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Show EXPLOSIONS OF ! WATERJACKETS Home of T. B. Evans Blown Up at an Early Hour This Morning I Mrs. Evans Only Slightly Injured, But Two Rooms Art Wrecked Fire Sunday Caused by Bursting Range. I Frozen water jackets in ranges 'caused half a dixen disastrous explo slons this morning and yesterday after af-ter heavy fires had been built In the stoves. Several people had narrow escapes from death when the large pieces of steel were thrown about the room. The moBt disastrous explosion occurred oc-curred at the home of President T B. Brans at ?'6S Twenty-fourth street, this morning at 7:80 o'clock, when the waterjneket burst and the large steel range In the hitches wns blown to pleros 1'ieres of steel were thrown in all direction, filling the cellini: and a a lis of the kltoln and dining rooms with particles of slc.il ami iron rang ing In size from an inch to tour inches inch-es square, breaking four windows practically demolishing tin- dining room table and breaking dishes In the pantry and on the sideboard The family was left without a stove to prepare 'he morning meal nml about the first order made bv Mr Evans was for a new range PoTtU-l nately no one was severely injured but Mrs Evans v. hit by a piece of steel which was hurled across the dining room, slightly bruising one of her feet. The explosion was terrific and ere lated considerable excitement In the , neighborhood The neighbors t bought the house had been dynamited Re- mm i -. -n -iT-o i. .sides the utter destruction of the JnnL-e. the damage to the illnini: room and Kitchen will amount to considerable consider-able The most serious explosion of Sunday Sun-day morning was thai which occurred at the residence of .1 ;. Teuseher, 2U6C Douglass aenue, yesterda;, iiiorninR at 8 o'clock. A fire had been built in the stove and Mrs. TeuschT and daughter were standing near when the explosion ton- fT the top ol th stove, kno kinft the mother and daughter to the floor The mother was eut with the flinp particles, but the child was fortunate Id escaping with a feu bruises. Mr Teusi.her. at the time, wal at lending services in the ward meeting house and was hur iledly called home. The fire department was called to the home of Dr F (. Osgood, 1026 Twenty-fourth street, nt 8: JO o'clock yesterdns hiomlng when the stove exploded, ex-ploded, throwing lighted coals over the room Dr Osgood had just left the kitchen when n terrific explosion wrecked the Stove and shook the en tire house When he hurried to the kitchen he saw what had occurred and seut in a call to the department The boys from station No 2 re sponded and had the fire extinguish' ed in a few minutes This was the second fire in 24 hours at Dr Osgood's Os-good's home. |