Show WOMAN PARALYTICS PARALYTIC'S NARROW ESCAPE fROM ASPHYXIA ASPHYXIATION liON NEW YORK TORE Oct 16 Sinco Sinco she was stricken with paralysis several sc years ago Igo which u left her powerless verless to move either hand or foot font Miss Catherine Cath Phelan a n young oun woman who lives with her I r sister l Margaret arct has spent most of her lays days in an arm chair in tho the kitchen of tho little fiat flat The girl irl has bas preferred prod pre this room room because the younger girl compelled to do the housework in tho flat fiat was most frequently there Catherine Catherino was in her customary place a book propped upon box hev knees so o that sho might road read when Mar Margaret arct be began an anto to prepare a n meal Tho The younger young girl irl lit a n burner in agas n a gas tS stove eto and put some somo soup over it to cook Then she recalled that there thero was as something she sho had neglected to purchase o and promising to return in a no afew afew few minutes she ho left the house honse Catherine Cath Catha ovine erine read for n n. minute or two an anthen and then chanced to glance tL at nt tho gas stove sto She noticed that the tube connecting connecting con con- tho stove 0 with tho the main pi pipe po was slipping from its place and watched it until anti suddenly it fell The Tho flames fi mes under tho the howl bowl bo l of soup disappeared and an instant later Miss Niss I Phelan detected the tho odor of escaping gas as Then a full realization of her peril came camo over o her Tho The end of the pipe from irom which the gas was waa escaping lay on the floor less legs than twelve inches from the tip of her right shoe To have o stepped on it and shut off the tho flow How of gas as would have been an un easy casy matter for or a child But the young youn woman could not raise her foot from t the he floor Tho The windo windows 5 in jn the room wore closed and Margaret aret hid had shut the door when she went out The odor of tho the escaping escaping gas s became became be be- came stron stronger cr and stronger and tho the breathing of tho the woman became moro more and more difficult dif Then when all hope was gone she lost consciousness When tho the younger sister who had detected de do detected tho the E smell men of gas as she came thron through h tho the ball han burst into tho the kitchen the tho paralytic was sitting in her chair as though dead Margaret aret threw up the windows and pushed her sister s 's chair over to one of them Almost overcome o herself she screamed for help Neighbors Neighbors Neigh Neigh- bors ors responded and called n a physician It required a a. lon long time to restore the tho paralytic to consciousness s. s But for the younger sisters sister's prompt action in opening open open- opening ing the window Catherine would have o died |