The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-25
DEATH HOV.ERED. D.
WHILE TRE:Y1S|LEPT
Two [;, t5 A =; Ladies A At Confederate
Hone Almost AS
t32s pllyxiated, ss,. M
BOTH LONG {. UNCONSCIOUS; J;
One One Sister Likely b bto Die Die and and
Other II, to Y Re Re-
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BOTH BOT LONG % UNCONSCIOUS; IN Us;

Mrs Lizzie Onoh ondro and Miss <lttiej
Johnson, her sister, I, lie very III 4 at the
Home for Needy Confederate Women, on
Grace Street as the result 0: inhaling Il y
Illuminating gas. s ~ 81
Mrs. OmohondroF Is a dent 4 Of the
home. Her Sister. Miss y Johnson. was Wis
iting her, with the view OF making q appl1-j
cation for residence late on. y On Thurs
day night. another lady a the home was
sick and the ladies' were up aS large por- 4
$tlon OF the night in tendance upon ner.3
THE sisters, Themselves u were suffering
with the grip, and re tired to their room
earlier than the thers. About 2 clock
one OF the slades.ln the house looked into
the room Il o see II the sisters were com-s
Portable She saw NJ ISIS J ohnson In bed
apparently asleep. Mrs. Omohondro was
sitting on the side Of her. coucn and all
seemed well. G. The lad y withdrew !. again
during the light. a $ylsi was made TO the
room, but everything seemed all right. 35
n (. At breakfast time one Eof & he nurses
went To- the room but sas both the ladies', R
were appn reratlys 81 eeptng. they. sWe Is0t
sdistlrbed ana the nurse ithdrew, y Bout
h 10 o. clock vest terda " morning Il as friend
3of@ y the ladies, Mrs. Quinn. called to see
them and went UP to their room. ..sSfs The
SAtUkit - -
asleep. She oticed. VI however, a slight!
sfroth3 exudIng from NJ iss j ohnson' mouth
Then she ran over to Mrs. Omohondro,
on tho couch, and attempted to awaken
y her to tell her OF Miss ohnson, but she
found that lady In an &unconEcio GUS Col 81
,dition Mrs, Quinn was horoughly alarm
4 ed and she called the matron. who. IN
turn. sent for medical assistance. seve-s
raj physicians came a t once and upon ex-
hoI,st he 1ln
arose from gas. Il 81 s
Unused Register.
An examination OF the roomswas made;
while the doctors were attending At the "a 4
dies, Little time was lost In locating an
unused heating register and then It was
seen at once that the cause OF the trouble
{ had been found. !. There was In the room
an abandoned heating apparatus which.
I'm remodellng the house. It had been
the Intention to cover. It va 8 found that
tho covering had mot been perfect and
through crevlces the gas had escaped :. g.
into tho room through the #fluo from the
heating apparatus In the basement.
Prompt medical attention was given
tho ladies, for It was seen their case was
serious Everything known 70 4 science
was done and after awhile, Mrs u Ono
hondro gave encouraging signs OF recov-I8 Z
4 cry, although slow. Miss y ohnson' case
was more serious and at an early hour
this morning she was hardly expected TO
recover. DR.. Henson, who is a relative
3of the ladies', was In attendance upon
them all night. He stated that the re-
! coycry o. Mrs. Omohondro was altogett a
or Is likely and that there were 4 doubts
about the recovery OF her sister.
Mr., w. c, Johnson. Of Chase b Guy,
brother -of tho ladies. has been sent for
and viii probably reach, he city this
morning, TO be in attendance upon hem,