Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Williams, Ralph J., Sep 1902

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from The Pittsburgh Gazette dated Saturday, September 13, 1902:
 
Ralph J WILLIAMS, a son of Abner WILLIAMS, a bricklayer at the 
Edgar Thomson steel works, died yesterday morning at the home 
of his parents, No. 1240 Talbot avenue, Braddock, from carbolic 
acid poisoning. The acid was given the boy by his parents, in 
mistake for medicine, about 7:30 o'clock in the morning. Almost 
immediately after swallowing the acid the boy went into 
convulsions and upon examining the label of the bottle 
the boy's parents discovered their awful mistake. Ralph, who 
was in his 7th year, had been ailing for some time and the 
physicians were unable to counteract the effect of the poison, 
owing to his delicate condition.