CHILD'S SAD DEATH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14375, 21 May 1910, Page 9

CHILD'S SAD DEATH.

DANGER IN WAX MATCHES. PHOSPHORUS POISONING. Dunedin, Wednesday. "A little girl whose parents live near Dunedin managed to reach a box of 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 sent for Dr. McKellar. From the first he held out no hope, and the girl died during the day. An inquest was held before the Coroner (Mr. Graham), when a verdict of death from phosphorus poisoning was returned. ' ' : ' " Mr. Graham, commenting upon the case, said there was a Bill before Parliament at Home to do away with tho manufacture of phosphorus matches on account of , the disease imparted to those engaged in the trade. Such a Bill, if it became law, would also prevent such a. distressing misadventure as the present.'' '.',"' You can avoid risk to human life, as well a loss through fire, by using Three Diamond Safety Matches, the best in the market Obtainable wholesale from H. B. Morton and Co., and all the leading i distributing houses ; in Auckland. ; Retail from every storekeeper in the province. ;