Widnes Examiner. — 1902-03-14 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

IMMERSED 1N LIQUID POISON. imarden Eijr-77: A:Horrible Adventure.  A horrible adventure has recently been recounted by Alexander Robert Heffernan, of 53, Archel-roaC,Fulbam, now an ex-constable of the Metropolitan Police Force, It appears that on the afternoon of February 26th, 1897, he was on duty near the Regents Canal, at a point where the water is rendered highly poisonous by the drainings from chemical and gas works. He was told that a man bad jumped in, to commit suicide. Being a noted swimmer, Heffernan dived into the poisonous water w ithout 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, sad although prevented from Crowning, the would-bo suicide died a few weeks after. ' The effect of the waten • 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 *very time I took any, was sick until it was vomited back. I was placed on the police sick list and sent down to tne Convalescent Home at Brighton twice. After the second visit I had to go back te my own home very bad indeed. I was so weak that when I attemptedl to walk I went blind, and bad to cling to anything near me to prevent me from falling. I bad fearful nightsweats, 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 roe alive. " I next went into Brcmpton 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,lB99, I was given a special pension, and retired from the force. _ _ .  I continued to get worse, despite all efforts. No matter bow tempting and light the food which wee prepared, I vomited all I took, and the very sight of food made me nick ! 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 sight sweats and the cramping geesetions 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 stringer, so I went in for a course, in order te give I them a fair trial. By the time I had taken a few boxes was a different man. The vomiting had stopped, and the dull, aching pain at the pit of the stomach had gone. Every day I got stronger and stronger. The cramp and the night sweats stopped, the specks and flashes before sly eyes disappeared, I became able to walk without needing support, and at night I enjoyed sound, refreshing sleep. Te cut a long story short, I aenow quite cured. The effects of the poison have been driven out of my system by the Beans, and my stcmaeh and digestive organs seem to have been re-made. I have eaten so well that 1 have gained twenty-sue pounds in weight, and am still eddieg 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 re-start work as attendant in a picture gallery. For three 'weeks before Christmas I was at werk from half-past eight o'clock in the morning to ball-past eleven at night, Saturdays included and I did not fPel fatigued with it " " In my easel Bile Bears seem to have worked a miracle. Publish my statement by all means and let as many people as possible know what a splendid remedy is placed within their reach." . .  The chief lesson to be learned from the above..sensa tiGnal Incident, is that no case of digestive ailment, weakness, nausea after meals, sleeplessness and general debility is too bad far Bile Beans to touch. Remember this I. Rand this case to your friends who are ailing. To put Bile Beans in the way of a sufferer is the kindest service you can render. Just think of the debt of gratitude Hefforan owes to the friend who recommended Bile Beans to kim. You may earn like gratitude from some of your friends. The medicine referred to above may be obtained from all chemists price one and three-halfpence a bex or two and nine for a box containing three times the quantity.