New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-04
A FAMILY OF SIX PERSONS FRUSTRATED BY

A FAMILY OP SIX PERSONS PRo5rRATID BY
I.HALrNG GAs-ONT SuFrocaTKp AND ASoTHrR Dr-
ISG-A fightfr discovery made at No. rs WISH
ingions, Brooklyn shortly after noon yesterday. a
family OF six persons who possessoa Of the housc
the day previous. prssed the nlt IN smaii room IN
the rear ON the brst gour. Tue weather being very
cold they put up a Franklin stove and hphisd eos
afc-closing The door and sndows they lay down aud
went ~ sleep. the bed and oihrrs on inc .o'a
and chairs while The infant was placed ~ the crniic
Tie gas lad hot been iurned OIL aud that together
with lie gas from the s,oyc OF the lids having been
taken OIL icd tic room with no1ious vspor frorn The
effects of which oil became insensibr ard Tue younges
died before then condition was discovered. Ihe Eatne
OF The u lortuuste FANNY Ia Van Buren, Tic father,
Barnett Van Buren. IS aged ~ his wife. Eubice Ann.
80; three children respectively named Ida, ~ years
old; Edward. T. end Myron. years. sister-n.law.
Mrs Martin Van Buren. also lived with the family.
Sic is ubont . years Old Mr. Van Buren, had rented
the house for the purpose OF keeping boaideis lLe
goods and furniture Were bionght Ia Thnrrday aud
every thing being in c0bfnsion they occupied The email
apall eni In which they found TO- the night The
house had been unoccupied for time. and was In
charge of coarcd Ianitor JIe called ~ Ioon more
for curiosity than anything else. 70 see bow they were
getting along Not hadns any one ai ne tsaS
Of distress proceeding from tho rear room lie
knocked but received no Hnswef. The grooming be
came distinct aud at last he ,entnred 10 OPEN the
door He found the husband and wife the bed. and
tie Others lying In different pastures about the apart
meDs; their faces frirhuily contOrtcd and very
Dyer who In the beghborbc0f. Tbs CiiccT went
into the apartment ard found the state OF nhTs inst as
the janor represented. ite 70 once hosicd the win
dOws and threw open iho door The fresh air had re-
yiying effect ami some them began 10 show 81 ns c
ie He summoned ID. Gilflcn, who ut the scene
in fen moments, and on e1ainiairg the different par
Mes pronounced them all alive, with the exception ~
Myron. the infant who was STIFF IN death
lie others stili unconscons. bat revived soon
after the application of r,mcdes with the exception OF
Mrs. Van Buren,, who from appoarance. was past re-
covery Drs. Cochran and Coroner Lynch arrived
time thereafter aud by their united Efforts ell
the father nnd tho child partially restored Mono
Of them could speak however with the exception
boy. Edward. who in answer 10 question merely said
I'm cold Everything possible was done In behalf
Of the family ana toward night they were conveyed
to the City Hospital Tho mother las mt articuated
void. She kept In igrorancc a. TO tie fatc of
her child On examining the apartment !. was found
lid Of the stove had been taken of 10 the FIRE burn
ing TOO rapidly the draft had been shut en- and the gas
from the coal Queny also escaped into the
There not the slightest ventilation and the family
going 10 sleep ia ihn poisonous atmosphere wero doubt
less rendered bo!pess Had they remained rndis
covered few bodrr longer bot oao of usm would nou
be olive Sr Nsn Buren, WIS last sinking, lgst even.
ing but there is fair prospect that the otlsrs will
eventually recover Mr. Van Buren, wa. carpenter
the repairsh0r vi the Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Coroner Lynct summoned Jury who viewed the body
OF the child Az gation into The Circumstance
will be made to day lao melancholy caused tho
greatest excitement in the neiehborhood.
RAILROAD AocIpgST.-An inquest was yes
tordsy held BY Coroner Gamble at the Nineteenth Pre-
cinct Haion House al the Body Of Johl Fitzpatrick
On Thursday afternoos the deceased woyfiDg on
the track VI the 1hirdase. Railroad Forty ninth
st.. when James Murphy. in driving u up Ito ave-
nue. accidentally ran agaipsf him. knoc king him on the
track. Before he coald ges out Of the way car NC 81
ran over him. killing him almost instantly. verdict
OF accidental death rendered by tbs Jury. who es
onerated both tho driver Of the cert and tho car. Ls
ceased was native Of Ireland aged ~ years. and re-
sided ut No. l3i Epst Forty .hfh-st. Y
TEA MrErISo.-One of the excellent ways Of
combining pleasure and perfect relaxation and improve
mont was inaugurated at the Eleventh Ward Mission
Rooms, No. 81 Avenue ID. on Thursday evening. A
soodly company of 10 assembled by Invitation
or q social entertainment. Agreeable conversation
aud chez ring music envened tie tme and Interpreted
with tea, aud bread and butter and pies aud apples
here were exsellent remarks made by the Rev. Ch1reB
lafker. Rev. Mr.. DIXON. Mr. W. r. Siney. Nj. james