Poisons

[c-side]

The date of the inquest should be on that death cert. 

First check that Coroner's reports have survived - many of them have not.  If not then head for local newspapers - they used to do some pretty graphic reporting on Coroner's hearings back then.

Christine

[Steve G]

 Mike; Surely the DC would state something along the lines of, eg. " Cause of death: Strychnine Poisoning ~ Self administered ". Or, ' All manner of vile, physical Armageddon ' (However Strychnine poisoning is explained, medically), 'Due to self administration of' ..... what ever the poor girl took.

 Granted; I'm yet to handle quite such a Cert. But the ones I've seen tend to be pretty precise as to what killed them. Sometimes we may need to red Google, to find what it all means, in layman's terms.  But, it generally comes out in the wash.

 Sod it! Look; The suspense is killing me here! If ye like; PM me the GRO Ref's and I'll send for the thing myself! Tell everyone else in a mass PM 

[c-side]

Yes, Mike, we really, really need to know 

But only the report of the inquest is going to tell whether they considered the 'did she fall or was she pushed' scenario or just wrote the poor girl off.

Christine

[perth tiger]

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just leaving my mark, very interesting

perth

[Old Mother Reilly]

For newspaper reports try asking the Sheffield Local Studies Library -
www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies.

[Paul Caswell]

I knew someone in the 80s who had a bottle of Nicotine. He used it for killing ants and he'd had it for years. It is truly amazing what was available back then.

Also fascinated. 

Paul

[Viktoria]

Under the stairs at home mum had the "medicine chest",it contained things like, iodine, for painting your throat when it was sore( outside)  and wound cleansing.Permagnate of potash( looked like iron filings but went a spectacular magenta colour in water) dad bathed his feet in it -had trench foot in WW1. Liniment which was for aching backs,Sloan`s Liniment ditto.Wintergreen ointment, Germoline,
Ipececuanha(think thats the spelling),coughs and sore  throats .Sundry bandages and cotton wool and everything must have been years out of date . Mum`s best medicine was to tell us to" stop thinking about it and it will go away" . It worked and it was free with no unpleasant side effects.
The power of suggestion! Cheerio. Viktoria.

[MKG]

Good Grief! I go away for one day, and look what happens 

Yes - stupid me. Of course I need the Death Cert., otherwise no inquest date (so I'll be sending off for it early next week, if you can all hold your breath until then.

In the meantime, I shall be looking into the life of one Harriet Ann Cranidge - that's her maiden name - (born Q3 1870 at Thorne) who is very likely to be the mother of the victim and who seems to disappear from the face of the earth after the death of her husband, George, in 1909 (marriage Q2 1898 at Doncaster).

Mike

[Ninatoo]

Interesting thread...I am also leaving my mark so as to receive updates.