POISONED BY EATING MATCHES.
(by telegraph—own correspondent.] Paeroa, Wednesday. AN inquest was hold to-day on the body of Georgina Catherine McGruer, age 17, before Mr. N. Kenny, coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr. John Phillips was foreman. A verdict was returned in accordance with the evidence, that deceased, whilst in a state of unsound mind, did poison herself by eating the heads of phosphorus matches.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9239, 29 June 1893, Page 5
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66POISONED BY EATING MATCHES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9239, 29 June 1893, Page 5
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