Deaths
In January 1892, how did a Chicago hotel worker die?
Ice cream
In January 1892, a hotel worker in Chicago died after the huge amount of ice cream he ate "froze up his stomach". In June 1898, three youths in London died after eating ice cream made with water contaminated with bacteria. In May 1904, a seven-year-old boy in New York died from eating about half a litre of poisoned ice cream. The seller of the treat was arrested following his death. In June 1910, consumption of contaminated ice cream caused an adolescent in Detroit, Michigan, to die of food poisoning. In November 1938, a 34-year-old father in New York committed suicide with his 10-year-old son by adding poison to both of their ice cream. In July 1986, a 51-year-old Floridian man died after consuming a tainted ice cream bar by Kraft Foods. Thereafter, production of the food item was halted and later on permanently stopped.