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Nearly Fatal

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
November
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

1 wo servant girls of Hon. Philip Bacli, on going to bed Ia8t Tiiesday nlght, locked tlieir door and closed the Windows. Properly turning off the gas, as they supposed, they soon went to sleep. About raidnight one of them feeling ill arose and imniediately feil to the floor. Her companion a8ked lier what the matter was. She said she feit bad and began to walk the room. Soon feeling better she lay down again. Aa the girls did not make their appcarance In the morning, Mr. Bach and hia family became alarmed, and breaking in the door, they found the girls in a senseless condition and the room filled with gas. The windows were opened and their heads tunied tothe fresh air, Dr. Kapp wassummoned at once, and worked with them vhjorou9lyuiit.il noon. They are now about recovered. The cause of the escaping gas wasprobably carelessness in turning it off, for the girls had occupied the same room for several months past