A FATAL DRINK
REMARKABLE INCIDENT. (Peb Ukited Press Association.) ... , . DARGAVILLE, August 25. After drmking some stout from'a bottle at Ruawai on Friday threo men were taken ill. Two recovered, hut the third, a labourer named John Brown, single between 40 and 50 years of age, was romoved to the Wairoa Hospital, where he died on Saturday morning-. Tho deceased drank a Ml cup and the second man tasted the liquor. The third suspected something wrong, owing to the colour of the liquor. The inquest was opened and 'adjourned pending an analyst's report.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17713, 26 August 1919, Page 6
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92A FATAL DRINK Otago Daily Times, Issue 17713, 26 August 1919, Page 6
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