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Serious wholesale poisoning occurred at the United Methodist Sunday school picnic at Melbourne. About 600 children left Williamstown for a spot on the Werribee River.
Just after luncheon children began to drop down rapidly, manifesting symptoms of ptomaine poisoning, till there were over 100 sufferers lying down. Medical help was sent for, and the farmers in the neighbourhood gave valuable assistance with their conveyances in taking the children to the railway station. Meanwhile the arrival of a doctor and free use of the stomach pump relieved the worst cases.
A special train came and conveyed the patients to the Williamstown Hospital, Twenty-five were in great danger for a time, but all have now recovered,
The cause of the poisoning is somewhat obscure, but it is believed to be due to ham sandwiches packed in air-tight boxes being exposed to the rays of the sun. A number of adults were slightly affected. There was great excitement at the hospital, a crowd of parents and relatives of the sufferers besieging tho gates for news.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1902, Page 2
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173UNKNOWN Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1902, Page 2
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