St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-08
HOMES ARE DESERTED
On Account Of the Bursted
Gas Main on Pleasant
Avenue.
OTHER PEOPLE OVERCOME,
And Many Seriously Ill From
the Effects Of Gas They
Inhaled.
DOCTORS AGAIN CALLED
To Resuscitate aSeore Of Per-
sons--Negligenee Of the
Gas Company.
OTHER PEOPLE OVERCOME,
DOCTORS AGAIN CALLED

The excitement, inconvenience. ILL
ness and even danger TO life caused by
the breaking of the sas main on Pleas
ant avenue Tuesday night did not emu
with the discovery OF the leak aud the
resuScitation Of those who had been
overcome by the effects of the poisonous
gas that worked its way into three OF
four adjoining houses that night. The
! GLOBE yesterday morning gave the gas
! company credit for much more consider
alton for the public health, convenience
and welfare than is lis due. 1t was
stated that the gas had been shut off
from the main.
But such was not the case. The leak
| continued right along, and still COLI
tinues, the gas breaking out i'll the base
ments of other houses. driving all the
occupants out and causing further great
| physical suffering. Five houses i'll the
vicinity are now entirely deserted, and
| at least as many more ought to be de-
serted if the occupants could afford TO
make the sacrifce the abandonment of
their homes would necesSitatp.
Kate Hussey keeps boarding house
at HI, and, though there had been a
little gas discovered iii the house
| "Wednesday, it was thought that by
| keeping a close watch there would be
| little danger of any serious consequent
ces il they all stayed there "Wednesday
/ night. There were twelve persons
sleeping in the house. The windows
| were left open. but in spite OF this The
gas got SO thick about II O'Clock
| Wednesday night that several of the
roomerS we're overcome before anyone
! was aware of 1t.
, The two Misses Fisher and their
brother. Fred Fisher; hIay McCanahan,
Eliza Mahoney and the servant gili in the
ton. and DrS. Hoyt, Kelly and Stamm
worked for about two hours on them be-
fore they revived. They were
still Very Eli
last night, though it was thought they
were out of danger.
Miss Hussey's account of the trouble
is really amusing in spite of the sylnpa-
| thy one naturally feels for the sufferers
| One of the Fisher girls, she said, got up
and went TO the window. As soon as
she was up few seconds she felt weak.
! She put her head out of the window,
and Just then she saw a policeman
passing.
"Hey,man. man." she shouted family.
The officer turned and went into the
/ house. AS suon as the occupants were
aroused-those who were conscious and
able to get up-began dropping down
OIL the floor like dying chickens, as
Miss uussey PIT it.
The policeman had in the meantime
summoned DR.. Stamm. and those who
were overcome were attended to. AT
O'Clock in the morning all the occupants
deserted Miss Hussey's house.
The Morton family deserted their
house next door the day before. The
Mortons were in the residence of ID.
| O'Halloran, Isl Pleasant avenue. to take
dinner Wednesday evening, and just
few minutes before the meal was ready
the gas burst in so the house had to be
abandoned at once. MIR. MOrton'S pa
rents were very i'll at the time from the
effects of the gas they had inhaled the
night before. They have since 50 far
revived as to be entirely out OF danger,
however.
The family of G. j. Whitridge. living
at 145. suffered seriously also, four mem
bers of the family bling made i'll in
consequence The family had to desert
the house. The Lambe house that was
deserted Wednesday, is still tenantiess.
The servant girl and r.Lambie's aunt.
who were
overcome by the Gas
have almost completely recovered from
the effects of it.
At the residence of Emerson T.
Knapp, 149, Mrs. Smart. who is at the
worst sufferer. though Mrs. Knapp has
also been made 10 feel the effects Sc
verely.
At the residence of q. W. GranniS,
$50. Mrs. Grannis is sick in bed on ac-
count Of the gas. and the gas is so thick
in the basement that it is wonder that
every inmate of the house has not
been overcome. Mr.. Grannis says he
would move out if he could possibly at
ford it, but he cannot. The inmates of
Mrs. Lasher'S house, 146, have also felt
the effects of the deadly fumes. but not
to the extent of making any of them i'll.
With all this Inconvenience, to say
nothing of the danger to health and
| even life, one would naturally suppose
that the gas company would act
promptly i'll repairing the break and
stopping the leak. But not so. Not
withstanding that the break was re-
ported early Wednesday morning, not a
thing was done toward stopping the
leak all day Wednesday or Wednesday
night. Not man appeared on the
ground with tools until yesterday morn
ing, when four men went up and began
work Mr.. O'Halloran went down yes
terday forenoon to see the officials of
the gas company, but instead of promiS-
ing to send I'D more men to hurry the
work along. Mr.. O'Halloran. it is said.
Makes Pure Blood
| .Thesa three words tell the whole