THE TE APITI POISONINGS.
♦ NAPIER, October 31. Particulars to hand of the poisoning case at To Apiti show that on Wednesday morning several persons partook of porridge at breakfast. Shortly afterwards they were seized with great pains and attacks of vomiting, more or less severe. The cook, who was amongst the sufferers, states that he took a lump of what he imagined to be salt from a basin in which salt was usually kept, and, breaking it in two, he placed a piece in each of two saucepans he was using for- the preparation of the meal. He now feels convinced it must have been some other substance, but that is difficult to prove, as the boy employed in the kitchen threw what remained in the basin into the fire to prevent others being similarly attacked, the cook being too ill to attend to what the boy waß doing. All who partook of the porridge are now thoroughly recovered.
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Evening Star, Issue 9278, 31 October 1893, Page 2
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159THE TE APITI POISONINGS. Evening Star, Issue 9278, 31 October 1893, Page 2
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