Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-08
FUNERAL OF Mr.. AND MRS. TARBELL


Attended from st. Paul's Chapel January
| 3I-Furthcr Particulars of Their Death.
Funeral services over the remains of Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton b. Tarbell. who were as
phyxiated by gas in Minneapolis January 26,
| were held at st. Paul's chapel in this city the
| afternoon of the 3lst. Revs. j. Isham
| and G. Y. Bliss OBLIGATED The beautiful
| floral offerings sent by Borrowing friends in
cludcd a wreath from the lambda Iota soci-
| ETY. of the University of which Mr.. Tarbcll
| was member, md a design from the Gen
| eral Electric company of st. Paul, by whom
Mr.. Tarbel was employed. The bearers for
Mr.. Tarbel were G. W. Lowrey, H. NJ Nc
lntosh, G. j. Wright, j. II. Middlebrook,
| stephen Freeman and Y. .Whtcomb. The
bearers for Mrs. Tarbell were G. +. Bell, A.
| w. johnson, G.. f. Moody, T. W. Parkhll.
G. l.. LaFountain and j. II. Linsley The
sight of two hearses in n funeral procession
was unusual. The remains were placed III
the vault in Lake View cemetery.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press of January 81
| gives the following particulars Of the sad
! double death: When Mr. and Mrs. Tarbell
| did not appear at breakfast it was suggested
| that they had probably been calling the
evening before But when O'Clock came
and they still remained in their apartments
| Mr.. Campbell, owner of the house, visited their
rooms. The door was found locked and Il
faint odor of escaping gas could be detected.
| When no answer was received to the re
peated summons for admission tho door
was broken open and the roonis were
| found TO be full of gas. Tho cause
of the catastrophe was apparent. rub
Der tube had Slipped from an ordinary
gas pipe tap in the kitchen, connecting Il
stove, and the full current of gas was es-
,t,l, t1a 1rr;,,r
| party went to the pailor and there, near a
door. they found the dead body of Mr.. Tar
| bell ON the carpetcd floor and on a folding
bed in bedroom Off tho pallor lay Mrs
| Tarbel unconscious.
| Windows were opened and Mrs. Tarbell
was taken to the fresh air. Meanwhile
| four physicians We're summoned, but al
though every appliance known to the medi-
cal profession in cases Of asphyxation We're
brought into use the efforts of tho physicians
proved of no avail.
Nh Tarbell was SO years old. He was
employed as shipping clerk by the North
western Electrical Supply company, and
had many friends among the young bust
ness mon of this city. Mrs, Tarbell was 2S
years old. Her maiden name was Laura
| Webster
The theory is advanced by Coroner Whit
COMB lnHU Itt ruDDef UuDc through WHICH
the gas flowed from the pipe tap to the
| kitchen contracted with the cold, and that
when the numerous lights Of the city were
turned off after midnight, causing strong
er current of gas to flow the increased
force cracked the tube where it was fastened
to the tap. Gradually the seam became
larger, and finally the force of the escaping
current of gas split the tube and it was
forced from the tap, allowing the gas to es
cape unobstructed. Tho condition of the
rubber tube bears out this theory. 1t was
lying on the floor directly under the tap
and the end which had been fastened over
the pipe was split open. The doors leading
from the kitchen to the bedroom through
the parlor were open, and all the window:
to the apartments were tightly closed.
Coroner Whtcomb thinks that Mr.. Tar
bell was awakened by the choking sensation
preceding asphyxatiOn, and realizing the
danger, tried, while in terribly bewildereC
condition, to reach the tap in the kitchen
He had gained the parlor door, which hao
been closed. Upon opening this aperture h
received the rush of gas full in the face ant
| succumbed at once, not being able to eros
e the threshold Had he not been almost over
come when awakened he could have broker
window i'll the bed room and saved boil
his life and that of his wife.