KILLED BY A BUTTON
FATAL FIT OF COUGHING.
Although he had complained of an injured finger, and later broke a collarbone, and showed signs of consumption, the death of John Henry Harrison, aged 47, of West Smethwick, was traced to hemorrhage through a fit of coughing. This was brought about by a shirt button which he had swallowed. It was found in the windpipe, and was responsible for choking him.
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Southland Times, Issue 20641, 13 November 1928, Page 5
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