FIREMAN VICTIM OF PIOSON GAS

Harrisburg Telegraph, April 18, 1921
FIREMAN VICTIM OF PIOSON GAS
Burning Chemicals Wreck Health of Carlisle Man

Carlisle, April 18, --Another and an unusual tragedy has been added to the list of the toll taken by fires each year. Eugene Shearer, of Carlisle, was taken to the county hospital yesterday, an insane man driven so following an experience in gas at a local home.

The unhappy man was removed from his home Sunday a raving maniac, his mind so completely beyond control that his attendants were compelled to bind him fast, to avoid possible injury to himself or others.

His was a most unusual experience. He was a member of the Friendship fire company and with that organization answered a fire alarm over a year ago. Chemicals were used and Shearer was actively engaged. He inhaled the fumes combined from smoke and the burning chemicals reducing him to practically the same condition as those soldiers who were gassed in France.

His mind slowly gave way, with his health steadily breaking. For some time he has been of little use either to himself or the world, a condition that culminated yesterday with his removal, an insane man, to the county home.

I have yet to find an obituary on this man to determine when he died. I would have to believe that by today’s standards he would be determined a line of duty death. If anyone knows anything about him and can help me out it would be appreciated.