SAD POISONING CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 5

SAD POISONING CASE.

I TWO SISTEBS THE TIC33MS. TRAGIC AJTEKVOOy CALL. j 1 A sad case of poisoning, vith fatal t leiuiu, occurred at lakapuia yesterday | aitcrnaon. Two =i3tcr= —Mr.-. C. Little! and Mrs. A. >.'ichobon. sen. —while at ' Miitord Beach were taken suddenly ill, 1 and almost immediate!?' became tin-1 tonscioui. Mr=. >ifhol»on, despite every | a.ttention, died at Throe o'clock this morning, and Mis. Little's ■ aadltion is 1 so serious thai prac-.k-ally no hopes are . held of "arr recover . ' icalars of 'ho .-.ad affair were fathered thi.- mornuig from M : .i£ Mill?.' :v.'no i- aL-.o p. sist'.'r to Mrs. Nicholson j I »!ij Mi>. Little. 3lr?. >"i -koL-on lu.s j bfen residing for some weeks at Milford ; Beach, and yesterday afternoon both I her sisters and a friend, Mr. Lanrir. 1 vent over by the 10 minute- pan '">ue J bout with th" idea of vi*>itinp Mr?. i Xir-liol.-on. All were in excellent health, eicrpt Mr*. Nirrhoison. who Ka-,1 l>rfn fishily inilb.[)o-,'Tl for rome tjnr p-a-t. 1 Du.iiiL' iii"ir -i:iv afteniuon tea was I in. Mr.-.' Ni-hoUcin iiml Miv.j I l.litii-. howcM-v. jr.-;, rr.vl I" iJrlnU lio:i ; i'c r. .Mil ,'. i> ;.u lii,-> |~( iu,k::,u <f this ! l-i".. , -' I'll' -tritt ,, - i- ii- "rnli'iv-f-- itr^ i ..'. irili'iL'-i. The \i*ii.ora hail intended ! rr-mrninjr liy thr 1.30 p iv.. iiojt. but just before ]ra\'inp Mr?. Nicholson became , fiidde.iijy 2nd terribly ill. Within .i few ' , rainuies of her complaint c: fe.fling ' ' unwell, she became unconscious. Miss ! ' Mills at once proceeded to th« neares: 1' telephone, and ranj up medical assist- . a nee. which was speedily forthcoming. 1 • Mis-s Mjll- ret-jrned, she found | thit her other srster, Mrs- little, had I ■ in the meantime also lapsed into un-;, oonsciousnpss. after complaiairig of ■■ ud- i 1 df-n .-inii'ar Mo}."nt pun--, partirubrl- "in j - the hc-r-'. " ' ; In tee •■••■Fn>n~ Pr rair'-'.ouzb"? a?- ■ fistanrp *."- 31.-0 f-ijrararinp.i. nnd when hp arrived bo'.h ho:e.- w»rp in 3 v»n' 1 fr"h> <rnd!t:-oQ. -in.J <vpre both un<"c- \ r-. iou.-.. Hp loui.d i:i>i-'catior.:, of possible food poisc,niHf:. and th= <.»om3ch contents were '"'ashrd out. ■" i'h ;ome ar- ' parent- bp-nent. A few hours later Mrs Nicholson rV. ' lapsPd suddPTiir and dii--d. Mr.-. LittJ- : regained consciousrje.f.r at in clock this morniEj;. but shortly afterwards -npain j ' relapsed into insensibility, and i.- sili in j a very pr6-a.nous condition. Dr. Fair- ' was this mornin<r compelled to ' return tn Auck!a.nd. and handed tie case of Mrs. I-ililp fr.fr tc Dr. Bennfiit. 1 The late Mr.-. Mcholson was 69 year?. of age. and an old resident of Aurk- { land. Hpr sister. > f r--. Little. i« 60 ' yenr.=. of apr An inquest concprr.insr ' : th«- death of Mr,-. NkhoUou will be ' held. ' :