MYSTERIOUS MALADY
» SEIZURES AT LIMESTONE ISLAND. (BT TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION) WHANGAREI, Bth January. A remarkable seizure of violent sickness attacked the men employed on Limestone Island. At 10 o clock this morning some twenty men were down, suffering acute pains in the stomach, and vomiting, and by 2.30 p.m. it was reported that forty men were affected. The theory was set up that it is English cholera, but Dr. Hill, who visited the island, does not think so. Though ho cannot at present diagnose the complaint he believes it to be some form of poisoning. Some of the men ate fish, but many had other food, which makes the affair all the more mysterious. The whole population of the island is in a state of perturbation. The matter is being fully enquired into.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 8
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133MYSTERIOUS MALADY Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 8
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