POISONING MYSTERY.
MANY DEATHS IN MISSION BOARDINGHOUSE. (XTKITE3 PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTBTC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Eeceived December £>th, 7.40 p.m.) DELHI, December 9. The story has reached Calcutta from Coimbatore, in South India, that -il boys of the London Mission boardinghouse at Erode have died, and many more are ill from eating some poisonous substance with the evening meal. It is believed that a snake fell into the soup, and was cooked with it. The patients suffered excruciating pain. The cook of the hostel is among the dead. Members of the teaching staff did not partake of the particular soup, and are not affected.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 11
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103POISONING MYSTERY. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 11
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