Grubb, Mary - gas in hotel
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 3 March 1899
Saturday Miss Mary
Grubb went to Chicago on business connected with her duties as drawing
teacher in the public schools and while there had an experience that she will
not soon forget. She, with a young lady friend, stopped at a well known hotel
and upon retiring Saturday evening turned off the gas. The valve was defective
and instead of stopping when the orifice for the admission of gas into the
burner was reached turned on past the proper place and admitted the gas again.
The fluid not being lighted, of course it escaped into the room in a small
quantity and when the inmates became conscious of the fact they were barely
able to get to the door and throw it open and then fell unconscious to the
floor. The hotel attendants noticed the smell of gas and found the victims as
stated. Miss Grubb had to be worked with all day Sunday and was brought to her
home in this city Monday. -s