TOOK MATCHES LIKE PILLS.
A report has been forwarded to the Sydney coroner concerning the death of I'lioebe l'liunia Oriel Beattie, i!'J years of age, married, which took place at her residence. Johnson (street, Camwrdown. It apiK-'arts that Mrs lJeattie n week ago told Lily Ford, a domestic servant in her employ, that she had taken matchheads, but when the girl threatened to inform her husband deceased said she was only joking. Subsequently she reiterated the statement, adding that she took the matehheads like pills.
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Mataura Ensign, 19 July 1909, Page 3
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85TOOK MATCHES LIKE PILLS. Mataura Ensign, 19 July 1909, Page 3
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