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ILLUMINANT GAS

FREQUENT CAUSE OF POISON. DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 24. The abnormal number of deaths due to gas poisoning is directing attention to the dangers of carbon monoxide in domestic gas, due to the increased proportion of water gas. The potency of carbon monoxide as a poison has also led to an alarming epidemic of gas suicides, including that of a beautiful social butterfly well known in West End high life. iThe Times, in a leader commenting on tne subject, points out that water gas contains 42 per cent, of carbon monoxide compared with 6 per cent, in coal gas. The Times adds that deaths from gas poisoningx have increased both in Britain and the United States pari passu with the increase in the practice of diluting iras supplies with water gas. Though deaths from carbon monoxide noisoning have long been increasing, they have become extraordinarily frequent lately.—The Times.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 5

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ILLUMINANT GAS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 5

ILLUMINANT GAS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 5

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