While The Iron Flew

WHILE THE IRON FLEW

THE DELTA U'S WERE QUIETLY DREAMING IN THEIR BEDS

A Kitchen Range Blown to Pieces and the House Set Fire Through a Frozen Steam Pipe

The members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, residing in the Ashley homestead, No. 522 Monore st. , were shocked Tuesday morning. They had a practical illustration of the old adage "there is many a slip between the cup and the lip." They were in their little beds dreaming of the delicious breakfast their cook, James Brown. was preparing in the kitchen. But it was not theirs to enjoy the breakfast. A pipe had frozen in the interior of the range and when it became heated steam formed and in an instant there was an explosion. Pieces of the range flew all over the kitchen producing an effect as if one of Gen. Otis' machine guns had been stirring np the bow and arrow corps of Gen. Aguinaldo's army. The only man to represent this army however, was Brown, the cook, who just escaped. He was putting his head through the kitchen door when crash went the stove and pieces of iron flew around his head and he was able to retire in good order. The force of the explosion was so great that piece of the iron were driven through the sides of the kitchen. The red hot coal was scattered around the room and the wood work, curtains and floor were set on fire. The fire department was telephoned to and arrived promptly on the spot and extinguished the flames before damage to exceed $200 was done.