Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Woods, James September 18, 1871
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Norfolk Virginian September 19, 1871
FATAL POISONING — Yesterday morning, James Wood, a quarter gunner on board the 
U.S. ship Severn, came to his death by accidental poisoning. It occurs that he has 
been quite sick for some time and the medicine he had been taking was in a bottle 
on the table by him. To remove a bad odor in the room, carbolic acid was used and 
the bottles became mixed, and the attendant, in giving the sick man his medicine, 
accidentally administered it from the wrong bottle, and the mistake resulted in 
the death of the patient in a short time. An inquest consisting of surgeons from 
the ship and Navy Yard rendered a verdict in accordance with these facts. His 
remains were brought ashore and buried with the usual honors, not less than 150 or 
175 men from the ship attending in a body.

Additional Comments:
From his tombstone, his last name was Woods.

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