The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-07
POOR MAGGIE HEATING.
A Servant at the Franklin Street
House Killed by Gas.
TWO OTHERS BARELY ESCAPED.
Maggie Went to Her Room Late and I'm
Some Way Failed tn Shut on the Gas
When She Put 1t Out-Aiice and Julia
Survive.

The deadly gas got in its work again
this morning This time it was in the
Franklin Street House on Franklin
street near high. Three employees were
the victims. One was asphyxiated and
the others are lying dangerously i'll in the
RHODE ISLAND Hospital.
Alice Donovan. aged 40 years, n cook IN
the establishment and Julia Linahan, %
years old, pantry girl, retired about their
usual hour last night, In room on the
fourth floor Maggie Heating dish
washer, roomed toere Also but her duties
kept her up later than usual and she did
not go To bed until several hours after her
room mates had fallen asleep.
Maggie was quite young. only 90 years
old, and had been in this country about
five months. Her experience with gas
was limited. When she reached her
room last night, where her companions
were soundly sleeping. and extinguished
the light preparatory TO retiring, she in
advertently, or otherwise left the gas
turned on while the room was left in
darkness Perhaps she blew it out. No
one knows. The windows were tightly
closed so were the doors, and but little
air was circulating.
AT o'clock this morning Joe Maloney,
the porter, was making his rounds and
heard suppressed groans coming from the
room occupied by the three girls. He
stopped and caught the sound OF stertori-
Gus breathing, followed by the suppressed
exclamation, presumably from the cook
Alice. Get out OF my bed" de paid no
more attention to this incident
At 8 o'clock this morning, as was his
duty, he went up, knocked loudly on the
door OF this room OF death and bade the
girls prepare TO resume their daily rou-
N m Nn oAa a
ing gas reached him.
But hfteen minutes later when Annie
Sheehan, another domestic, who had been
sleeping in that room, fortunately not
having slept there last night, went up to
get working dress and opened the door.
the rnsn OF the escaping gas was sicken-
ing.
She Immediately summoned Joe Ma
loney, the porter, who in turn called
Thomas II. Lyman. proprietor of the
house. The light which filtered through
the closed blinds was dim and fitful and
the horrible scene id not break upon
them until Mr.. Lyman broke open the
Stats and glass and then, lying on the
floor, near their beds, were seen the bod
les of Alice Donovan and Julia Linaban.
They were attired only in their night
robes and confusedly distorted. In her
bed, half uncovered, one arm under her
head the other on the coverlid, lay Maggie
Keating. Her features were calm but
her lips gave no response to the shakes
and cries designed to awake her.
Her body was cold and clammy and life
was probably extinct even then. Drs.
Morgan and Halter and Medical Exaini-
ner Palmer were hastily summoned A
cursory examination showed that the
keating girl was dead; so they devoted
their attention to the living.
Miss Linahan soon recovered sufficiently
70 be removed to the hospital. but Alice
Donovan appeared not TO have so much
vitality. Brandy was given her aud
hypodermic injections made into her arm
and leg. Those attentions, with vigor.
Gus tanning and plenty of fresh air, had
the desired effect. and she revived.
The body of NJ ggie keating was given
in charge of Undertaken Mouahan TO
await the arrival of ~ brother of Miss
Keaing, who lives at East Weymouth,
Mass, and was telegraphed Tor this
morning.
1t is remarked on all hands that luckily
for all concerned, no one attempted to
light the gas this morning. Had a match
been ligh. ed III that dark, gas-filled room,
the resulting explosion would have
wrecked the house and killed many peo-
pie.
At the hospital late this afternoon both
OF the survivors OF the accident last night
were improving and the doctors pro-
nounced them to be out OF danger.