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Show ri.i: , ... .L-. j Di LtiiALinG GAS Tea Cther3 Cverco:.:e. ".Tiiladans .in Purifying Tox at a Plant , ; 27ear dicao. . i - " CHICAGO. ' Feb. 13.-FIve . men met death and ten. were overcome last night by the fumes of fas escaping ' from the purifying box in -the plant of the Northwestern North-western (gaslight and Coke company at Blue Island, The men, under the direction of 'Superintendent 'Super-intendent Hussell, had been engaged In changing the purifying box. According to , the statements of men at the plant, when the men finished the work of changing chang-ing the substance In the box they did not close the covers of the box. When the gas was turned Into the box for the purifying process It escaped in volumes, and the men were overcome where they stood. |