ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
■ 4 A CHILD'S DEATH. "An inquest was held at Ashburton on Menday before Mr V. G. Day, S.M. (District Coroner), concerning the death of Jean Jessop, two and a. half vears of age, who died on 'Sunday night through taking a dose of carbolic acid.- ~,,,,. jai The evidence showed that the child,, who lived with her parents, Mr and Mrs C T. Jessop, on Alford forest Road, was found, with a bottle of.car- ' toUVacid from which she had evidently taken a drink. Her parents immediately took her to a doctor, but before anything could be done the child was I e Th'e Coroner returned a verdict that the child had died from asphyxia, caused by accidental carbolic pouonI i D fi«
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17010, 10 November 1915, Page 8
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124ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17010, 10 November 1915, Page 8
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