FATAL DRINKING PARTY.
* SEVEN MEN DEAD. METHYLATED HYDRATE USED. •Y CARLE- PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 10.10 a.m. to-day. OTTAWA, Dee. 29. At Winnipeg, seven men are dead, one is dying, another is demented, and four others are recovering from the effects of drinking methylated hydrate purchased at a ‘chemist’s shop. The men were unemployed labourers, and the drinking party occurred in the Chinese quarter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 December 1927, Page 5
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64FATAL DRINKING PARTY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 December 1927, Page 5
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