CARBOLIC FOR GUESTS.
OAPTAIN'S FATAL MISTAKE. By TeleffMph.—Pratt Association Copyrigfii. • London, October 11. The captain of the steamer Bougainville, now lying in the Thames, gave carbolic acid in mistake for wine to some visitors to the vessel. .* Mr. Hubert Burrough, a member of the London Stock Exchange, died from the effect if the poison. Three of the other guests are in a critical condition. ?.;;-.■.■'-^"" ; -v ' "■'■" •• .'. - •'■ * The poisoning occurred when - a party had gathered to drink success to the vessel's voyage to Australia. The captain and the three gue,sts who suffered from the effects of the poison are; progressing favourably. One is in a critical condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14810, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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