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Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 23 (Supplement)

MODERN SETS require Careful and Accurate Adjustments. We Service all makes and models. A. H. M. GRUBB, RADIO SPECIALIST, • Phone No. 5735. Mersey Street, Gore. POISON MYSTERY DEATHS OF TWO SEAMEN. ENGLISH EXPERT’S HELP SOUGHT. Sydney, September 10. The help of English poison experts will be sought in an attempt to solve the mystery of the deaths in Adelaide of two members of the crew of the tanker British Science. The men—Bernard Anderson, 20, and William Hayes, 43, seamen—were stricken with a mysterious complaint, which disintegrated the red corpuscles of their blood, and changed the colour of their skin to bronze. The medical profession in Adelaide is puzzled by the case, and plans are being made to send to the Home Office, London, a full report, in the hope that some of the great English poison experts, with their wide practical knowledge, may be able to throw some light on the deaths. Certain features of the case give it the flavour of an Edgar Wallace story. No theory of accident, murder or suicide can be made to fit in with the known facts. Snake venom is one of three poisons which Adelaide experts consider might have been responsible for the deaths. The other two are a byproduct of castor oil and a substance known as saponin, which is contained in certain plants. Neither of these two poisons could be obtained easily in Adelaide, even by medical men, and to complicate matters still more the three poisons could have been administered only by an injection, and not in food. One of the seamen lived long enough to be interviewed, but said he did not remember any pricking of the skin. No puncture was found in either body.

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