THE DEATH OF ZOLA.
asphyxiation by chakcoal ■ fumes. ■•■:.• ;. ;■■■ Press Association. tUleetric Telegraph, Copyright, Pabib, September 29. ? The death of Emile/Zola was the; result of asphyxiation, caused by a defective stove-pipe in his bedroom.* Madame Zola was also affected, but she is recovering. . f -, September; 30. M. Zola returned to his home from the. country on Sunday. As the chimney smoked when a fire was lighted, a servant lowered a metal sheet, leaving the blocks of fuel to smoulder, but opened the windows, closing them again at night. Indications show that as the blocks burned they slowly exhaled gas, which, accumulating in the defective chimney, penetrated the bedroom. In the morning the servants knocked at the door of the room, and, receiving; no response, they entered. M. Zola was found lying on the floor, quite dead. Madame Zola was lying in bed, unconscious. When animation was restored, she stated that she had previously woke np with a headache, and had asked her husband to open the' window. In doing so he fell, and she then fainted. Experts say that the fumes were strongest near the floor. .
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 230, 2 October 1902, Page 1
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