Camden Post-Telegram, November 28, 1902View transcription
WOMAN OVERCOME BY DEADLY GAS
Slot Meter Came Near Causing the Death of Mrs. Kate Brice.
SHE FORGOT TO CLOSE A VALVE
Mrs. Kate Brice, wife of William R. Brice, proprietor of the Alpha and Wide Awake Cafes, narrowly escaped death by asphyxiation from illuminating gas on Wednesday. A slot-gas meter was the cause of Mrs. Brice's close call.
The Brices reside at 50 Penn street and during this week are entertaining Mrs. Brice's mother, Mrs. Mary Tobin, of Mahoney City, Pa.
Mrs. Brice directs the affairs at one of her husband's restaurants in the evening and on Wednesday afternoon as is her daily custom, retired to her bed chamber for a short nap preparatory to her evening duty.
Her mother accompanied her up stairs and Mrs. Brice lighted a gas radiator. It had only been burning a few moments when it went out and Mrs. Brice after telling her mother that the supply was regulated by a slot meter, directed her to place a quarter in the meter which is located in the cellar.
She then fell asleep and Mrs. Tobin busied herself with household duties until darkness came on. Then going to the cellar she placed the twenty-five cent piece in the slot and the gas again flowed.
Some time later in the evening Mrs. Tobin noticed that it was the hour of which her daughter said she would be up and going to her bed chamber Mrs. Tobin was horrified to find Mrs. Brice unconscious with the room filled with gas.
When the gas went out they had forgot to shut off the valve and later when the quarter was put in the meter, the deadly vapor poured into the room through the open cock.
Dr. Wills was summoned and after an hour's hard work succeeded in reviving Mrs. Brice. He said three minutes more and she would have been dead.
Slot Meter Came Near Causing the Death of Mrs. Kate Brice.
SHE FORGOT TO CLOSE A VALVE
Mrs. Kate Brice, wife of William R. Brice, proprietor of the Alpha and Wide Awake Cafes, narrowly escaped death by asphyxiation from illuminating gas on Wednesday. A slot-gas meter was the cause of Mrs. Brice's close call.
The Brices reside at 50 Penn street and during this week are entertaining Mrs. Brice's mother, Mrs. Mary Tobin, of Mahoney City, Pa.
Mrs. Brice directs the affairs at one of her husband's restaurants in the evening and on Wednesday afternoon as is her daily custom, retired to her bed chamber for a short nap preparatory to her evening duty.
Her mother accompanied her up stairs and Mrs. Brice lighted a gas radiator. It had only been burning a few moments when it went out and Mrs. Brice after telling her mother that the supply was regulated by a slot meter, directed her to place a quarter in the meter which is located in the cellar.
She then fell asleep and Mrs. Tobin busied herself with household duties until darkness came on. Then going to the cellar she placed the twenty-five cent piece in the slot and the gas again flowed.
Some time later in the evening Mrs. Tobin noticed that it was the hour of which her daughter said she would be up and going to her bed chamber Mrs. Tobin was horrified to find Mrs. Brice unconscious with the room filled with gas.
When the gas went out they had forgot to shut off the valve and later when the quarter was put in the meter, the deadly vapor poured into the room through the open cock.
Dr. Wills was summoned and after an hour's hard work succeeded in reviving Mrs. Brice. He said three minutes more and she would have been dead.
