Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1914 — WATER FRONT OF RANGE EXPLODED [ARTICLE]

WATER FRONT OF RANGE EXPLODED

Range Was Wrecked, Kitchen Windows Shattered and James E. Walters Badly Injured. •\ . ' '■ The explosion of the water front of a cooking range this Friday morning at 'the home of James E. Walters in the B. L. Sayler property on North Forest street, resulted in damage exceeding SIOO and the severe injury of Mr. Walters, while Mrs. Walters was slightly injured. The explosion seems to have been caused by steam which formed in the water cavity after the pipes had frozen up.

■ Mr. Walters was seated at a small table in the kitchen and Mrs. Walters and their little son were standing nearby. > The explosion came without warning. The" front of the stove was shattered and driven into the wall which was only about three feet away. The 'top of the range was twisted backward, the firebox was shattered, the lire falling beneath into the ash box. - One lid of the stove was driven through the ceiling and parts of the metal struck the walls and ceiling in- several places Two windows in the kitchen were torn out,' and also the window in a pantry. Every window was broken and the sash shattered. The safe and china closet was struck by flying messles of steel and the glass broken out and several dishes broken. On piece of metal struck Mr. Walters on the right arm, inflicting a deep cut and severing an artery. He suffered considerably from loss of blood before the arrival of Dr. Gwin, who found it necessary to take several stitches to close the wound. Mrs. Walters was struck on the back of the head and on the right cheek, causing bruises that are not serious. The little boy was uninjured. The range was a standard make and was as good as new, having been purchased only four or five years ago. The water front was a new one, havitag been put into the stove only two weeks ago. The range is a total wreck and can not ■be repaired. Mr. Walters suffered some from the .shock and the loss of blood and it necessary to be put in bed/The damage from the explosion will doubtless exceed SIOO. '

F. E. Hart, who sold his drugstore to Nordyke & Co. about a year ago, has purchased a drugstore at Anderson, Ind., and took immediate possession. His son, Harold, who has held a position with a large drug firm at Indianapolis, will be associated with him in business. Mr. Hart was engaged in the drug business here tor over twenty-five years,—Wolcott Correspondent to'-'Monticello Herald. Our (friend, J. A. Stephenson, who gets out a cracking fine paper at Williamsport and has made it so lively that all competition has faded away, is soon to have another paper as competition, according to reports. The new man will be none other than T. A. Clifton, w'ho founded The Review, which Mr. Stephenson now in 1891. ‘ Since then he has occupied, a number of different fields, all with fair success. Williamspbrtj however, is a one-newspaper town and Mr. Clifton will doubtless find it ]>oor picking, just as odr friend AT Kitt did at Goodland.