| Show to the editor of deseret news new dear sir A circumstance occurred at my h bouse on an saturday evening last which I 1 think ought to be published as a warning to others who mar be disposed t to follow the same game practice my eldest daughter took a kettle of hot coals into her bedroom bed room and being unwell the she closed the door and lay laj down on the bed it appears appear she be immediately went to sleep after she had been in her room about ten minutes the family were alarmed by unusual screams proceeding from her chamber on opening the door she was found extended on the bed perfectly insensible and the use of her limbs paralyzed the room being small the effects of the sulphur from the hot cals cala c als ala was almost unbearable to those i who entered mot hot water was immediately applied to her heir feet and camphor applied to her head bead and throat threat pretty freely after laboring thus about five minutes returning animation was manifested by in the hands and different parts of the body and she soon after came to her wages senses but bat manifested all the appearance pe arance of a person recovering ring from a violent fit I 1 am satisfied this attack was from the effects of the sulphur and in all probability if she had not been heard when she was A she would soon awn have been beyond reeo recovery she could not have lived five minutes longer this circumstance ir ance has bas been a serious aarni warning ng to my family and I 1 hope it may serve as an a warning to all who carry hot coals coal into their sleeping rooms and then shut out all circulation of air the practice is i as in in i my opinion I 1 dangerous and people ought to be cautious in thus exposing their own alv and the lives of children especially who cannot take lake wre care of themselves by such each unsafe practices yours tours respectfully C |
