Jefferson County KS Archives News.....John IRWIN Swallows Corrosive Sublimate April 16, 1873 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Laird jlaird@bellsouth.net October 24, 2009, 2:07 pm The Oskaloosa Independent, Jefferson County, Saturday, April 16, 1873 April 16, 1873 A boy came in after a doctor this morning for Mr. John IRWIN, living near Fairfield, who swallowed a spoonful of corrosive sublimate, mistaking it for some medicine that had been prepared for him. Blood was running from his mouth when the boy left, and he will probably die before a physician reaches him. Additional Comments: KS-Footsteps File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/jefferson/newspapers/johnirwi248gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb