New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-04
SAVED BY THE INSURANCE PATROL
MANY FAMILIES HALF sUFFOCATED.

GAS LEAK IN TRNEMgNT House NEARLY KILLS
FROM DOZEN TO TWENTY PEOPLE.
Aftor putting out nre which destroyed property
worth $500 in IAnges bakery and store &C No. 672
Thirdave carly onMonday morning. the nremea found
gas escaping from broken coupling Of the main service
pipe under tho hallway Az tho floor Of the store had
been out away places to let water ON the flames
in the bakery escaping gas through tho house
without dimcuty. II not easy TO got plumbers to
repair the broken pipe on holiday but some WORK
men went at the Job and managed to rcpsr the break
before dark. Tho work could not have been done
thoroughly.
John r. Arnold. Of Insurance Patrol No. 8. who had
been loft in charge the bakery noticed that the gas
was escaping again about IL d. Before that hour SIX
employees Of Mr. Lange had gone TO sleep In three rooms
that were IN the Of the store. They were Lena
Ludugirt, Maggie Williams. Augustus Truman Fred
erick Anderson. Otto Bernhard and Simon Schmidt
The girls slept in middle Bernhardt q stout
baker OF middle age and Schmidt Lad Of sixteen wero
in a room nearest the hallway Arnold opened tho
windows of the store to let Of the gas out and ne
also opened the windows in the rear or the room III
which Anderson and Truman were sleeping. Then ne
through the house and awoke members OF every
family. to ling open windcws and not to strike
q light there was danger from the gas. He found
several persons who were suherag slightly from gas
poisoning. A the night wore on the smell OF gas De-
Game worse, and at a yesterday Arnold made an
other tour the house II his instructions had
been complied with
found the occupants Of the upper stories In about
the same condition mis- last visit woman VINO
lived IN the next house, No. &c. told Arnold that gas
mad kept Ter awake He went up through that house
also to warn tho occupants Then lie returned 70
Langes store down. Before ue was aware OF IL
had dued his senses AMI ne was In
"A doZe. he awakened by sudden bump on the
Huor The hoy suhiuibt had fallen out Of bed.
Aroused to a sense Of dan ger. but weak from tue
effects OF the gas Arnold opened the door OF the room
and dragged the boy into the ball The na door was
I'm
sumber he revived soon as he was dragged INTO
tue hall lie went out on the sidewalk and shouted LOT
heap. while Arnold tried to carry out oe OF the girls
both Of wnun insensibe Policemen ran into tbe
house to find Arnold III faint In the hall where ne naa
fallen with his apparently lfeess burden. The police
carried everybody the floor TO the open air ana
summoned anbulanccs All the sufferers soon revived
and IL was not necessary to take OF them To hos
pal search through the two houses resulted III tho
finding Of half dozen persVus who had been over
come by tao gas Mrs Mary Din ana her baby on the
second floor Of No. 672 carried out aud AR was
pumped into their lungs before they revived Pafrck
ConneIs three children, thr third hoor and Louis
Goo ear bar,er. nad to be treated In the Same way
Tie MuIligan family, the rst floor OF No. 90, were
a hall comatose condition when they we're rescued.
Many other persons In the houses complained or heao
and dIzzinrss aud the ambulance surgeons spent
couple of there before all the people were consid
cred OF danger.