The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-22
DAVEY WAS
SUFFOCATED.
Gas 0verCame Him While
He Slumbered.
DEAD WHEN HELP CAME.
Roommate Also Unconscious From
the Deadly Fumes.
DEAD WHEN HELP CAME.
NOW IN PRECARIOUS CONDITION

Patrick Davey is dead in the house at
in chamber of the same place in pre-
carious condition. They are victims of
the deadly fumes of illuminating gas.
Attending physicians say that Thomas
will recover, but he will not get over the
poison for several days. Although the
men are of the same hamo they bear no
blood relation to each other.
They were boarders in the house which
is kept by Domnick Davey, brother of
Thomas. Patrick. the dead man, and
Thomas were chums and roomed together.
Their condition was found out by little
5-year-old girl, the daughter of Dominick
Davey, at 9:i5 Sunday morning. The
child had been sent 10 awaken the two
men. and in going into the room she
realized that something was wrong, and
when she found that she could not rouse
the sleepers, she returned 10 her father
and told him that something was the
matter as the room was full of smell.
Alembers OF the family went To the sleep
ing apartment at once and found that
Patrick was dead and Thomas nearly so.
The rescuers could smell the fumes of
the gas as they made their way 60 the
third floor where the sleeping room of
the men was located, and they realized
the terrible possibilities. Dominick Davey
rushed into the room and saw the two
men on the bed. His next movement
was To open the windows. Doctors were
summoned and Capt. Marston OF the
knight street police station was notified.
DR.. q. "A. V. kennon. DIR. ID. nj. Wells,
and DR.. Edmund Abbott were soon on
the spot, hut they could do nothing for
Patrick. He was dead.
Tncy gave their attention TO Thomas
and for "A long time IL seemed that their
efforts would be of no avail. Finally, at
late hour last night. the patient re-
spoDded to the effect of the restoratiyes
and this morning mis- condition Is such
that DIR. kennon, who has charge of tine
case, Is OF the opinion that he will re-
cover.
Medical Examiner Palmer. in his in
vestigation into the GAUGE of death, ascer-
tanned that gas stop-cock had been
found part way open. This explained
the matter and he said that the fatality
was due 10 accident and gave the body
over TO relatives
lhomas Davey probably went to bed
about :45 o'clock. 1t is not known when
Patrick arrived at his sleeping rooiL, but
it was not much after III o'clock Shortly
before that hour he had left two of his
friends named John Rogers and John
home. The men had been talking about
what they were TO do on Sunday and
Patrick was in his usual cheerful frame
of mind
1t is presumed that in shutting off the
gas Patrick accidentally touched the Gas
cock k again, thereby opening it wide
enough to permit a steady flow of the
poison Thomas was sleeping soundly
and in few moments Patrick was also
in tho same condition. The gas slowly
filled the room and performed its deadly
work.
There was no struggle and neither Of
tho men, apparently. had awakened. One
was sleeping forever. The other was
found just in time to save his life. The
dead man was q years OF age and had
been employed by the Brown * Sharpe
Manufacturing company as "A piper. He
came TO this country from ireland about
five years ago and for the past two years
boarded in the house where he died
He was not married. A father. mother
and several brothers and sisters
in Ireland will be shocked to hear
OF his untimely death. The de-
ceased had an uncle named Hugh
Davey, living at East Providence, the
only near relative in this country, and
through his direction the remains were
placed in charge of Undertaken Toye, by
whom they will te prepared for burial.
Thomas Davey is 81 years old, and un-
married. He is AN exprcssman in tho
employ of his brother with whom he has
boarded for long time These two men
were fast friends, ana they were popular
and much esteemed by large circle of
acauaintances who gathered IN the neigh
porhood yesterday TO mourn the loss of
one companion and to render all the aid
posi- Bile to restore the other TO activity
again.