CORONER CALLED IN TWO DEATHS
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Mrs. Amanda Herman Asphyxiated;
Another Woman Found Dead On Farm
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One Woman Revived
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Coroner L. U. Zech on the deaths of two women yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Amanda Herman, 81 years old, widow of Charles Herman, was found dead in the kitchen of her home, 439 West Market Street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Coal gas from a kitchen range had caused asphyxiation and Coroner Zech held that her death was accidental. Mrs. Addie Knaub, about 48 years old and a domestic in the employ of Mrs. Herman was found unconscious on a chair near the lifeless body of Mrs. Herman. She is in serious condition in the York Hospital but will probably recover.
The other death reported to the coroner was that of Mrs. Rosie H. Failor, New Cumberland R.D. 1, who was found dead on the Fred Eppley farm, which is situated in the hills five miles north of Lewisberry. After an investigation, Coroner Zech pronounced death due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Mrs. Failor was 23 years old.
The tragedy at the Herman home was discovered by Jay C. Heiges, 461 West Market Street, who noticed the morning papers and bottles of milk on the front porch while passing yesterday afternoon. Knowing that Mrs. Herman was not out of the city; Heiges thought it strange that the milk and papers had not been taken in and investigated. Looking in the kitchen windows, he plainly saw the two bodies which had fallen in odd positions from the chairs, and suspecting that the two women were either ill or dead, he immediately notified Franklin H. Wogan, proprietor of the Pennsylvania Garage, 26 East Philadelphia Street, who is the nearest relative of Mrs. Herman.
The doors were locked, and an entrance had to be forced. Before doing so, however, Wogan went for Daniel L. Stouch, 440 West Market Street and Dr. L. H. Fackler, 451 West Market Street. Together they gained an entrance to the house. There was no sign of life in Mrs. Herman's body, and she had evidently been dead for several hours, at least. Mrs. Knaub, the domestic, still retained a spark of life and Dr. Fackler set to work at once to revive her. She slowly responded to his efforts and after her condition permitted, she was taken to the York Hospital, where she is now under the care of Dr. George E. Holtzapple, of the hospital staff. Relatives in Starview, where Mrs. Knaub formerly resided, were notified.
Heiges notified Coroner Zech and the latter went to the Herman home to investigate. The official has filed a report giving the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning from the kitchen stove as the cause of death.
The body of Mrs. Herman was removed to the undertaking establishment of C. A. Strack and Son to be prepared for burial. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, with services in the C. A. Strack Memorial Chapel at 1:30 o'clock. Re. W. H. Traub, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Herman was a member, will officiate. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
[York Daily Record - Tuesday, May 27, 1924]
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Mrs. Amanda Herman Asphyxiated;
Another Woman Found Dead On Farm
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One Woman Revived
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Coroner L. U. Zech on the deaths of two women yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Amanda Herman, 81 years old, widow of Charles Herman, was found dead in the kitchen of her home, 439 West Market Street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Coal gas from a kitchen range had caused asphyxiation and Coroner Zech held that her death was accidental. Mrs. Addie Knaub, about 48 years old and a domestic in the employ of Mrs. Herman was found unconscious on a chair near the lifeless body of Mrs. Herman. She is in serious condition in the York Hospital but will probably recover.
The other death reported to the coroner was that of Mrs. Rosie H. Failor, New Cumberland R.D. 1, who was found dead on the Fred Eppley farm, which is situated in the hills five miles north of Lewisberry. After an investigation, Coroner Zech pronounced death due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Mrs. Failor was 23 years old.
The tragedy at the Herman home was discovered by Jay C. Heiges, 461 West Market Street, who noticed the morning papers and bottles of milk on the front porch while passing yesterday afternoon. Knowing that Mrs. Herman was not out of the city; Heiges thought it strange that the milk and papers had not been taken in and investigated. Looking in the kitchen windows, he plainly saw the two bodies which had fallen in odd positions from the chairs, and suspecting that the two women were either ill or dead, he immediately notified Franklin H. Wogan, proprietor of the Pennsylvania Garage, 26 East Philadelphia Street, who is the nearest relative of Mrs. Herman.
The doors were locked, and an entrance had to be forced. Before doing so, however, Wogan went for Daniel L. Stouch, 440 West Market Street and Dr. L. H. Fackler, 451 West Market Street. Together they gained an entrance to the house. There was no sign of life in Mrs. Herman's body, and she had evidently been dead for several hours, at least. Mrs. Knaub, the domestic, still retained a spark of life and Dr. Fackler set to work at once to revive her. She slowly responded to his efforts and after her condition permitted, she was taken to the York Hospital, where she is now under the care of Dr. George E. Holtzapple, of the hospital staff. Relatives in Starview, where Mrs. Knaub formerly resided, were notified.
Heiges notified Coroner Zech and the latter went to the Herman home to investigate. The official has filed a report giving the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning from the kitchen stove as the cause of death.
The body of Mrs. Herman was removed to the undertaking establishment of C. A. Strack and Son to be prepared for burial. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, with services in the C. A. Strack Memorial Chapel at 1:30 o'clock. Re. W. H. Traub, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Herman was a member, will officiate. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
[York Daily Record - Tuesday, May 27, 1924]
CORONER CALLED IN TWO DEATHS
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Mrs. Amanda Herman Asphyxiated;
Another Woman Found Dead On Farm
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One Woman Revived
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Coroner L. U. Zech on the deaths of two women yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Amanda Herman, 81 years old, widow of Charles Herman, was found dead in the kitchen of her home, 439 West Market Street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Coal gas from a kitchen range had caused asphyxiation and Coroner Zech held that her death was accidental. Mrs. Addie Knaub, about 48 years old and a domestic in the employ of Mrs. Herman was found unconscious on a chair near the lifeless body of Mrs. Herman. She is in serious condition in the York Hospital but will probably recover.
The other death reported to the coroner was that of Mrs. Rosie H. Failor, New Cumberland R.D. 1, who was found dead on the Fred Eppley farm, which is situated in the hills five miles north of Lewisberry. After an investigation, Coroner Zech pronounced death due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Mrs. Failor was 23 years old.
The tragedy at the Herman home was discovered by Jay C. Heiges, 461 West Market Street, who noticed the morning papers and bottles of milk on the front porch while passing yesterday afternoon. Knowing that Mrs. Herman was not out of the city; Heiges thought it strange that the milk and papers had not been taken in and investigated. Looking in the kitchen windows, he plainly saw the two bodies which had fallen in odd positions from the chairs, and suspecting that the two women were either ill or dead, he immediately notified Franklin H. Wogan, proprietor of the Pennsylvania Garage, 26 East Philadelphia Street, who is the nearest relative of Mrs. Herman.
The doors were locked, and an entrance had to be forced. Before doing so, however, Wogan went for Daniel L. Stouch, 440 West Market Street and Dr. L. H. Fackler, 451 West Market Street. Together they gained an entrance to the house. There was no sign of life in Mrs. Herman's body, and she had evidently been dead for several hours, at least. Mrs. Knaub, the domestic, still retained a spark of life and Dr. Fackler set to work at once to revive her. She slowly responded to his efforts and after her condition permitted, she was taken to the York Hospital, where she is now under the care of Dr. George E. Holtzapple, of the hospital staff. Relatives in Starview, where Mrs. Knaub formerly resided, were notified.
Heiges notified Coroner Zech and the latter went to the Herman home to investigate. The official has filed a report giving the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning from the kitchen stove as the cause of death.
The body of Mrs. Herman was removed to the undertaking establishment of C. A. Strack and Son to be prepared for burial. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, with services in the C. A. Strack Memorial Chapel at 1:30 o'clock. Re. W. H. Traub, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Herman was a member, will officiate. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
[York Daily Record - Tuesday, May 27, 1924]
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Mrs. Amanda Herman Asphyxiated;
Another Woman Found Dead On Farm
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One Woman Revived
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Coroner L. U. Zech on the deaths of two women yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Amanda Herman, 81 years old, widow of Charles Herman, was found dead in the kitchen of her home, 439 West Market Street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Coal gas from a kitchen range had caused asphyxiation and Coroner Zech held that her death was accidental. Mrs. Addie Knaub, about 48 years old and a domestic in the employ of Mrs. Herman was found unconscious on a chair near the lifeless body of Mrs. Herman. She is in serious condition in the York Hospital but will probably recover.
The other death reported to the coroner was that of Mrs. Rosie H. Failor, New Cumberland R.D. 1, who was found dead on the Fred Eppley farm, which is situated in the hills five miles north of Lewisberry. After an investigation, Coroner Zech pronounced death due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Mrs. Failor was 23 years old.
The tragedy at the Herman home was discovered by Jay C. Heiges, 461 West Market Street, who noticed the morning papers and bottles of milk on the front porch while passing yesterday afternoon. Knowing that Mrs. Herman was not out of the city; Heiges thought it strange that the milk and papers had not been taken in and investigated. Looking in the kitchen windows, he plainly saw the two bodies which had fallen in odd positions from the chairs, and suspecting that the two women were either ill or dead, he immediately notified Franklin H. Wogan, proprietor of the Pennsylvania Garage, 26 East Philadelphia Street, who is the nearest relative of Mrs. Herman.
The doors were locked, and an entrance had to be forced. Before doing so, however, Wogan went for Daniel L. Stouch, 440 West Market Street and Dr. L. H. Fackler, 451 West Market Street. Together they gained an entrance to the house. There was no sign of life in Mrs. Herman's body, and she had evidently been dead for several hours, at least. Mrs. Knaub, the domestic, still retained a spark of life and Dr. Fackler set to work at once to revive her. She slowly responded to his efforts and after her condition permitted, she was taken to the York Hospital, where she is now under the care of Dr. George E. Holtzapple, of the hospital staff. Relatives in Starview, where Mrs. Knaub formerly resided, were notified.
Heiges notified Coroner Zech and the latter went to the Herman home to investigate. The official has filed a report giving the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning from the kitchen stove as the cause of death.
The body of Mrs. Herman was removed to the undertaking establishment of C. A. Strack and Son to be prepared for burial. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, with services in the C. A. Strack Memorial Chapel at 1:30 o'clock. Re. W. H. Traub, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Herman was a member, will officiate. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
[York Daily Record - Tuesday, May 27, 1924]
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