Tenant and her daughter rented a house from Landlord. On or about December 17, 1983, all water ceased to flow to the premises and Tenant sent notice of the loss of water to Landlord. Landlord instructed Tenant to turn up the heat and to use a blow dryer on the water pipes. Tenant followed Landlord’s instructions with little success. Landlord also stated that he would try to get a plumber. Later, Landlord notified Tenant that he was having difficulty obtaining a plumber because of the large number of frozen pipes throughout St. Louis, and that she could contact her own plumber. Tenant made no attempt to contact a plumber and on December 30, 1983, the premises flooded, damaging Tenant’s furniture and personal items. Tenant immediately informed Landlord of this condition and Landlord then turned off the water flow to the home, after the water company had attempted but failed to do so.