The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-02
StouQhton

SAKE Hoverson was summoned to Yer
non county Wednesday, where some of
his farm lands were laid waste by a cy-
clone the day previous. Barns and ap.
parently all the outbuiIdings being de-
stroyed.
Midshipman Charles w Crosse, who
graduated from the naval academy at
Annapolis in February and who is son
of Mr. G S Crosse, editor of the Slough
ton Hub, is home On ten days leave of
absence. On his graduation Mr. Crosse
was assigned to duty on the ironclad
Ohio. Nine middies who graduated with
him were assigned to duty on this ship.
The Ohio is at the present time in dry
dock in the Brooklyn navy yard under
going repairs which will soon be COM
pleted after which her orders are un-
to the public. Midshipman Crosse re-
turns to his ship on the 31su, when his
leave of absence expires. He is delight
ed with his profession in the navy and
looks forward with pleasure to his life
service which is before him. He comes
from good stock, and it is not at all lm-
probable that he will become prominent
in the navy and make record which his
native state will be proud to recognize.
With the completion of the gas plant,
there came nearly being associated a
tragedy Wednesday afternoon in which
two lives perhaps would have been
snuffed out in consequence of very
careless oversight in leaving gas pipe
wide open in the cellar of SAKE Hover
sor's house. Instead of connecting the
meter in the cellar, the filter, whoever it
was, had removed the plug with which
the pipe was temporarily closed, leaving
the 4-inch pipe open for the gas to es-
cape through when it was turned into
the mains some time after dinner Wed
nesday, and before long Mrs Hoverson
began to detect the odor of gas, and re-
ported the fact to the Light & Fuel Co.'S
Office Manager Charles Clarke and
Harry Driscoll, foreman of the service
gang, went to the house and upon dis
covering the open pipe prepared to close
the opening by connecting the meter,
but first opened all of the windows ex-
cept one which they could not bulge,
and Charles was about to 60 outside to
push 10 this sash when he heard a
wrench fall, and turning he saw Driscoll
lying in heap on the floor. Drawing
full breath, he began the task of drag
ging the filter to the cellar stairs, but
being in not the best of health and him
self becoming affected by the gas, he
twice had to leave the unconscious man
and draw fresh breaths at one of the
windows He called for help to Mrs
Hoverson, who quickly secured assis-
lance at Egner's meat market, and the
two were gotten up into the open air,
Driscoll by the time purplish in the face,
and Manager Clarke in semi conscious
state. The former was removed to his
boarding place at Miss Sarah Gould's
residence, where be regained conscious
ness in about fifteen minutes. Accord
ing to the physician who attended him,
respiration had entirely ceased and the
rigor set in which precedes death in
cases of asphyxiation, so that had he re-
NAMED in the cellar three minutes long
er life would undoubtedly have been ex-
tinct. Charles soon became fully con-
scious again, but of course did not es-
cape the severe headache and weakness
following upon such an experience.