CHRISTCHURCH, Friday.
Information was given to the Rakaia police last night that a man had died suddenly at Mr Angus Murray's farm, fi\ c men also being ill from poisoning. They had obtained some whisky at Tiverton, prior to starting on a shooting excursion, and this it appears had been supplied out of a jug which previously contained strychnine. After drinking it, all were seized with convulsions, and one, Thomas Fahey, died. The others recovered.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1851, 17 May 1884, Page 2
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75CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1851, 17 May 1884, Page 2
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