A PAEROA SENSATION.
A sensational case of ptomaine poisoning occurred at Paeroa, a man named Burke and four children having very narrowly escaped death in consequence of having partaken of tinned mullet at tea. Mrs Burke went to the Thames to attend a special Salvation Army meeting, leaving her husband and four children at home. Mr Burke, therefore, opened the mullet for tea, and all the children, including an infant about a year and five months old, ate some. Shortly afterwards the family were attacked with violent pains, and as the children were becoming —'v b ad ; Mr Burke invoked assistance. It was not uHtii next morning that Mr Burke and his children Were declared out of danger. A bright little fellow named Erie, aged about four years,_ appeared to suffer mo s t, and several times it was thought that he had breathed his last. Mr Burke was aisb very bad. 1 ortuuately, however, medical skill and attentiuu sueeeedeu.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 823, 23 February 1903, Page 2
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160A PAEROA SENSATION. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 823, 23 February 1903, Page 2
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