RECENT POISONING CASE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1906, Page 3

RECENT POISONING CASE.

[UV ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] (pm press association.) DUNEDIN, May 15. The inquest touching the death uf Archibald McKav, one of the employees of the Mil burn Lime and Cement Company, who died from inhaling poisonous fumes, was continued to-day. The medical evidence was to the ellcct that the symptoms and conditions found corresponded to arsenuretled hydrogen poisoning. Dr Black (Professor of Chemistry), who conducted tho analysis at the post mortem, said he found arsenic in the liver, lungs, kidneys, slccn, bladder, and stomach, and in four different liquids. He found it in all the samples.

The tendency of Dr Black’s evidence went to show that the men who were engaged dipping had probably added in mistake some weak exterminator named “Have," which was in the drum near where they were working, and which contained a considerable quantity of arsenic, or the cask they wore using had been nroviouslv used for making this weak exterminator, and tho wood in the cask had absorbed arsenic. Assuming the latter thcoirv to be correct, tho fact of the men having used the same cask ten days previously without any injury would probably be duo to the muriatic acid not having had time to liberate tho arsenic absorbed by Die wood. The foreman of the cement works, in his evidence, could not cay definitely whether the cask had previously been used to make up any mixture. Tho inquest stands adjourned until tomorrow.