WHOLESALE POISONING
250 PERSONS AFFECTED EMERGENCY CALLS FOR DOCTORS (United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright) ELKTON (South Dakota), 20th Feb. Emergency calls were sent to-day to physicians to rush from neighbouring towns to the aid of over 250 persons who were seriously ill from ptomaine poisoning, apparently caused by poisoned food served at a farm auction luncheon. Hot meat sandwiches had been packed in airtight containers, in which the food was tainted by steam gases which could not escape. The Hospitals are filled with sufferers. The physicians said that many are in agony and at least twenty are in danger of death. The doctors for a considerable time were unable to determine the cause of the poisoning, and believed that the illnesses were due to poison in liquor. When the cause was discovered, however, prompt administration of sodabicarbonate in warm water apparently saved many from more serious injury.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 23 February 1931, Page 5
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