AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
Ashburton, Tuesday. Two twin children of Jas. Dowling Penny, a waiter at the Somerset Hotel, were found dead in bed on Saturday morning. They slept in a cot in the same bedroom as the parents, and before being put to bed on Friday night at 11 o’clock, they were fed on bread and milk, and to one of them some aniseed was given as medicine. When their mother looked at them four hours afterwards both were dead. Dr. Eoss held a post mortem examination on them yesterday, but is not certain whether the children were suffocated or poisoned. Their stomachs have been forwarded to Christchurch for analysis.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5822, 26 November 1879, Page 2
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110AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5822, 26 November 1879, Page 2
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