Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1917 — BEWARE OF AUTO EXHAUST [ARTICLE]

BEWARE OF AUTO EXHAUST

Washington, D, C., January 23. —The increasing number of automobile exhaust asphyxiation® prompted the bureau of mines to issue a warning today against operating automobile engines in small garages with doors and windows closed. • . . “In the tests conducted,” said the warning, “the air in the garage was rendered decidedly dangerous after the automobile engine had been running fifteen minutes. The gas. is carbon monoxide, colorless, odorless and tasteless and is extremely poisonous. The dangerous symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning come almost without warning and collapse in a garage generally proves fatal unless outside aid arrives very soon.” A chemist conducting the bureau’s tests was considerably affected by the gases;