FATAL NOVELTY.
POISON TRAGEDY.
IS Indians Die After Eating Strange Sea Animal. TAKEN FOR TORTOISE. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 11 a.m.) DELHI, September 28. Eighteen deaths occurred in a fishing village in Travancore as the result of four families eating the flesh of a sea animal resembling a giant tortoise which was caught nibj bling at the nets spread on the shore.
Half the flesh was divided among the captors and the rest was sold in the market. All twelve members of the families died after the feast and many who bought the flesh in the market were seriously ill. Six of those died.
Experts examined the shell and declare that it Was not au ordinary tortoise, but a special kind that is unknown. The local Government has ordered an inquiry into the tragedy.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 9
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136FATAL NOVELTY. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 9
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