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Domestic News
July 26, 1950
Tabor City Tribune
Tabor City, Columbus County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
In Bolton on July 24, 18-month-old Lydia Grey Nye died after accidentally swallowing rat poison while reaching for it on a cabinet. She succumbed en route to a doctor's office in Elizabethtown despite vomiting.
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Rat Poison is
Fatal To Child
BOLTON, July 24—A quantity
of rat poison cost the life of an
18-months-old child here Thursday
afternoon.
Lydia Grey Nye, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. David Nye, succumbed
enroute to a doctor's office
several hours after she swallowed
the poison.
Reports said the child climbed
up on a chair to reach a cabinet
and got hold of the rat poison.
She vomited considerably and
it was at first believed that she
had expelled most of the poison,
but it took effect on the road to
Elizabethtown and death came.
Fatal To Child
BOLTON, July 24—A quantity
of rat poison cost the life of an
18-months-old child here Thursday
afternoon.
Lydia Grey Nye, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. David Nye, succumbed
enroute to a doctor's office
several hours after she swallowed
the poison.
Reports said the child climbed
up on a chair to reach a cabinet
and got hold of the rat poison.
She vomited considerably and
it was at first believed that she
had expelled most of the poison,
but it took effect on the road to
Elizabethtown and death came.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Rat Poison
Child Poisoning
Bolton
Lydia Nye
Accidental Death
What entities or persons were involved?
Lydia Grey Nye
G. David Nye
Where did it happen?
Bolton
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Bolton
Event Date
July 24
Key Persons
Lydia Grey Nye
G. David Nye
Outcome
lydia grey nye, an 18-months-old child, died enroute to a doctor's office after swallowing rat poison.
Event Details
An 18-months-old child, Lydia Grey Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. David Nye, swallowed rat poison after climbing on a chair to reach a cabinet. She vomited considerably, but the poison took effect on the road to Elizabethtown, leading to her death several hours later.