PECULIAR FATALITY.
, The Dangers of False Teeth. , (Per United Press Association.) INGLEWOOD, September 4. A young man named Bellamy, while i walking down the mountain road in the centre of the town this morning suddenly gave a scream and fell down apparently in a fit, striking his head against a doorstep white falling. He bled profusely from the nose and mouth, which appeared to be asphyxiating him. Considerable difficulty was experienced in opening hie mouth', when it was found a set of false teeth was jambed in his throat. These were removed, but all efforts towards relief failed, and he expired in a few minutes. To all appearance he was asphyxiated. The ' doctor has not yet given his opinion as to the part the teeth played in the death.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11043, 4 September 1903, Page 7
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129PECULIAR FATALITY. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11043, 4 September 1903, Page 7
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