European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 10, 1991from Furnace kills family of 10 Chicago police remove a body Friday from the Home of Jesus and Graciela Orejel. Chicago apr a couple and their eight children died when deadly Carbon monoxide escaped from a malfunctioning Furnace. The House was tightly closed apparently in response to record breaking cold weather that hit the area last week. The bodies of the 10 people who were dressed for bed were found Friday after friends became alarmed when they Hadnot seen them for two Days and broke into their Brick Bungalow. A we opened the windows and they were All dead a said one of the friends Efrain Lopez. A i knocked and there was no answer. We went in and saw one victim by the refrigerator. He looked like he was just going to get up. He looked alive but he was dead a said Peter Diaz another Friend. Temperatures in the Chicago area broke records every night last week with lows in the mid teens the National weather service said. Thursdays Low was 13,5 below the previous record set in 1971. Peter Munoz a spokesman for Peoples Gas Light amp Coke co., which supplied Gas to the House said a faulty Weld caused the Accident. A apparently a spot Weld in a flue pipe gave Way leaving a 3-Inch Gap that caused byproducts of combustion including Carbon monoxide to recirculate throughout the Home Munoz said. Carbon monoxide readings in the House were 100 parts per million a 10 times the Normal Levels a when firefighters entered about 4 . Friday said fire department spokesman Mike Cosgrove. Fire battalion chief John Bartgen identified the parents As Jesus Orejel 50, and Graciela Orejel 48. The Cook county medical examiners office identified the Orejel children As Ernesto 10 Graciela 14 Patricia 16 Margarita 17 Salvador 18 Angelica 18 Luis 21 and Jesus 22. Neighbors said the family a originally from Mexico a moved into the House near Chicago a Midway Airport about vhf years ago. They were last seen wednesday. Peoples Gas which serves the City of Chicago warned residents last week that Carbon monoxide can accumulate in buildings As a result of faulty heating equipment or blocked chimneys. A faulty Weld in a Chicago building led to the Carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of five people in february. And on thursday members of a Roseville minn., family were overcome by Carbon monoxide but were rescued before being seriously  Virginia closes forests to prevent fires by the Washington Post Virginia officials closed virtually All Public and private forests and Fields in the Commonwealth to Hunters and hikers effective saturday in an extraordinary Effort to prevent fires on millions of acres parched by a monthlong  ban approved Friday by gov. Douglas Wilder excludes nearly a fall human activity such As hiking horseback Riding Bird watching and camping on state and local Parks As Well As privately owned forests open Fields and Marshlands. People can continue to drive along Public and private roads. Federal officials voluntarily imposed the same restrictions in National Parks and forests. Restrictions will continue until there has been a substantial amount of rain or Snow. It is the first time in 20 years that such wide reaching restrictions have been imposed state forestry officials said. The Deer Hunting season for about 300,000 licensed Hunters set to begin nov. 18, could be delayed. And an estimated 30,000 weekend visitors who otherwise might have planned hiking trips to Parks from great Falls to Shenandoah National Park will have to find other things to do. State conservation officials said they  delay the measure. About 23 million acres of Fields and forests Are critically dry and officials said they want to avoid the sort of uncontrolled blazes that have swept through West Virginia and Oakland recently. Since oct. 16, More than 266 fires have burned More than 2,360 acres in Virginia and at least eight fresh fires have started in the last two Days. A we have a lot of houses in wooded areas where the same thing could occur As in Oakland said Don t. Morton chief of fire management for the state department of forestry. A a it a a last resort. Our mandate is to protect life property and the Forest  drought conditions began in late april and continue in virtually the entire state according to the National weather service. Virginia joins several other states that have banned fires or activity in forests. West Virginia imposed Simi Lar restrictions in 14 of its 55 counties on oct. 31, after fires swept through 275,000 acres of tinder dry land. In Maryland Access to Green Ridge state Park near Cumberland was restricted Friday after fires raged across 102 acres of Brush and Trees in the mountains of Western Maryland. A 50-acre fire was put out at Myrtle Grove wildlife management area in Charles county. Pennsylvania has outlawed open fires on 2 million acres of Public land. Meteorologists use an 800-Point Index to measure dryness and virtually every area of Virginia measures above 400, which is considered critical officials said. A Reading of 70 is Normal. Lou Southard spokesman for the state department of forestry said some Mountain areas have reached 600 on the scale. Extremely Low humidity Low rainfall and recent Leaf fall have made the Forest vulnerable to Sparks. A recent fire in the Shenandoah National Park was caused by a Lawn Mower that hit a Rock he said. A it is As dry As it can possibly get a Southard said. A it is Bone  three officers suspended in Chicago torture probe Chicago a a District police commander and two detectives were suspended after they were charged Friday with using excessive Force following allegations that they had tortured suspects. If the charges Are sustained following a police Board hearing cmdr. Jon Burge and his two detectives could be fired the Chicago police department said in a statement. They were suspended for 30 Days without pay. The officers were named in charges by the City a Law department after an internal investigation the statement said. It was launched following allegations that Burge and others tortured suspects in police custody. Burge Heads the departments unit in Brighton Park a Chicago neighbourhood. Police spokeswoman Tina Vincini said Union rules prohibited her from identifying the two detectives suspended along with Burge. Burge 43, and three detectives a Robert Dwyer Peter Dignan and Charles Grunhard a Are named As defendants in a lawsuit accusing them of torturing 12 suspects in custody Between 1982 and 1987. The lawsuit accuses police of shocking prisoners beating them denying them food and placing plastic bags Over their Heads in efforts to gain confessions. The lawsuit was filed last month by Gregory Banks who says he was tortured into falsely confessing a murder. The lawsuit seeks $8 million in compensatory damages and $8 million in punitive damages said attorney Flint Taylor. Banks was convicted in 1983. But the Illinois appellate court threw out the conviction in 1989, saying police had punched him kicked him and placed a plastic bag Over his head to obtain an involuntary confession. The murder charge was dismissed in 1990, and Banks was freed after spending seven years in prison. Amnesty International the human rights organization cited Banks Case in a letter to state officials last year and asked for information on allegations of brutality in the police  police Board will schedule a hearing Date in about 10 Days the statement said. Crane helps Baltimore keep Blue Collar look Baltimore apr Baltimore a landmarks like the City itself have a Blue Collar air. When the last shipyard in the inner Harbor was sold to make Way for a condominium Marina Complex officials at the Baltimore museum of Industry decided the City a Skyline Wouida to be the same without the cranes that have hulled Over the Harbor since world War ii. A group of construction companies contractors and Union members agreed and donated equipment time and services to move one of four Bethlehem steel cranes Down the Street to the museum. A we thought by preserving this one Crane it would remind people of what went on Here before it becomes a totally residential area a said Ann Steele said assistant director of the museum. A a it a symbolic of a period i think people in Baltimore want to  the 30,000-ton capacity 1942 Whir Ley Crane was reassembled thursday at the Entrance to the museums parking lot. The four cranes spiked the Skyline of South Baltimore since the 1940s when they were installed by Bethlehem steel at the shipyard to help produce Liberty ships that supplied Europe. At its Peak in 1944, the shipyard employed 11,000 and worked on 4,500 ships Between 1940 and the end of the War. The shipyards Are gone now. The inner Harbor had been Home to shipbuilding since 1773. By the end of the 19th Century the area was the Home to a half dozen shipyards the museum said. In addition to the Crane the museum is Home to the last working steam tugboat on the East coast and a Coal pier