DEATH FOLLOWS FEAST
TRAGEDY IN VILLAGE. EIGHTEEN INDIANS SUCCUMB ATE FLESH OF SEA ANIMAL. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.20 n.m. to-day. DELHI, 'Sept. 28. Eighteen deaths occurred in a fishing village in Travancore as the result of four families eating the flesh of a sea animal resembling a giant tortoise, which was caught nibbling the nets spread on the shore. Half the flesh was divided among the captors and the rest sold in the market. All twelve members of families died after a feast. Many who bought tho flesh in the market were seriously il'l, while six are dead.
Experts examined the shell and declared that it was not an ordinary tortoise, b'ut a species unknown locally. The. Government has ordered an enquiry into tho tragedy.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 September 1928, Page 5
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