Today in Bajan History| January 20th 1915 Cassava Poisoning and the Death of a Child in Barbados

January 20, 2026 00:03:18
Today in Bajan History| January 20th 1915 Cassava Poisoning and the Death of a Child in Barbados
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Today in Bajan History| January 20th 1915 Cassava Poisoning and the Death of a Child in Barbados

Jan 20 2026 | 00:03:18

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This Today in Bajan History entry recalls a deeply tragic event reported by the Barbados Agricultural Reporter on January 20, 1915, following an inquest into the death of six-year-old Branford Lipton Miller of Kendall Hill, Christ Church.

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