Evening journal., 1914-04-27
Three DEAD and
SIX OVERCOME
BY Gas FUMES
Continued From Flrst Page.

NRnliA0Nu IlIcl rage.
little son will be buried at a
triple funeral on Wednesday after
noon. 1t is seldom that three mem
bers of one family have been inferred
at the same time in Wilmington.
The funeral will be held from the
home Of Mr.. Eggner, father of Mrs.
Griffith, at No. 1O1 South ClaymOnt
street, at o'clock. The three bodies
will lay side by side, and will be
Inferred that way. Daniel j. Kilroy
is the undertaken. Interment will be
made in Silverbrook cemetery.
All who were made i'll have recOv-
cred from the effects of the fumes.
but Miss Prokop and Lewis B. Eggner
complained today of pains in their
lungs.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith
we're found on the floor of their sec
ond story front room yesterday morn
ing by Lewis b. Eggner, Jr., a brother
of Mrs. Griffith. Mrs. Griffith was
tightly elapsed in the arms of her
husband as If he had started towards
the front window to get fresh air
when both we're overcome. The body
of the Griffith child was lying in its
bed.
The Grifiths, who had been married
about year, lived in the Peach street
house which borders the yard of the
Eggner home. On the west side of
the Griffith house the Prokop family
resides.
On Saturday evening the Grifths
retired early, and while they usually
arose early, they had not been seen
up to 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
At that time Mrs. Egger, while IN
her yard, detected the Odor of gas,
and she raped on the upper window
of her daughters house with clothes
prop. Receiving no response, Mrs.
Eggner told her son, Lewis, and
he climed to the roof of a rear shed
and then through a window into the
Griffith home. The fumes of gas
were strong, but the youth made his
way to the second story front room.
The door was locked, but this he
forced, and the sight that met his
eyes made him stagger back On
the floor he saw Griffith with his arm
about his wife's waist and on the
bed the body of the child Eggner
threw open the window, which was
/ slightly raised, and rushed from the
/ house. After telling the story. he
! fell unconscious. Mrs. Eggner rush
ed into the house, but the fumes
coupled with the excitement caused
her collapse.
Lewis b. Eggner, father of Mrs
Griffith. reached the house at this
| time. and he was also overcome while
/ 60. 40 frr
excitement it was discovered that
Miss Prokop, who lived in the ad-
/ joining house, had been overcome
with gas and she was carried from
the house while DR.. David Rossman
was summoned.
After the bodies of the Griffithi
had been carried out, they were
placed in the patrol wagon and takei
to the Delaware Hospital, but physi
clans there declared that death ha,
laid its hand several hours before.
After the bodies had been removed
James Eggner and Daniel Devin0
started into the cellar to shut off tn
gas. The fumes were so dense the!
were driven up the stairs, and as the
J reached the dining room Devine col
! lapsed and rolled under a table. Eg
gner picked him up and dragged hin
70 the door. He could carry him n,
further, for he was succumbing to tn
gas, and as he stepped outside h
fell. Devine was dragged into tn
street, and in a short time both younl
men were able to walk around.
AIRS. Naomi Humphries, of Church
town, n. j., came here on Saturday {,
visit Griffith, her brother. and aftel
spending the night at the home of he
sister. Miss Georgianna Griffith, No
sos North Harrison street, she startet
for her brothers home yesterda,
morning. They arrived at the hous
after the bodies had been found an,
they were horror stricken. Mrs
Humphries became i'll and requires
medical attention.
Coroner Spring was notified and H.
made a thorough search of the hous
along with Mr.. McCorkindale of tn
Gas Company and the patrolman Oh
the district This morning Corone
Spring went to the house and inter
viewed several persons. Amonl
these was James Eggner. The younl
man claims that when he came fron
work on Saturday afternoon Grifitl
met him, saying: "Well. we have
new gas meter"
Residents OF the neighborhood sal,
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