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Show TEN FIRE CALLS IN LAST FEW HOURS The central fire department was I 'ailed to 132 Twenty-seventh street at o'clock this morning to ex- i linguist, a fire caused bj an exploded I range. The house Is owned by K. F. Brata but is o- upled h n colored family. 1 The water ju l et in th -iim h;il frozen and the range exploded when a roanug lire v n buill in the stove this moroluK Pire was scattered throughout tb kitchen and the oct -pants could not secure water to put it out because all the pipes wore fro-zeu. fro-zeu. The autochcinical made a burned run and soon had the fire out. No one was Injured by the explosion, although al-though the range was shattered An overheated sic United tbe SOOtl in a chimne in the resident e ol I W itrown at S62 Twenty-second street a! r : 1 5 o'clock this morning and the pipe rew to hot that the wall paper was Ignited. The damage done was slighl The past two days have been busy ones for the firemen, ten alarms having hav-ing been answer. ) Since 5 o'clock; Saturdav afternoon Despite ibe cold weather, the ln: autochemlcal I In j' st Kood work inn coudition as it was durinc the warmer weather, and nr.- difficult) jH encountered In siart-Ing siart-Ing the enginet ThroiiRh the fa1'1 ,nal , saaoi water wa-ter pipes are irozen up in tbe home!-. Ihe fire department is called when In other times the fife would l.e extinguished ex-tinguished by the occupants. |