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THREE PEOPLE PERISH.
HOW INCIDENT OCCURRED.
Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, March 18. A husband, his wife, and their adult daughter were recently found dead in bed in a lonely farm in Wales. At an inquest yesterday an analyst declared that they had been poisoned by carbon.monoxide from the fumes of a cauldron used to heat the daughter's room. The cauldron was filled with a mixture of clay and small coal made into balls. The gas produced by the combustion was tasteless, colourless and odourless.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15562, 20 March 1914, Page 7
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