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Show POISONOUS GASES FROM AUTOS Even' motorist should know and remember re-member that tho exhaust fumes from an automobile motor are poisonous. When allowed to escapo into the open ol. Vmr nrn nlltflrlv rl I CO ! rl t Ofl null cause no damage, tho it Is unwise to work close to the exhaust with tho motor running, oven in tho open air. It is when the motorist works over hia. engine in a closed unveutilated gartlgo that troublo comes. He is likely to bo overcome before ho realizes his danger aud as the motor goes on running his condition becomes be-comes worse unless he is discovered. Undo Sam's bureau of mines, which naturally concerns itself with poisonous poison-ous gases, has been investigating tho automobile exhaust. These fumes known to the chomist as carbon monoxide, are the sarao as tho gases in mines, which have long occupied tho attention of tho bureau. It has .been determined that this gas is dangerous to life of prcsont in tho air broathed in quantities as small as two-tenths of 1 per cont. An experiment ex-periment showed that the air within a small garage becamo extremely dangerous when the motor had been running for fifteen minutes, and fifteen fif-teen minutes passes quickly when you are adjusting a motor. Carbon monoxide gives one no warning. It Is odorless, colorless and tasteless, as well as deadly poisonous. It is so sudden in its effects and acts so without warning that the collapse col-lapse of the driver is followed by death in many cases. The fatalities from this cause have been increasing of lato, according to government reports. re-ports. Milestones. |