Potato Chip Causes Death
WELLINGTON. This Day. A potato chip wedged in his throat is believed to have caused the death of Mr Ray Marshall, married, a motor mechanic, aged 43, who collapsed and died suddenly after a meal in a city restaurant early this morning. Shortly after midnight Mr Marshall and two friends ordered a meal in a restaurant. It included potato chips. In the middle of the meal he became convulsed, and rushed out to the street, but collapsed at the restaurant door and was taken to hospital, where he was found to bo dead. Doctors found a potato chip wedged in his throat, and concluded this caused his death.
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Northern Advocate, 28 July 1939, Page 6
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112Potato Chip Causes Death Northern Advocate, 28 July 1939, Page 6
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