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On April 27, 2003, 78-year-old Walter Reid Morrill, known to the town by his middle name, died of arsenic poisoning after drinking coffee at the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden, and 15 other, mostly elderly churchgoers became ill, three of them seriously.
The Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is a historic church at 29 Capitol Hill Road in New Sweden, Maine. The congregation was established by Swedish immigrants to the area in 1871, and the Gothic Revival sanctuary was built in 1879-80. In 1896 the church was named in honor of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Young's 2005 book, A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power and Poison in a Small New England Town, documented a 2003 arsenic poisoning that took place at a small Lutheran church in New Sweden, Maine, killing one church member and making 15 others critically ill.
The church and parking lot at 7 Dane Street were put on the market in December for $900,000. Christ Church started holding services at the Dane Street site in 1921 but vacated the premises in ...
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Bradford sweets poisoning: Sweets accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall which led to the poisoning of more than 200 people, including 21 deaths. 1858, United States. In the New York Swill milk scandal, an estimated 8,000 infants died in just one year, during the years long duration of adulterated milk.
Stefanie Damron, now 14, was last seen on Monday, Sept. 23, walking into the woods near her home in New Sweden, Maine Teen Who Disappeared After Argument with Sister Still Missing Over a Month ...
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church: June 20, 1997 : Eastern side of Capitol Hill Rd., 0.5 miles north of its junction with State Route 161: New Sweden: 26: Island Falls Opera House: Island Falls Opera House: July 19, 1984