A FAMILY POISONED.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4306, 15 March 1901, Page 5

A FAMILY POISONED.

SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE IN " TORY STREET.

Considerable excitement was created in Tory street last night by a rumour of the wholesale poisoning of a family residing at No. 75. The police were informed, and 1 the constable stationed at Clyde quay paid a visit to the scene of the occurrence, a shop and residence occupied by Mr Daniel Kutper, described as a general dealer, A very brief investigation satisfied the constable that something . serious had. occurred. Mrs Eutner aud two ; little girls—Sarah, aged six, and Fanny, i jed eighteen months—are said to have been by this time: in. a prostrate', condition. Two boys, Isaac, the eldest child of the family, twelve years of age, and his brother, Abraham, aged ten,, whilst evidently, suffering severely, were, not considered to be in so serious a condition os the females.

The neighbours in the meantime had been administering the usual household remedies, but, fortunately, Dr Scott arrived on the scene in time to render aid. Subsequently he ordered the removal of the mother and four children to the hospital, and a cab having been procured, the whole family, with the exception of the father, were removed. A neighbour informed our reporter that eating fish was the cause of the affair, but whether the fish had been tinned or not could not be ascertained, owing to the lateness of the hour. It at first looked like a case of ptomaine poisoning, but in the absence of reliable information it is impossible to say/whether this was so. On inquiry at the hospital late last night it was stated that the five patients - were progressing favour, ably, and, though the two girls were the most seriously there was every prospect of their ultimate recovery.