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Killed by an orange

Filed under things you didn’t know could kill you:

In 1900, Alexander Crighton, aged 11, from Montrose, died after a single orange pip got stuck in his intestine. It created a small lesion which became gangrenous. He died within a week.

Always chew your pips!

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References

Dundee Courier, 18th December 1900. pg. 4

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Blootert at Barassie

In 1881, Paisley man James Rennie was blind drunk at Barassie Junction defiantly walking on the tracks when he was flattened by the 1030 express to Ayr. When the train moved off him the stationmaster picked him up and found him to be completely unharmed.

References

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 9th July 1881. pg. 5.