DEATH FROM TETANUS.
BOY INJURED AT PI/AY. GERMS IN GUNPOWDER. / EVIDENCE AT ENGLISH INQUEST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received October 1, 7.45 pan.) LONDON, Oct. 1. Tho germs of lockjaw are frequently found in gunpowder, according to medical evidence given at an inquest at which a verdict of accidental death from tetanus was returned. The inquest concerned the death of Albert King, of Middlesbrough, who died from a head wound received as the result of an explosion of a toy revolver with which he was playing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20993, 2 October 1931, Page 9
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