The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-18
N0LlNEUXES TO THE RESCUE.
GENERAL AND HIS son, ROLAND,
save LIVES OF TWO MEN.
descend into Gas Filled Cellar and DRAG
Unconscious WOrkmen From the jaws
ot Death service Pipe Broke on. Over.
Gaming Them--BOth Likely TO Recover.

ne>crnd into Uas Filled Cellar ana Drag
Unconscious WOrkmen From the jaws
ot Death service pipe Broke on. Over.
Gaming Them--BOth Likely TO Recover.
Zen Edward l.. Molineux and his son,
Roland B. Molneux, faced death yesterday
forenoon in order to save the lives OF IT,
men who ere orking about their factory,
ar Hamilton avenue and Smith street,
Brookyn The two men whom Gen.
Nolineux and his son literally dragged
from the Jaw of death are John Gibbons,
40 years old. of 522 Fourth avenue, Brook
lyn. and John Graham, SO years old, OF
Az sixth street. Brooklyn. They are
employees Of the Brooklyn Union Gas Light
Company and had gone to the Devoe Paint
Company's factory to discover the source
of a bad gas leak
Cen. Molineux is interested in the Devoe
company and has his Office In the building.
Roland r. Moineux Is employed there
in the chemical laboratory in about the
same capacity as he as employed In the
Newark paint factory when he was ar
rested on the murder charge that kept
him so long in the shadow OF the electric
chair. Both the Molineuxs were in the
factory when the men from the gas COM
pany got there about II o'clock yesterday
morning. All that was known about the
place where the gas was escaping was that
twas down somew here close to the ground
The odor was particularly heavy in the
cellar.
With Gibbons and Graham came also
John Reddy Of l4o Luqueer street, and all
three vent into the basement cellar OF the
building They found that the leak came
from the service pipe leading in from the
street main and started to remove section
Of IL and replace it with new length.
The pipe was old and disintegrating
from rust and chemical action and it sud-
denly broke off short in their hands as they
we're bent down in close quarters. The
instant 1t snapped there came a terrific
rush Of gas striking Graham and Gibbons
full in the face. They fell as though struck
down by sledgehammer. Reddy, who
was behind them, did not get the gas with
so much force. He managed to tumble
and crawl backward toward the door and
to cry out feebly for help.
Gen. Molineux and his son were in the
office and both rushed down the stairs to
the cellar. II was so dark there they could
see nothing, To strike match would mean
the blowing up Of the building.
The Molineuxs first stumbled over Recdy
and dragged him out into the air beyond
the reach Of the deadly gas. Then they
went back for the others The old soldier
with his SOL close at his heels went cropping
and stumbling through the darkness until
they reached the unconscious men. Here
Roland Molineux's athletic training came
into effective play. By his great strength
he was able to bear the men boo lily up to
the office, Gen. Molineux assisting as best
he could
The Office windows were thrown wide open
out the men we're still unconscious when am
balances from the ney and Long Island
hospitals arrived. Graham was taken
to the Long Island Hospital and Gibbons
to the Seney Hospital. II was reported
last evening that the men had had a close
cali but would proba bly, recover. Reddy was
treated at the office and was able to walk
home. Both Gen. and Roland Molineux
suffered from the effect Of the gas, but were
able to remain at the factory. The gas
company was notified and stopped the leak
by shutting OF the supply at the street
main.