WOOD ALCOHOL DRINK PROVES POISONOUS
Deaths in American Town PUBLIC WARNINGS ISSUED BY AUTHORITIES By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received January 29. 5.5 p.m.) New York, January 28. A Utica message states that, with three more deaths to-day, a total of 16 persons have lost their lives over the week-end from drinking a poison liqour containing wood alcohol, a beverage which was sold at various nan-licensed premises. It appears to have been obtained from a single source—a group of oootleggers. for whom the police are seeking. The situation has become so serious that tlie authorities have been compelled to issue a public warning. Three more persons are in a dynig condition in hospital, and it is feared many more have been poisoned.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 9
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120WOOD ALCOHOL DRINK PROVES POISONOUS Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 9
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