New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
MADE ILL BY ESCAPING GAS
TROUBLE IN AN UPPER SECOND-AVE
BLOCK.

A GENERAL EXODUS FROM THE HoIsEs-MANY
PERSONS MADE SICK AND SEVERAL MAR
ROWI,Y ESCAPE sUFFoCATToN.
Gas. escaping from main in some mysterious
manner and forcing its way into the houses has
made sick ths tenants Of the fathouses the east
side Of Second-ave between Seventy-eighth and
Seventy ninth SITS. On Friday night number or
people left their fats and yesterday morning. In
spite OF the penetrating chill windows were thrown
open for the sake Of the relief brought by fresh air
One Of the singular features Of the visitation is
that is not perceptible in the street but soon
one enters one Of the fats he is met with vol
Of gas that Is almost overpowering
This has been going for two days and all
along the street people are Ill., II Is believed that
there is n leak in the trunk main Seventy
eighth-st and Second-ave.. and that the escaping
gas percoates into the cellar Of the corner house
No. l. 4as Second-ave and thence into the cellars of
the houses adjoining on the north
The first place where the gas was perceptible
In the saloon Of n. Witten. in the fathouse
where patrons have become nauseated from the
fumes. At No 1900 Seconi-ave the family Of Ma
than Reichert. tailor consisting Of his wife and
two children forced 70 leave the house Fri
day night. Reichert and his little both
made unconscious. Mrs. Reichert happened to be
awake AT the time. and both Of the sufferers were
removed to drug store the street. where
they resuscitaed. The little one Jared better
than his father. who seemed 10 lose control OF his
legs after his resuscitatlon. The family did not
return to the house. but went 10 the home of
relative.
on the second floor Of No. so Second-eve Jacob
Tannenberger. his wife and his nother-n-aw were
all made ILL., and had to vacate their rooms The
same Is true Of Jacob Rosenberg's family on the
same floor
AT No. LAS A man named Da wilson became so i'll
that physician had IN he summoned. Two women
named David and family named Wolf were also
sickened
At No l,62 Second-ave the family OF DAME,
kohn was made sick There are MANY others who
are Ill. but those given the most serious cases
Ernest Macaluso keeps a barber shop I'm tho base
ment OF No. 3o East Seventy-eighth-st That IL an
IT, 81 the house AT the corner Of Second-ave and
Seventy-eishth-st. He couldn't sleep Friday night
and when Policeman Dent. Of the East Fifty-sev-
enthst. station. began Investigating tour he IN
a candle and showed the policeman the wav into
the trench between his shop and the street As the
two stepned out into the small space the barber
holding the candle above his head gas flames shot
out from various little holes In the earth and
burned in steady blue flames for about ten minutes
when they died
The janitress Of the house No. 3ol East Seventy
eghthst. Is iii in bed n result Of the escaping
gas. Augusta Davis who lives on the second door
Of the house, had narrow escape from death She
was dfaegsd ron her PED unconscious. and was
Iesuscltated BY Dr Jackson with much difficulty
The hired girl in the Davis fat whose ma me is un-
KNOWN was aroused by the gas yesterday morning
She tried to reach the window TO throw II open
but. finding herself sinking. screamed and then
swooned. This alarmed the rest Of the household
Flora Geoghan. who lives the third floor was
also found unconscious. and Mrs. Conway a SER
want In the Geoghan fiat went through an expert
ence similar 10 that OF the hired girl Mrs Della
Gloster who lives in the same house said that gas
had escaped periodically. and. In spite Of repeate cd
complaints made by her brother Thomas. TO the
Consolidated Gas Company. no attention had been
paid by the company.
A fireman. II Is said has been patrolling the
block for the last week the Department having
been cogniZant Of the leaking gas.