Evening star., 1920-02-06
FATALITY FROM GAS
BASIS Of Warming
TO AUTO OWNERS
Danger of Carbon Monoxide
Impressed by Death of Rev.
Richard R. ReideI.

! In discussing the death of Rev.
! Richard r. Reidel. Washington evan
gelist. VINO on Tuesday night was as
phyxiated in his garage by carbon
monoxide. A. G. Seller. touring man.
ager of the Washington branch of the
\. A. A. said to a Star reporter to-
! day:
| Don't close the doors of your ga
rage when starting your motor is
| warning which has been sounded time
and again, but car owners still COM
I nit the folly that claims so many
| victims during the winter months.
"Petromortis. or gasoline death,
| turks in the fumes of partially burned
gases from the exhaust pipe, and un-
| less the fatal rbon-monoxide, with
its stealthiness. is blown to the outer
| air the motorist is almost sure to
| meet his death
| Only during recent years has this
I mysterious peril come to the atten-
tion Of the public. Rev. Re:del being
! tuning his motor. and for fear of
catching cold. had the doors tightly
closed.
Gases Could Not Escape.
! In adjusting and oiling the mech
| anism while the engine was warm
! ing he was overcome by the gases
! which could not escape from the
sal age, anu d lew minutes later was
discovered by neighbors. who broke
INTO the building. only to find his
| lifeless body on the floor near the
! rear entrance. This is but one in
stance where the death dealing
fumes Gained one Of our own COM
munity: hundreds of thoughtless vic
Tins are reported as meeting the
| same fate every day
"A professor of chemistry in one
of the New York universities, who is
axrAh
would have been killed in the same
manner had not his family reached
the garage in time to rescue him
! while semi-conscious.
Too many. unfortunately. proceed
on the theory that it is still time to
of gases accumulating in the garage
is detected. but this is utterly wrong,
for carbon -monoxide. the gas that
Kills. Is without smoke or smell. and
it's very stealthiness is what claims
the innocent victims
Discusses Preventives.
When asked about preventives for
the deadly gas, Mr.. Seller continued:
There Is less danger. since the
deadly gases are much heavier than
air, when one is working about the
garage in a standing posture, where
above the poisonous fumes, which set
tie close to the floor But where one
is working on tires or mechanism
about the running gear in the strata
of deadly gas he is more likely to be
overcome and die of suffication in q
few seconds.
There are many ways in which the
danger may be overcome. First of
all, the easiest method is to thor
oughly ventilate the garage by OPEN
ing the doors or any windows, pro-
vided they reach close to the floor.
Most windows are above the strata of
the heavy and poisonous fumes. hence
would not relieve the danger.
Best to Keep Entrance Open.
Ito be sure, it is best to keep the
entrance wide open. If the weather
is too severe and it is necessary to
keep the heat in, then connect a
metal pipe or hose securely to the
exhaust and in this manner direct the
fumes to the outer air, but be certain
not to run the engine for too long a
period, as there may be a small leak
which would allow the escape of a
small quantity of the fumes, which
would in time have the same effect on
the operator"