Relatives here have been advised that the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Sibley Dorton of Shelby was carried to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of burns received when a kitchen range in the Dorton home exploded Tuesday afternoon.
Water pipes in the Dorton home froze during the cold spell, according to reports here, and when a fire was made in the stove Tuesday the water in the pipes expanded and caused the boiler on the range to explode. Dr. and Mrs. Dorton and daughter were in the kitchen at the time and while all were burned the child’s injuries are the more serious.
Scalding water and parts of the boiler were scattered over the room, relatives here were advised, and the child was severely burned in several places on her body.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1925
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