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Show NARROW ESCAPE Of FAMILY FROM DEATH Beware of coal gas' Or. Reinhold Kanzler yesierdav ! morning was called to attend a family fam-ily on Twentv-fifth street, between Madison and Monroe, all three members mem-bers or which, and the Spitz watch-1 dog, were almost, asphyxiated b coal; I gas In banking the fire in a heater the! night before, the damper was not opened wide enough. The heater filled fill-ed with gas. Rising at 5 o'clock, the I home owner opened ihe lower air door of the heater and returned to' bed. As a rule this resulted in having a good fire and a warm room half an! i hour later. Half an hour later, however, the entire en-tire familj was almost ready for the I cemetery The deadly coal gas pour-ed pour-ed into the rooms. The heroic little1 j dog barked loudly to warn his loved ones of their danger. The wife awoke jand staggered across the room, falling' in a faint The daughter, roused by the dog, also awoke, but fell uncon-1 scious. The husband managed To , open the doors and windows, haing 1 their l! es. ! Dr Kanzler told them the cause of I the illness the moment he entered the I J house, "anu it was a narrow escape. ' j he said. He also said home owners i ; should be careful in banking coal fires. The damper should be left open so the gas may escape. The fai'hful Spitz retainer was rewarded re-warded Ui an extra feast of marrow mar-row bone. |