Stove Fire Routs 4 on So. Front St.

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A two-alarm fire routed four persons and badly damaged a home at 1134 South Front street today. Routed were Miss Mamie Buggs, 34, occupant of the first floor apartment; her niece, Betty Sanders, 3, who lives next door; Charles Wing, 37, who occupies a second floor room, and James Johnson, 56, who resides on the third floor. Wing told police he had filled a kerosene stove and then stepped outside. When he returned, he said, the stove exploded and the flaming kerosene set the room on fire. Fanned by a strong wind, the flames spread through the rear of the home. The adjoining dwelling was damaged by smoke and water. Firemen James Quinton, 42, of the Fourth and Pine station, suffered a puncture wound of his foot and was treated at Cooper hospital.

A two-alarm fire routed four persons and badly damaged a home at 1134 South Front street today. Routed were Miss Mamie Buggs, 34, occupant of the first floor apartment; her niece, Betty Sanders, 3, who lives next door; Charles Wing, 37, who occupies a second floor room, and James Johnson, 56, who resides on the third floor. Wing told police he had filled a kerosene stove and then stepped outside. When he returned, he said, the stove exploded and the flaming kerosene set the room on fire. Fanned by a strong wind, the flames spread through the rear of the home. The adjoining dwelling was damaged by smoke and water. Firemen James Quinton, 42, of the Fourth and Pine station, suffered a puncture wound of his foot and was treated at Cooper hospital.