PHOSPHORUS POISONING.
SfPpgfrfo ?»t»Uty. It was Afasjwrtpa to-tor that the daughter of a settler in the Forty-mile Bush named gjtaintojjhhatjl died through eating matches. THpjtt what we can gather the playing with its brothers whtraHp some means or other, it got box of matches and ate the poTltrmts, The child was brought down to AJajr tertcn and taken to (be house of ■> friend at Kuripuni, where emetics were administered. These, however; iflorded only temporary relief, and the child succumbed to the poison last evening. We understand a certificate of death has been given by the do%tor, so that an inquest will not be nccea* sary.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3942, 19 October 1891, Page 2
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105PHOSPHORUS POISONING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3942, 19 October 1891, Page 2
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