A NARROW ESCAPE.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. An elderly woman named Bridget Johnston went into the residence of a neighbor, William Black, with a tumbler in her hand, and stated that she had dissolved the heads of a eardnoard box of matches iri tho water and had drunk tho contents. She handed five shillings to Mrs Black, with a request that the latter should buy a nightdress in which to dress her in. for burial. The tumbler she carried contained a small quantity of water, in which were the heads of fivo matches partially dissolved. Dr Walker, on examination, found tho woman was in no immediate danger. lie administered an emetic, and then ordered her removal to tho hospital, where she is no”/ progressing favorably.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 887, 11 May 1903, Page 3
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127A NARROW ESCAPE. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 887, 11 May 1903, Page 3
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