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Show EXHAUST DANGER 15 COMMON ONE Fatalities Frequently Result When Engines Are Run in Closed Garages. WARNING IS SOUNDED Carbon Monoxide Gas Is Deadly Poison, Says Safety-first Bulletin. WARNING TO AUTOISTS. Don't run your engine in the garage with the door and windows closed. It may mean death to do this. Exhaust gases from gasolino engines contain carbon monoxide in dangerous quantity. One-fifth of j 1 per cent of carbon monoxide in the j air will produce fatal results. Not j one person in a hundred knows the danger. IiM fHtiation of the death a few days nro of thi assistant to the jtresi'ieiit of a lari1 railway system in the east ivo cl that tlio death was due to gasoe from the exhaust of an automohile. t is not generally known that this sonive of danger from an automobile is a r-om-nuill one. However, several fatalities have resiitled recently through running automobile engines in garages while the doors and windows were open. Safety First Bulletin. A safety first bulletin published bv t lm Travelers Insurance company follows: fol-lows: The unpleasant features that we usually think of in connection with a i';ige are greasy hands, soiled clothing and occasionally a N-ratched or bruised hand or a skinned knuckle. These things are- irritating, ut they are (ildom considered to be dangerous. danger-ous. There is, however, a much more serious hazard associated with the private garage that is not commonly known but which has already al-ready caused quite a number of deaths. The verdict in the fatal cases has been "death by asphyx-int asphyx-int ton from exhaust gases," Many automobile owners prefer garages of their own, and a considerable consid-erable number of them, with an eye tu further economy, attempt to nmkfi their own minor repairs and adjustments. Iu the winter months tlio owner frequently becomes still more ambitious, ami undertakes to .overhaul t he entire machine. After the repairs are made or the overhauling over-hauling finished, and often during the progress of the work, the engine is started and allowed to run for a time in order to see if everything is in perfect order, or perhaps to warm up the garage. It is at this ptne of the work that the greatest danger from exhaust gases arises. Monoxide Is Deadly. There are a number of factors which influence tho character and quantity of exhaust gases expelled I p7v. senour f - ) A (.:. v ' j ' .. . f - , A e i I Branch manager Goodyear Tire & Rubber Rub-ber Co. from a gasoline motor. Incomplete combustion of gasoline is attended by the presence of poisonous carbon onoxide in the. exhaust. The formation for-mation of carbon monoxide will be nearly or entirelv prevented if the carbureter is adjusted so that the consumption of gasoline will be maintained at the lowest point consistent con-sistent with the engine giving approximately ap-proximately its maximum power. Jt is well known that carbon monoxide gas is a deadly poison, investigators are agreed, for example, exam-ple, that tho carbon monoxide content con-tent of the air should never exceed the twentieth part of 1 per cent; that air containing one-tenth of 1 per cent is unsafe for more- than a very short time, and that when the content reaches one-fifth of 1 per cent the air is dangerous for man to breathe, and may even prove fatal. fa-tal. Quantities materially in excess of one-fifth, of 1 per cent quickly produce coma and death. Moreover, serious degenerative changes in the brain may' follow tho inhalation of this gas, even when there is an apparent ap-parent recovery from the exposure to it-First-aid Suggestions. Although it is difficult, or even impossible, to set a definite time limit for the carbon monoxide -to take effect when the exact conditions condi-tions are not known, experience has shown that only a comparatively short time is required, and that the dangerous symptoms appear almost without warning. An engine running run-ning under normal conditions, even with the garage doors and windows open to a slight extent, may generate gener-ate carbon monoxide in such quantities quanti-ties that the limited air circulation will fail to keep the poison content below the danger point. A person overcome under these conditions has but small chance of saving himself, since the continued running of the engine will increase the carbon monoxide present after he has lost consciousness. Evidence taken from persons who have been rescued in time to recover re-cover from the poisoning effects shows that the first indication of trouble appears in the form of vertigo ver-tigo or extreme dizziness, followed almost at once by partial or complete com-plete loss of consciousness. If the victim can reach fresh air before he becomes wholly unconscious, he can usually be revived in a short time. Hot stimulants and external applications appli-cations of heat appear to assist him to recover. The important point, so far as immediate action is concerned, con-cerned, is to get out of the poisonous poison-ous air and iDto the fresh air as quickly as possible. The services of a skilled physician should then be obtained without the least delay. S. ANDREW JACKSON . . i -A 1 1 I v; vH - ' 1 With Strevell-Paterson Hardware Co. |