Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-27 | Page 2 | Quick Work by Doctors and Police with Oxygen and Inhalators Saves Five Overcome by Deadly Fumes; Mother Proves Heroine

4 I A Mysterious Illness seized this t family 1 and had them lying unconscious in beds and on the floor when the doctor arrived arnved The me I illness illness wa was diagnosed as from carbon monoxide fumes Top Top Mr and Mrs Hector I Below are the three children after o oxygen inhalators had revived them Warren top Hector Jr center and Donald r i J k I t I IA 1 A I Ae 4 I 4 cy p rg ia c I 1 1 v cy r c 4 44 44 w 0 c I r q qI fI L r i l. l t 4 f 1 I 7 j P Pt j i t 3 1 1 ft A AI a. a 1 r it I J I f I 4 i r i Quick Work by Doctors and Police With Oxygen Oxygen Oxygen Oxy Oxy- gen and Inhalators Saves Five Overcome by Deadly Fumes Mother Proves Heroine Puzzled by b a l mysterious illness which struck herself herscH her three young children and bedfast husband early Monday morning Mrs Mary 30 of Harvard avenue avenue ave arc nue dragged herself to the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone called tho the family physician gasped I am fain fainting tins into the mouthpiece and collapsed on the floor Her call saved sand the entire family from rom death b by asphyxiation When the physician Dr Leslie B. B White arrived ed ho found tho rooms looms filled with car carbon on monoxide gas and all aJl five Uve members of the family sprawled sprawl sprawl- ed unconscious around the house Mrs was on tho the floor by tho the telephone Hector Jr 9 5 was wasilL In lu the kitchen Donald 7 1 was In Inthe inthe inthe the bathroom Warren ValTen 3 was In his mothers mother's bed d and Hector Bad Baci galup 34 3 34 the husband who won ivon the Croix do Guerre b by fearlessly fearless de defying ing gas sas attacks at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woods was unconscious in tho the bed where he I ha has been confined jot for Ol months by hy tuberculosis of or tho the hip FIVE SOON REVIVED Dr White who luckily had a tank of ox oxygen gen In his car turned In an alarm to police called caned Dr Silas Smith and went to work tork With the tho aid of ot police and firemen who brought moro oxygen tanks and ox oxygen g en Inhalators ho soon re revived re- re Ived tho five fire victims The They arc are all reported out of or danger According to Investigators In faulty flues Clues were responsible lo for the near- near tragedy Soot had clogged up the openings opening forcing tho the odorless carbon carbon carbon car car- bon monoxide into the rooms Mrs said that sh she was seized with nausea about 45 4 a. a m rn got up and opened the windows and looked at the furnace to see that tho the pilot light wa was I burning She went back to bed ed and was awakened about 6 a a. a m. m b by the alarm clock dock She Sho still felt fet ill m and her children and husband began complaining complaining- of or headaches dizziness and nausea BOY COLLAPSES ON FLOOR At 7 30 the mother and Hector Jr got up both so ill lii the they could hardly stand tand Hector Jr started l making the kitchen firo fire but collapsed cot col lapsed on tho the floor Donald got sot out of oC bed and st staggered Sg ered to the bathroom and Mrs who b by 13 this time was almost overcome unlocked ed the front door and called tho doctor She remembered noth- noth about an nn hour later er Mr Ir who served overseas overseas over over- seas with tho the company of or the Sixth marines has been in ill iii health for or some time He spent several months in tho U U. S S. S Veterans' Veterans hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital at Bol Boise e returning here hero with wilh his family last May During During- his arm army service ho went through many I pas gas attacks but was never ne overcome overcome overcome over over- come until this morning Police officers who aided In re reviving reviving reviving re- re tho the family were Jack Kelly Kelb Ben Harmon L L. S S. S Winward T. T B B. Burbidge Leon Bastow stow and Thomas Dee The rho fire department inhalator squad was wa directed b by Captain pe