FAMILY POISONED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1950, 11 March 1919, Page 1

FAMILY POISONED.

THREE CHILDREN DEAD. Distressing circumstances surround the deaths of three young children recently in Melbourne. The

mother of (he children, Mrs Sarah McClosky, a widow, residing in Malin Street, New, said that two of the victims —Frank Joseph and Daniel —were twins. She called in a doctor to attend Frank. The child died next morning, and a certificate was given that death was due to enteritis and convulsions. At 11 o’clock the same night the doctor was called to attend Daniel, who was shoving much the same symptoms as his brother had shown. The doctor stayed with the little chap till 3 ami., when he was much better, and (hen ordered his removal to the hospital. The mother took the boy there at 7 a.m., together with his sister Alice, about 5 years of age, who also showed symptoms of illness. The mother was informed (hat (he children were suffering from influenza. Mrs McCloskey returned home and went to the funeral of her child Frank, but when she arrived back again she received the sad news that Daniel had died in the hospital. Subsequently another message was sent announcing the death also of the girl, Alice. The doctor informed the mother that all the children were suffering from ptomaine poisoning, but she was at a loss to account for that.