NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO MEN

Patea Mail, Volume LIII, 23 July 1934, Page 4

NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO MEN

BACH FILLS WJbJI *GAS. BOTH FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. Sleeping ;i 1 i night in si two rooiu“i. bach which, iiiikiiuwn to thorn, wa. slowly filling \\ i(Ji gas fumes, an cl ilcrly man, ill’. I’. Ward, and a com panion, Hr. JL Wilson, narrowly 0.crped saH'ocai. ion at Wellington. Messrs. Ward and Wilson were sb tine- in the front room of the bach at Lyall Bay in close proximity to u ta; connected with a gas ring. One i> them must have inadvertently kuocko; the tap and partly turned on the gas Both men retired without. not ielii; anything wrong. Mr. 'Wilson slop? ithe hack room and Mr. Ward’s bed was in the front one\ fairly near ti the gas ring. As (lie hours sped In so did the bach (dl with fumes. For Innately the front door of the bar! "’as left open and it is probably dm to this that the men are still alive. Mr. Wilson rose early in the morn ing and on reaching (he fresh air col lapsed. A passer-by, Traffic Fnsprcto: Cook, summoned an ambulance, mean while applying artificial respir.uiou If Mr. Ward. It was three-quarters of an hour before the hitter showed any sign that he regained consciousness. Mr. "Wilson soon recovered from the effects of the fumes.