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Gas

it for from 20 to 24 hrs after inhaling it, he then collapses  & is as a rule beyond help.   Chlorine can be seen approaching as a yellowish green cloud in fine weather & in wet weather as a whitish mist.   1 pt of this gas to 10000 pts air is fatal to man.   When everything is ready we get the order to put on our P.H. helmets & after a careful inspection by the gas officer we file into the gas charged chamber (a room about 12 ft square with patent doors),  about 12 men at a time & remain in it for about 5 minutes, then making room for the next batch of men.   Accidents happen now & then, mostly through

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