THE ARSENIC INHALING FATALITIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8112, 17 May 1906, Page 2

THE ARSENIC INHALING FATALITIES.

JUBY'S VEEDICT. m earn amociatioj. Duvidin, May 16. The inquest torching the death of Alexander JUoKar, who, with J. G. Anderson, wai the victim of aoid poisoning at the Milbur&e Line and Cement Works while engaged in degal. vanising wire, was concluded to-day. Frank Oakden, general manager, in cross - examination, said he had no theory to au«ge«t *i to the preienee of t!ie weed exterminator "Iftroo" in lie mixture. He, thought it absurd to suggest that the 'B9 ounces of arsenic aue out of the wood of the cask.

George M. Thomson, analytical chemist, in the course of Hi evidence said the degairanuuig prooeu was 'juite harmless wherever eon■iuoted, and there was no need fir an experi being present. If '&« ""k was used for cooling " Havoo " and subsequently muriatic aoid was put in it, he would expeot to find a small quantity of arseuio, but it would be impossible for such a quantity aj 39 ounces to dissolve out of the wood.

The jury returned the following verdict: "That Archibald MeKay met bis death.from inhaling the fumes of arsenuretted hydrogen, which, in the opinion of the jury, was generated through mixing a solution of muriatic acid and water in a cask that had been previously, used to, mix ' Havoo,' a compound known to contain arsenic,"