FATAL DRINK
ACID SWALLOWED BY MISTAKE DEATH OF A PAINTER Press Association DARGAVILLE, Today. After drinking spirits of salts by mistake, Cyril E. Salmon, a painter, 38, of Donnelly’s Crossing, died on the way to hospital. Mr. Salmon had breakfast yesterday with his brother, a recent arrival from Australia, and then went to work in a shed nearby. Later he returned to tell his brother he had taken spirits of salts by mistake. He was placed in a car and rushed to Te Kopuru Hospital, 35 miles away, but died on the way. An inquest will be held today.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 1
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99FATAL DRINK Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 1
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