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Show Mrs. Robert Stewart Injured Range Explodes .and Crushes Her Face and Head and Burns Her Severely. House Wrecked. Mrs. llobert Stewart, of the Fifth ward, was terribly Injuictl Filday morning by tho explosion of a range, which also very nearly demolished tho Iiouse. Mrs Stcwaat's face and head were. terribly cut, bones were crushed and It Is not cctaln jet that she is critically injuied. As she lay unconscious uncon-scious on tho lloor her clothing caught lire and burned one of Iter limbs very badly. But for tin fact that tier husband hus-band was near ttio building at the time It is possible that she might have burned to death. The accident happened shortly after eight, Just after Mr. Stewart had started for the A. C. and was the Result Re-sult of tho freezing of the waterplpo connections. The range was blown all to pieces, a hole was blown through the celling, windows were blown out arid the dcois oil. Fortunately Mr.s StewarJ was standing lit the-sidc of the stove rather than bending over It, else she mint hae been killed outright. out-right. Children In the next room escaped es-caped without Injury. Mr. Stewart was not far from home, heard the ox-p'oslon ox-p'oslon and rushed back in time to save Ills wife fiom death by fire. Physicians were on .hand I in mediately me-diately and rendered prompt service. It is not known how badly Mrs Stcwatt Is injured the case appears to bo critical 1 |