Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1902-03-14 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

COCOA  BREAKFAST AND BUPPER.  WEAVERS AMALGAMATION. NEW RULE AS TO STRIKES.  IMMERSED IN LIQUID  POISON.  A HORRIBLE ADVENTURE,  A horrible adventure has recently been recounted by Alexander Robert Heffernan, of 53, Archel-road, Fulham, now an ex-constable of the Metropolitan Police Force. It appears that on the. afternoon of February Dith, 1897, he was on duty near the Regents Canal, at a point where the water is rendered highly powonous by the drainingi from chemical and gas works. He was told that a man had jumped in, to commit suicide. Being a noted swimmer, Heffernan dived into the poisonous water without hesitation. For fully twenty minutes the two men struggled in the water, with the poisonous chemicals bubbling and fizzing around them. Both swallowed a quantity of the poisonous liquid, and although prevented from drowning, the would-be suicide died a few weeks after. The effect of the water upon the plucky constable was terrible to contemplate. The poison, according to the police surgeon, completely destroyed the coating of his stomach. "I was quite unable to digest my food," he says, "and every time I took any, was sick until it was vomited, back. I was placed on the police sick list and sent down to the Convalescent Home at Brighton twice. After the second visit I had to go back to my own home very bad indeed I was so weak that when I attempted to walk I went blind, and had to cling to anything near me to prevent me from falling. I had fearful night-sweats, and would often be seized with a kind of cramp, which seemed to be in my very bones. I could not retain food or nourishment, except in minute quantities—just enough to keep me alive. "I next went into Brompton Hospital, but again I derived no benefit. For two years I remained in the police force, suffering in this way, and during the two years I was only able to put in three months duty! Seeing that I was practically done for, in January, 1899, I was given a special pension, and retired from the force.  I continued to get worse, despite all efforts. No matter how tempting and light the food which was prepared, I vomited all I took, and the very sight of food made me sick? I became reduced in weight from over 13 stone to just over 10 stone, and •I was as weak as a kitten. The vomiting, the pain across the stomach and in the back, the night-sweats and the cramping sensations continued unabated until September in last year. "In that month I was recommended to , try some of Chas. Forde's Bile Beans. A few doses made me feel a bit stronger' so I went in for a course, in order to give them a fair trial. By the time I had taken a few boxes I was a different man. The vomiting had stopped, and the dull, aching pain at the pit of the stomach had gone. Every day 1 got stronger and stronger. The cramp and the night-sweats stopped, the specks and flashes before my eyes disappeared, and I became able to walk without. needing support, and at night I enjoyed sound, refreshing sici p. To cut a long story short, I am now quite. cured. The effects of the poison have been driven out of my system by the Beans, and my stomach and digestive organs seem to have been remade. I have eaten so well that I have gained twenty-one pounds in weight, and ant still adding to it. For the first time for nearly five years. on Christmas day last I was able to eat and enjoy a good Christmas dinner. . . .  "A few months ago I was able to restart work as attendant in a picture gallery. Far three weeks before Christmas I was at work there from half-past eight o'clock in the morning to half-past eleven at night. gaturdays included, iaid I did not feel fatigued with it. 'ln my ease Bile Beans seem to have worked a miracle. Publish my statement by all means, and let as many people know as possible what a splendid remedy is placed within their reach. The chief lesson to be learned from the above sensational incident, is that no case of digestive ailment, weakness. nausea after meals, sleeplessness and general debility is too bad for Bile Beans to touch. Remember this! Hand this ease to your friends who are ailing. To put Bile Beans in the I way of a ',offerer is the kindest service. you can render. Jost think of the debt of gratitude Heffernan owe, to the friend who re-] commended Bile Beans to him. You may I earn like gratituflo from some of your friends. Thai medicine referred to above may he obtained from all chemists, price one and three half-pence a box, or two and nine. for a box containing three times the quantity.