex- ex was not dangerously injured but two other perSons persons persons per per- sons in jU the house were ere blown through the roof Other sleepers were yere hurled from their beds by the jar which was as s similar to a an earthquake shock Windows s in other houses near by were yere shattered and plaster fell on occupants injuring them theIne PITTSBURG NOV 15 ABOUT ABOUT 25 PERSONS S WERE INJURED TODAY TWO FATALLY AND A DWELLING DWELLING DWELL VELL ING HOUSE WAS TORN TO PIECES WHEN AN EXPLOSION N OF NATURAL NATURAL AL GAS OCCURRED IN A HOUSE LOCATED AT ELM STREET THIS CITY IN THE FIRE WHICH FOLLOWED VED TWO FIREMEN WERE WEBB SEVERELY BURNED MRS 1 SARAH CROSSMAN GROSSMAN BLOWN THROUGH THE ROOF JACOB BERGMAN BLOWN THROUGH THROUGH THE THE ROOF Se Seriously injured Three members of the Grossman Crossman family fam Lam nT ily- ily Three members member of the foidel family which also occupied the house E Esh Esher h r r Bolner a guest of the Cross Cross- mans incus- About fourteen fourte n other persons in th neighborhood received injuries when windo windows n in their homes were were shattered by tho concussion and plaster fell upon them Gas Stove Leaked d. d Apparently gas as had been heen leaking frO froni a 3 kitchen stove all ni night M. M Early today when hen a match match- was struck im in th the lower portion of th the house to light ht the stove stoe there thero was vas a terrific explosion i The ho hou house se e was torn to pieces The roof was blown high into the air and the front and rear of the dw dwelling ning cola collapsed sect Mrs Grossman Crossman and Jacob Bergerman a a- boarder apparently receIved re re- the full force of ot the explosion both being blown from their beds eds through the tile roof root They were fatally Injured injured In- In n. n by the subsequent tall fail and fire Other niem of the families which occupied the housu bous were thrown from bed h by the concussion and severely severely se- se verely injured d. d Marvelous Escape Mr Ir Crossman Grossman who struck the match escaped with a severe ret but not fatal inJo in- in Jo jur- jur ry Occupants in adjoining houses were were- injured and for a time timo the entire neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- was panic stricken The monetary loss is about |