ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
A MOTHER'S TRAGIC ACT
[Per Prkhs Association.] Foxton, August 12
At the inquest touching the <]eatli of Mrs Bynes, her husband stated that deceased said on the morning of the tragedy that she felt lonely. After the children began to vomit the deceased said: "I've poisoned the lot oi' us." The hushand did not drink much tea, but the two children did. One is now out of danger, hut the other is in a serious condition. Deceased purchased rough-on-rats from a chemist, and signed under an assumed name. A verdict of death from the effects of poison self-administered while in a depressed state of mind was returned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 13 August 1913, Page 5
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