The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-29
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GreenvilIe Family Overcome by
Gas in Their Own Home
Lucky Escape.

Mr.. and Mrs. Uric, of No. 20 Linden
court, Greenville, together with their five
children, had a narrow escape from suffoca-
ton by gas yesterday morning. The Urics
reside ON the top floor of the two-story frame
cottage at the above number, the lower floor
and basement being occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thoen, relatives of theirs.
Taturday night Mr.. Uric brought home a
of fruit for his children, all of whom ate
heartily of it. The family retired early to
bed.
H FATHERS DISCOVERY.
At a quarter past six o'clock yesterday
morning, Mr., Uric, who with his two
eldest children, boys. one twelve and the
other ten years old, slept in the bedroom at
the front of the house awoke and felt a
peculiar Sitting sensation in his throat. As
he jumped out of bed he became dizzy, and
it was with difficulty that he found his way
to the door, which he opened. The fresh air
partly dispelled the dizziness, and
he went back into the room and attempted
and afterward shook them by the shoulder
they refused to open their eyes. He then
went into the bedroom at the rear of the
house where his wife and three daughters
We're sleeping and attempted to wake them,
but they were even in a deeper stupor than
his sons. He jumped to the conclusion that
the fruit which the children had eaten before
going to bed had made them sick, but
when he recalled the fact that neither
he nor his wife had partaken of it, he
realized that the cause of their stupor was
other than faint. 1t was not until then that
he noticed the strong odor of gas, which
prevailed the atmosphere III all the rooms,
and, hastily looming his clothes, he went to
DR.. L~imeburner's residence and notified the
6ncfOI. who want with him hapk tn the
house.
DIR. L-IMEBURNER SUMMONED.
DR.. Limeburner found Mrs. Uric and the
children all unconscious and it was with
considerable difficulty that he brought them
back to consciousness. Very strong restora-
tives had to be applied before they opened
their eyes. The eighteen-months-old child,
which was with Mrs. Uric, was in a
very preearious condition and it was feared
that the dose of gas which it had received
would have a serious result, but in the after
noon the child had recovered sufficiently to
be out of all danger. The other children soon
recovered, and this morning they were as
well as ever. Mr.. and Mrs. Uric were also
fully recovered this morning.
All day yesterday Mr.. Uric sought for
the place where the gas had escaped, and
late in the afternoon located the leak. 1t
was in q gas fixture in the room in which he
and his sons slept. 1t was exceedingly fortu-
nate, says DR.. .Limebulner, that Mrs. Uric
and her daughter did not sleep in the front
room, for if they had they would undoubt-
eddy nave been asphyxiated, as they could
not lave stood the dose which Mr.. Uric and
his two sons received.
It is also fortunate that Mr.. Uric awoke
at the time he did, for had be slept another
hour he and his sons would not have re-
covered as easily, nor as quickly as they did.
The leak in the gas fixture was closed up
yesterday afternoon.