ACCIDENTALLY POISONED
By Telegranh —Press Association. Westport, September 15. An inquest was held to-day touching the death of Edward Bradley, who was found on Wednesday in a dying state near hie hut, and shortly afterwards collapsed. It was shown by the evidence that deceased went to the hospital to sweep chimneys, and that a bottle of stout -yas left out for his supper; also that a bottle of disinfectant had boon left in the kitchen (where it had been used for disinfecting purposes), and that deceased had by mistake, on finishing his job in the morning, taken the disinfectant away with him and swallowed some of it. Apparently he was trying to get back to the hospital when he collapsed on the roadside. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death through faking poison by mistake.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 303, 16 September 1921, Page 6
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