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Posts Tagged Poisoning

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ARSENIC AND BURNT SUGAR

On January 30, 2024   /   History   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Arsenic, Elizabeth Wooldridge, Francis Wooldridge, Poisoning, WWI
ARSENIC AND BURNT SUGAR

Hospital food still gets a bad rap, but honestly it’s not too bad. However, back in the 1920’s food from home was greatly appreciated  by patients such as  WWI  veteran Francis Wooldridge.. Wooldridge was a married man with six children when he went off to war in

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A BRUNY ISLAND MYSTERY

On April 4, 2023   /   History   /   2 Comments
Tags: Alice Theresa Young, Bruny Island, Edward Phelps Young, Lennonville, Oscar Dixon Young, Poisoning, Strychnine
A BRUNY ISLAND MYSTERY

In 1895 Edward and Alice Young were living on a property called Lennonville, located on North Bruny Island, just off the south-east coast of Tasmania. The Aboriginal name for the Island is lunawanna-allonah. It seems Edward was managing the farm for its owners, as his father Charles

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THE TRIAL OF TOM FLEMING

On February 7, 2019   /   History   /   4 Comments
Tags: Betty Fleming, Cyanide, Mount Parry Station, Norma Lokkerbol, Poisoning, Quirindi, Tamworth, Thomas Langhorne Fleming
THE TRIAL OF TOM FLEMING

AN INQUEST AND A TRIAL On August 1 1951, a coronial inquiry began into the mysterious  death of 39 year old Betty Fleming, wife of well known NSW grazier, Tom Fleming. On June 28 1951, Mrs Fleming died in the car  while her husband  Tom was driving

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