Curious Poisoning Case.
A. WHOLE FAMILY AFFECTED. (Per Press Association.) CHKISTCHrjKUH, July io. Ada Annie Ford, a girl of eigbt«e» years, employed as a domestic servant by H. F. Stevens, New Brighton, <liod last night after a few hours' Illness, during which sho vomited freely. This morning, after breakfast, Mrs Stevens and eight children became ill with symptoms similar to those of the girl, and suspected to ho duo to arsenical poisoning. All the sufferers had partaken of porridge, Mr Stevens (who alone oscapod) being the only one who hod none. Several of the children aro dangerously ill. Thcro is no cluo so far to tl>e source of tho poison, and Inquiry was rendered difficult by the fact that tho rest of the family were clearly not poisoned till after the death of the girl,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 160, 11 July 1904, Page 2
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135Curious Poisoning Case. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 160, 11 July 1904, Page 2
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