Hasn’t this guy ever heard of sleeping pills?

Blast Levels Manhattan Town House; Inquiry Focuses on Injured Owner

A gas explosion destroyed a four-story town house on the Upper East Side yesterday morning, and law enforcement officials said they were investigating whether the thunderous blast was a bizarre last chapter in a divorce battle over who would end up owning the building.

Chunks of flying plaster and shards of glass injured four people walking along the street outside as the house collapsed in a cloud of dust and smoke that hung over the skyline. Ten firefighters were also hurt, as was the husband in the divorce case, identified by the police as Dr. Nicholas Bartha, a 66-year-old internist who lived in the building and had his office there.

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