DEADLY SNAKES.
LOOSE IN A CITY. OWNER DYING FROM BITE. PANIC IN MONTREAL. United Press assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. MONTREAL, May 6. Three snakes of a deadly species are believed to be loose somewhere in montreal, while their owner lies dying from the bite of one of them. Mr Edward Smith, of Louisiana, who came to Montreal to exhibit several reptiles which he had raised on his farm, had kept twelve poisonous snakes in a cage in his room at a hotel, including an adder. On Mr Smith attempting to treat the adder for some ailment, it bit him and by the time he had rushed to a hospital the poison had spread so far through his system that amputation of the arm which had been bitten was of no avail. In fleeing from his room, Mr Smith had left the door open and three of the snakes are believed to have escapedA chemist employed by the Municipal Council, by the application of poisongas, killed the other nine snakes in the room. Panic was caused in the section of the city where the hotel is located as the police roped off certain streets and permitted no pedestrians to pass. They then made a systematic search for the reptiles believed to have escaped.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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212DEADLY SNAKES. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7
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