New-York tribune., 1912-12-23
THREE DEAD FROM GAS
WHEN CALLED FOR MASS
Girl Fails to Awaken Family,
and Hurries Away to Church
Returns Too Late.
STRUGGLED TO GET OUT
Overcome in Efforts to Reach
Windows-Three Others DIE
from Asphyxiation in
and Near City.

and Near City.
While seeking TO escape from gas
fumes that poured from the oven oil
their range, Martin McGreavey' hfty-
eight years old: his daughter, Mary
twentv-one years old. and his son. Mar
lin. ir.. sixteen. were overcome ana
killed late on Saturday night or early
Sunday morning. The bodies were not
discovered until > o'clock YESTERDAY
afternoon. The McGreaveys lived on
the second floor Of flathouse al no "V
Columbia Place, Brooklyn
The family might possibly nave oeeh
saved. the police discovered. if Miss Jo-
sephine Teehan. Of No. III Columbia
Place had not been late for mass
Yesterday morning. Miss Teehan
stopped on her way to church to get the
McGreaveys. She knocked at the door.
but got no response. She waited a Few
moments and as no one stirred WITHIN
she thought the family was not awake.
she had no time TO spare and 50 hur-
r ried AVA.
Afterward she got to thinking about
her experience at the McGreaVey door
1t seemed strange to her that she had
received no response. She was sure the
family had not gone out for the day
When she finished her dinner she went
back to No. 30 Columbia Place and
knocked again at the door Of the second
floor apartment. Again she got no re-
sponse The silence aroused her sus-
picions. she spoke to Mrs. Annie Eng
bom. VINO lives across the hall from
the McGreavey apartment. Mrs Eng
blom said she had not heard or seen
ANYTHING of the McGrcavey family all
DAY. As they talked they noticed the
odor OF gas.
They called in the police and Patrol
man Murphy was sent around from the
Amity street station TO investigate. He
got into the fiat by way of the fire es-
cape. The fumes nearly overcame him
when he got the window open. After
allowing the gas 10 escape for few
dow and crept along the floor 10 the
other windows of the APARTMENT. which
he raised. When he reached the bath
. room he found the body of Miss Nc
- Greavey on the floor. The room occu-
pied 10y the Young woman was next 10
the bathroom. She apparently had
been awakened in some way and tried
60 escape from the fumes by entering
the bathroom.
Martin McGreavey. jr.. was dead in
bed in his room. There were signs that
he had struggled TO get out Of bed be
fore he had been overcome. His arm
was extended toward the window by
his bed. as though he was trying 10
reach the air. The father was found
in a rocking chair in the dining room.
From the attitude Of the body, the
police believe he collapsed on the way
to a window
Patro.mdn Murphy summoned Ambu-
lance Surgeons Ducas and Schulman
from the Long Island College Hospital.
but they said the three had been dead
for several hours. The gas was found
escaping from a jet in the oven of the
gas range. \ peculiar feature of the
case was that a gas jet in the kitchen
was lit. The police are unable to ex-
plain why the light did not cause an
explosion when the rooms became filed
with gas.
Three other deaths from gas asphyxi-
alton in New York and environs were
reported YESTERDAY The pulmotor
failed as a means Of resuscitation when
applied by three physicians on two un-
identified Italian immigrants. who had
some time before blown out the gas in
room in ROssis Hotel, No. 245 New
Main street, Yonkers. Drs. Furlong,
Osterheld and MacLelland kept two
pulmotors going for nearly an hour.
The stethoscope showed a very faint
heart action is one Of the Italians for
short time. but that was all. The
men registered as D. Diborno and John
Mosullo. They had nothing to identify
them
Thomas Lomeni laborer. Of Seattle
on his way to Greece to join the army
was found dead in a gas filled room al
No. 9S Murray street yesterday.