The evening world., 1893-10-19
TRAGEDY IN The PARK
Three Policemen and . Civilian
Found Overcome by Gas
Two Die on Tho Crequet Ground
Before Help Arrives.


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Cured In Central Park late last night,
and by which thrse men, two or them
Park policemen, lost their Hives, wan
discovered at $40 o'clock his morning.
AT that hour Park Policeman Cain.
who had beats Nos. 8 and 4 in the Park.
heard a whistling noise comirg from
the direction Of Park Policeman George
Rogan's post. beats Nos. 1 and q
Cain thought the noise was a signal
for assistance, and ran In the direction
from which IL came. He located The
VIII sitting on the croQuet grounds, and,
while nearing the frame structure there
known az the "basebalI house." heard
sroans. They came from inside the
building.
Cain tried the door. but found IL
locked. He entered by forcing open .
window, aud immediately his nostriis
were ussalled by an almost o~verpower-
ing smell of gas.
The uan came from the s~entlemen's
toilet room, and Cain CROPPED his way
In hat direction.
He stumbled over a mans body and
fell. Striking . match and holding It
over the body Cain recognized It as that
Of a brother policeman, James Hayes.
A few feet raways-Cain saw the pros-
trate form of another man I'm q park
policcman's Uniform. II was that OF
Policeman. David Lyons. Both were un-
conscious.
Policeman Cain kicked open the door Of
the building. so hat the gas. which had
almost flied the room could escape. and
then entered the toiies-room from which
the groans ne had heard proceeded.
In separate closets he found Park
Policeman George Rogan and q citizen
Of the name Of Thomas Furey. They, too
were unconscious.
Cain dragged On four men u into
the open air. and then q to the sta
ton in the Arsenal for assistance. Calls
we're sent from the station for ambu-
lances, and policemen were sent back
with Cain to the baseball house.
When the party arrived there Fury
and Lyons were dead.
Hayes seemed at the point OF death,
and Rogan was breathing very fatally.
Surgeons from the Presbyterian Hos
pital were the frst to respond 70 the
ambulance call. They gave Hayes n
Rogan stimulants. and hen lifted both
into an ambulance and hurried on to
the hospital with them.
Hayes died l nthe hospital at l03o
o'clock this morning without having
regained cohseiousnes@ ~ enes nous
1t wal said that Rosans had a. enanes
OF recovery.
The bodies OF Lyons AND Fury WWe
sent to the Morgue.
How the mon an came TO De IN tne
mouse together. "a wei as VIVA tney
were doing there, Is a mystery
Whether the gas which caused their
death escaped from sewer p'pes Oh rom
the Illuminating gas mains Is as yet
unknown.
Capt. Collins. or the central Park
squad, a theory mat the poileemen
went into the house to eject Furey' ana
discovered that gas was escaping INTO
the house; that fhey then UNDERTOOK
to discover the leak ana were overcome
whfle engaged In the search.
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sewer pipes nhush heafe
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the transverse ROAD crossing the fark
at sixty-htth street. aho APT. Cohins
thinks ina a eve PIP uhaer .ne oase-
Dali mouse may nave oeeh oioAen W
an extra heavy discharBe OF dynamite