ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A NARROW- ESCAPE. rPEE Press Association.] TIMARTJ, March 29. The Rev C. E. Beecroft (Wesleyan), who leaves for Auckland shortly, , nearly closed hia ministerial term here in a tragic manner yesterday, by swallowing a poisonous liniment in mistake for a cough mixture. A cycling visitor had left some liniment in a " cinnamon cure " phial. To relieve hoarseness, Mr Beecroft swallowed some. He noticed that it had not the same taste as cinnamon cure, but did not think much, of it. A few hours later he went to bed and became delirious. Medical aid was obtained, Drs Hogg and Bowe being in attendance for some hours. At one time it, was feared that the reverend gentleman would not recover, but he was much improved this morning. The cyclist obtained the liniment in a properly-labelled phial, but on sharing it with another put his half in the cinnamon cure bottle, and on his departure left it behind.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6140, 29 March 1898, Page 3
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