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5 SPILLANE ESTIMATED that she turned on the hot water tap of the bathtub between 6 and 7 p.m. Then, he said, she apparently collapsed before she could turn on the cold water. Her husband, who had left the house around 5 p.m.. tried to reach her by phone several times. Becoming worried when his calls went unanswered, he phoned a nurse who was a close friend of his wife.

The nurse, who said she also had been trying to reach Carroll, called a friend who drove to the Carroll home around 10 p.m. He found the front door unlocked and the house full of steam. When he found the bodies in the bathtub, the friend called police. Detective John Dabrowski said the tub was nearly full of hot water but was not overflowing because the drain was unplugged. He said Carroll was lying on her back with the baby still clutched in her arms.

The mother's head was above the water but the baby had been completely sub merged. Dabrowski said. THE VICTIMS were found in their rented home at 63 Jackson Mineola. police said. Meaghan's 2-year-old sister.

Patty Ann. slept through the tragedy but detectives said she might have been killed by steam if help hadn't arrived in time. Carroll's husband. Richard, was working the night shift as an X-ray technician at Hempstead General Hospital. His wife also worked there until shortly before Meaghan was born, but since then she had been staying home to care for her daughters.

Detective Lt. Shaun Spillane. commander of the Nassau homicide squad, said Carroll had been suffering from diabetic seizures and blackouts. Police ambulances had taken her to a hospital on several occasions. Recently, she had a diabetic pump attached to her side in order to maintain a proper level of insulin, Spillane said.

But she apparently took if off Monday evening while preparing to take a. bath with the baby. By STEWART AIX and PAUL MESKIL A Long Island nurse who frequently suffered from insulin shock and her 6-month-oId daughter were found dead in a tub full of scalding water. Nassau County police reported yesterday. Investigators believe that Marianne Carroll.

32. a registered nurse who had severe diabetes, collapsed from insulin shock and fell into the tub while holding her baby, Meaghan. in her arms. They believe the insulin shock or the scalding water killed Carroll, and her daughter either drowned or was scalded to death. Insulin shock is a state of collapse caused by-decreased blood sugar resulting from an excessive dosage of insulin.

Dr. Leslie Lukash. Nassau County medical examiner, said the causes of death would not be known until toxicological tests on the bodies. He, also said a diabetic pump sometimes worn by Carroll would be examined to find out if it was functioning properly. f.

i i i' rJ'vtHi ill 1l4ln r-1 r- 2 it! DALV NAS JM tnJGH St. underpass of East River Drive (I.) and entrance to Williamsburg Bridge Both structures are considered in dire need of repair. JiM HUGHES Entrance to 90th much work that state transportation officials have said they are considering a new bridge to replace it. Both Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Koch said the study dramatized the need for voters to approve the S1.25 billion Rebuild New York bond issue that is on the ballot in Tuesday's election.

"We are lucky it's only two out of 15 (city bridges on the listi," Koch said. "Passage of the bond issue would help THE GROUP, comprised of about 150 construction experts in New York. New Jersey and Connecticut, studied spans in the tristate area before compiling their list of the 15 worst. The 6.201-foot Williamsburg, which is about 80 years old and carries 100.000 cars a day, was found to be in "critical need of major rehabilitation" because many of the main cables need to be replaced. The span needs so in meeting our infrastructure needs The New York City Partnership, a coalition of business and civic leaders led by banker David Rockefeller, also endorsed passage of the bond issue yesterday "The projects planned under the rebuilding program are important elements in maintaining a balanced and safe transportation network in the metropolitan resion." Rockefeller said in a statement.

AMONG THE NINE New York bridges on the list are the East River Drive bridge that runs from 79th to 90th the Meadowbrook Parkway Bridge on Long Island and the Hutch inson River Parkway span that crosses the Webster Ave. ramp in New Ro chelle. The others are in Buffalo. Rochester and other uptsate areas. By MARCIA KRAMER Chief of The News Albany Bureau The Williamsburg Bridge and the underpass that carries the East River Drive under Gracie Mansion are among the 15 most rundown spans in the tristate area, a regional construction trade group said yesterday.

"These bridges require attention as quickly as possible." said Neal Betti-gole. president of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design, northeast region. 4 "The dire consequences of a failed bridge cannot be overstated enough." he continued. "The lives of millions of people can be critically affected, sometimes tragically as was the case with the Mianus River bridge collapse in Connecticut." Mario asks line on sports betting Gov. Cuomo last night said that he was looking into legalizing sports betting to ease the burden on law enforcement agencies as well as bring funds to government that now go to organized crime.

Cuomo made his remarks on the live telecast "Call Gov. Cuomo." on Channel 13. He said he had asked Lawrence Kurlander, director of criminal justice, to look into the proposal. Stephen MeFarland Bv JERRY CASSIDY and PAUL MESKIL her blazing bedroom, but they were overcome by smoke before they could reach Weinman, who was sprawled on the floor beside the bed. The unconscious officers were re cued by Officers Nicholas Penza and John Leach and Firemen Louis Mira and James Adams.

Auguste. Biancavilla, 29. and Massy. 32. were in serious condition in Nassau Hospital.

Auguste was arraigned the h-p: tal. In the late 1970s. Fire Commissioner August Beekman promoted Weinman to deputy inspector general. Mulhan said. an argument.

"He had been drinking vodka." McCarty said. "They quarreled. She wanted him out of the apartment and he wouldn't go. He passed out in her bed. She threw lighted matches on him and on the bed.

She just kept throwing matches until a fire At about 1:35 a.m. a neighbor heard Auguste screaming: "Fire! Fire!" The neighbor called the Garden City fire and police departments. Officers Biancavilla and Harold Massy found Auguste standing in a vestibule. BEFORE AUGUSTE passed out she told the policemen that a man was in New York City fire marshal's office at the time of his death. He had been an assistant Brooklyn district attorney.

Auguste. who was studying for a doctorate, was accused of deliberately killing Weinman early yesterday in her garden apartment at 262 Cherry Valley Garden City. Detectives said Weinman was a frequent visitor. "IT WAS A SOCIAL relationship, not a sexual relationship." said Assistant District Attorney Edward McCarty of Nassau County. He said Weinman had visited guste 'Monday night and they cot into A Long Island teacher was charged with murder and arson yesterday after she set fire to a former Brooklyn prosecutor as he slept in her bed.

police said. The suspect. Joanne Auguste. 41. was overcome by smoke, along with two police officers who tried to rescue the burning man and had to be rescued themselves by other police and firefighters.

The victim. William Weinman, 40. of Levittown. L.I.. was legal adviser to the.