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Show Danger of Can and Geyser Bath. As is well known, the geyser bath is an ordinary bath with a geyser attached to it. The geyser is a kind of urn, generally gener-ally standing on the edge of the bath, into which the cold water from the main runs over plates heated by a perie of gas burners, which are contained in itself, and then runs out at the other side into the bath ' at a given uniform heat. , At a meeting of the Balloon society so-ciety of Great Britain, one of the members mem-bers gave a sad experience with the gas bath. His son had entered a bathroom provided with the geyser apparatus, and half an hour afterward was found in the water dead, suffocated by the deadly gas generated by the bunsen burners. The society was so impressed by the facts adduced that it passed the following follow-ing resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion, in view of the many fatal accidents ac-cidents that have arisen by gas and geyser gey-ser baths, due to a want of a an ore intimate inti-mate knowledge of their nature, that the time has now come when the possibility of further fatalities should be avoided." They further submit to the secretary of state a presentment with the view of compelling the makers to stamp into the metal work of the apparatus these " directions di-rections for use." Caution The bath must be filled while the room is being ventilated, and before closing the door. When filled, turn off gas and water. The bath must on no account be entered " until this is done." New York Commercial Com-mercial Advertiser. |