Straining A Failure
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright) NEW YORK, May 11
Three more deaths from wood alcohol poisoning were reported yesterday, bringing to 38 the number of persons who have succumbed to the deadly ■ potions along the Bowery’s “Skid Row” in New York.
It as reported yesterday that many of the derelicts who congregate in the area bought the poison in a shop and drank it under the delusion that straining it through a felt hait would render it harmless.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30129, 13 May 1963, Page 9
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79Straining A Failure Press, Volume CII, Issue 30129, 13 May 1963, Page 9
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