CHILD'S SAD DEATH.
DANGER IN WAX MATCHES. PHOSPHORUS POISONING. [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] • -*i -j-DnNEDIN, Wednesday. Some days ago a girl named Constance Nielson, aged 19 months, whose parents live at Ravensbourne, managed to reach a box of wax matches on a table next her cot. She bit the heads off a number and swallowed them. It was' not until yesterday morning that any ill-effects became visible, and then the mother senFfor Dr. McKellar. From the first he held out no hope, and the girl died during the day. An inquest was held this morning before the Coroner (Mr. liraham), when' a : verdict of death from phosphorus poisoning was returned.
! Mr. Graham, commenting upon the case, said there was a Bill being brought before Parliament at Home to do away with the manufacture of phosphorus matches on account of the disease imparted to those engaged in the trade. 1 Such a Bill, if it became law.,-would also prevent such a distressing misadventure as the present.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14221, 18 November 1909, Page 5
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