Show screams of babe stay the hand of death reaching for family how the agonized screams ot of a 1 year old baby stayed the hand 0 of death reaching out in its most lost inrid ious ous guise to wipe out au an entire household was learned saturday when representatives of 0 the utah gas and coke company hinves investigated the circumstances surrounding the near asphyxiation of the R L warner family shortly before 9 friday evening the warners reside at elm avenue carbon monoxide that deadly invisible or dorless fume that kills hills its victims w without their even being aware that every breath they dra draw w Is bringing them a step nearer death was 11 responsible for the situation from which the babas cries saved four persons while mr warner was busy reading the evening paper mrs thelma dyer warner bathed the infant malcolm aged 1 year mavanee 6 years old played with her doll in the corner neither the parents nor or the children noticed anything unusual there was no gassy tog fog in the room nor was there any odor noticeable having finished bathing the baby mrs warner put malcolm into his crib tucking him in with loving hands what peculiar trick of fate caused the baby to scream Is problematical as carbon monoxide is said to invariably overcome its victims without an sn in stants slants warning giving them no chance to speak however it 11 is believed that in this particular case the poisonous fumes must have induced a severe cramp in little malcolms heart before it rendered him unconscious at an any y rate he screamed and ins instantly bantly tits ills mother rushed into the bedroom took him from the crib and carried him into the dining room there she laid him on the table meanwhile c calling to her husband to hurry out and telephone for a doctor while he was goue gone the mother still without an inkling of 0 the danger that threatened her and mavanee as well as the infant frantically sought to ascertain the cause of oe the babas illness then without warning both she and mavanee tell fell unconscious although he had been gone but a few minutes when mr warner returned after phoning tor for medical aid he found sirs mrs warner and the two children unconscious on the floor at the same time without realizing the cause he be was himself inhaling the deadly gas he ha called neighbors and these in turn called the police officers A II 11 rogers and charles jorgenson found the head of the family on the verge of unconsciousness when they arrived suspecting carbon mono monoxide zide poisoning the officers removed the family from the the house ae and sent for the fire faie department with this they succeeded in reviving the victims thereafter investigation disclosed that the fumes were being emitted from a gas water heater from which in some unaccountable manner the vent pipe which is supposed to carry off the deadly gases had been removed telegram mr and mrs warner and children formerly resided in ili brigham city |