As causes of the poisoning from suction gas were (1) improper situation of gas plant in cellar or basement, allowing gas to collect or pass upward; (2) defective fittings; (3) starting the suction gas plant by the fan with chimney valve closed; (4) cleaning out ‘scrubbers’ or repairing valves, &c.; (5) defective gasometer. In the seventeen cases due to blast furnace gas six were due to conveyance of the gas by the wind from a flue left open for cleaning purposes into an engineering shed, two to charging the cupola furnace, two to entering the furnace, and four to cleaning the flues. The following are instances taken from recent literature on gas poisoning[1]: Several cases of poisoning by _water gas_ occurred in a smelting works. The poisoning originated when a blowing machine driven by water gas was started. Owing to premature opening of the gas valve two men employed in a well underneath the machine were overcome. The attendant who had opened the valve succeeded in lifting both from the well; but as he was trying to lift a third man who had come to his assistance and fallen into the well he himself fell in and was overcome. The same fate befell the engineer and his assistant who came to the rescue. All efforts to recover the four men by others roped together failed, as all of them to the number of eight were rendered unconscious. With the aid of rescue appliances (helmets, &c.) the bodies were recovered, but efforts at artificial respiration failed. A workman was killed by _suction gas_ while in the water-closet. It appeared that some time previously when the plant was installed the ventilating pipe between the purifier and motor, instead of being led through the roof, had been led out sideways on a level with the floor immediately above the closet. In another case the suction gas attendant had taken out the three-way cock between the generator and motor for repairs and had not reinserted it properly, so that when effort was made to start the motor this failed, as gas only and no air was drawn in. The motor was thought to be at fault, and the fan was worked so vigorously that the gas forced its way out through the packing of the flange connections and produced symptoms of poisoning in the persons employed.