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Show BEING OVERCOME BY GAS. Sensation Neither Alarming 2Tor Discomforting Dis-comforting in All Instances. Rev. Dr. George L. Splning, pastor of I the First Presbyterian cliurch of South Orange, N. J., who was nearly asphyxiated asphyxi-ated In his study in the church a few days ago by the careless workman, who shut off the gas and then turned It on again, has written an account of his sensations while overcome by the gas, In which he says: "I did not notice the gas until seized by a deathly stupor, which it seemed ImnnauIkU n MirAn. xV T ....... .A n my desk. My sight grew dim. I could not see the manuscript before me. Every limb iq my body felt as though It waa weighted with lead. I had tho faintest eense of a heart fluttering and fast losing Its power of pulsation. I had no specific pain, and felt only the weight of a heavy stupor, over which my will seemed to have no power. "I remember my mental state, and that I was oufficlently conscious to know and feel that the end was near and that the cause was asphyxiation. With this came a desperate effort to rally, ral-ly, a revival of the natural fighting Instinct In-stinct for life. The room was now filled with gaa'and I had no power to turn It off. 1 know not how I reached the- door and got Into the hall, where I sank down and iay like a fish on land, gasping for the element vital to Its life- "Three or four times I rallied and then sank down again. So the fight went on until In the course of half an hour or more the pure air and oxygen, aided by a naturally strong constitution, revived me ijufllciently to seek medical aid. "I can readily believe that all are not nulcldes who are found asphyxiated In their rooms. Tho practice of leaving tho gas low to burn all night Is dangerous. danger-ous. A puff of wind or the lessening of the pressure may put it out and be followed fol-lowed by fatal effects." New Tork World- |