 Was the gas incident deadly?
SILENCE IS—DEADLY By Bertrand L. Shurtleff Radio is an absolute necessity in modern organization—and particularly in modern naval organization. With him came a boatload of scientific apparatus and equipment, including a number of things that looked like oxygen tanks, which were now stored in the forward hold. "But this storm, sir!" Nelson avoided Curtis' friendly eyes and slipped out from under his arm. Nelson's estimate, I'm checking back," he declared, frowning at the two papers and hastily rechecking his own figures. Then he hastened to the radio room, with Nelson at his heels, and the Czech trotting along behind. I have shattered them around your ship, just as I can eventually shatter them all over Central Europe!
 No, exposed crewmen were left nearly comatose.
 Yes, there were bodies scattered all over the ship.  No, exposed crewmen were left nearly comatose.  Yes, and only gas masks could help prevent death from the gas exposure.  No, because Androka made sure to expose the crewmen to a nondeadly gas.