DEATHS AT SPA
GASES FROM THE SPRING
(P.A.) WHANGAREI, This Day. An inquest regarding the deaths oi Teresa Behm (72) and her granddaughter, Irene Day (16), who collapsed and died at the Kamo spa on September 6, resulted in a verdict thai the cause was the inhaling of irrespiraV ' gases. The Coroner intimated his intention of recommending to the Department of Justice that such places as thi spa should be subject to the same inspection as mines and quarries.
Witnesses agreed that the water of the spring was regarded as most beneficial. People had gone down to the spring level to drink the water. The presence of gas had never caused comment hitherto.
The spring is now fenced off. and the water is pumped.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 76, 26 September 1942, Page 6
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124DEATHS AT SPA Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 76, 26 September 1942, Page 6
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