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Offline Dougalgeorge

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Cause of death?
« on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:27 BST (UK) »
Hi.

I hope I have managed to get this on here and that it`s a reasonable size !!

Any suggestions?

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Tracey
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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Tracey

Narcotic Poisoning...

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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:33 BST (UK) »
Oh dear !!!

What kinds of things are classed as narcotics?

Thanks for the help.

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Tracey
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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:34 BST (UK) »
Hm, that's an odd one...it is tiny but it seems to read "Norestic Bissning" which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
Any possibility of a bigger image?

Prue


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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:44 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I'm also going with  Narcotic Poisoning

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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:46 BST (UK) »





Have to say, me too .. I thought it said Narcotic Poisoning before I read the other replies.

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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:48 BST (UK) »
Sorry - the red message didn't come up and I didn't see all the replies you'd had suggesting Narcotic Poisoning, which, of course (now it's been suggested) I can clearly see!!

It could have been opium, heroin, cocaine...depends on how precise the term "narcotic" was at the time of this person's death.  Many people had such things in their home medicine cabinets in earlier times.

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:48 BST (UK) »
Hopefully a bit bigger

Tracey
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Aspinall - Newton by Hyde, Ashton Under Lyne, Glossop, Westhoughton
Simpson - Hyde, Cheshire
Milne - Stonehaven, Scotland
Robertson - Dundee
Porter - Alnwick, Northumberland

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Re: Cause of death?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 15 October 09 20:53 BST (UK) »
Hi All

Prue's answer covers narcotics ;D......

was it accidental or intentional by self or others? ?

Sarah :)
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