CAPTAIN'S FATAL MISTAKE
GUESTS POISONED. ONE MAN DEAD. Pi«-r, Association—lly Telcprraph—OpyrigV. I,ON DON, Octolier 11. The captain of the steamer Bougainville, now «, tiro Thames. gave his visitors carbolic acid in mistake for wine. Mr Hubert Bum.mgh, of (lie Stock Exchange, succumbed from the elfeds, and three other guests aw in a critical condition. October 12. (IteceiVod Oi'l. 13, at 1.25 a.m.) Tile poisoning occHtrrd when the party had gathered to drink success to the vessel's voyage to Australia. The captain «nd three others are progressing favourably, but one is in a critical condition.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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