Accidental Poisoning.
(OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Wellington, Monday. George , Greathead, of Carterton, poisoned himself on Thursday night by taking a poisonous lotion instead of rum. .Emetics were used, but he died three hours afterwards. At the inquest the evidence showed that death resulted from a shock to the system induced by ’tight, the deceased being frail, 72 years of age, and suffering from heart disease and eonsunipUon,
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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 52, 22 September 1885, Page 2
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