Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-06-27 | Page 3 | Watermelon; Three Now Dead

WATERMELON THREE E NOW DEAD DEADY Y Strangely s F Follows Meal of h 1 lieu lieu-a a Fourth Cannot Recover aV YORK June 27 Th Three Three of ot the II of ot Mr and Mrs Frederick r rt of the Bulls Ferry road Abe b g N. N J J. are dead from eating h melon melon and there is scant hope Iiri the the fourth childs child's life The The victims are George 7 years old 14 4 r and Frederick 2 The remain remain- tild Is William who is 9 tour four our children became suddenly days aK ago after eating heartily melon A physician was called d that they were ere suffering a acute ute dysentery and the usual Ie ls were prescribed On Thurs- Thurs Jeorge eorge and Frederick began to and before nightfall they dead dead The girl lived until this jig pg Physicians say that ptomaine Ing was th the cause