September 25, 2012

Poisoned by Haddock

    Boiled haddock, purchased from a hawker, and eaten for breakfast and dinner, caused Charlotte Jane Short's death in London.  The fish was bad, she told a friend before she died, and she noticed this when eating it, but she was a poor woman, and said she could not afford to waste it. 
    At the inquest, to-day, a verdict was returned of "Death from accidental causes."  (Yorkshire Evening Post, August 2nd, 1904)

6 comments:

  1. This one is actually sad.

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  2. My, how things stay the same. I agree with Anon--this is sad.

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  3. She shoulda take-a the aspirin if she had a Haddock.

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  4. Anon's pun was in... bad taste.

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  5. Hello there - what font do you use for writing the posts?

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  6. Hey there maninahat -- it's simply Times New Roman

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