YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH
FOOD POISONING SUSPECTED,
Auckland, January 17.
Symptoms suggesting food poisoning were noted in the case of Myrtle Spanhake, aged 21, who died within a few hours of admission to the Auckland Hospital on Friday night. At the inquest to-day the mother of deceased said her daughter suffered from haemorrhage, of the kidneys three months ago, and was laid up for a week. Cyril Holmes, labourer, said he was with deceased on Friday evening, when she slipped and fell. About twenty minutes later she said she did not feel well. A doctor was called, and ordered her removal to the hospital.
The inquest was adjourned to obtain the evidence of the doctor who conducted the post-mortem examination.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3588, 18 January 1927, Page 3
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119YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3588, 18 January 1927, Page 3
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