FATAL BELGIAN FOGS
POISON ELEMENT IDENTIFIED
[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.l
BRTJSSELLS. January 16
The preliminary report of the experts investigating the poison in the fog in the Meuse Valley in December, shows that sixtv-three of the deaths were due to sulphuroia anhydride fumes in the air. The experts point out that the fog was due to an unusual combination of circumstances, and that may recur. These fumes previously had been noted in factory smoke.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1931, Page 5
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