This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryachtrh Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mccormick/3152/mb.ashx Message Board Post: News Article appears in The Los Angeles Times, 19 October 1931 HICCOUGHS MAY KILL TRANSIENT Suffering from acute hiccoughs, which surgeons say probably will prove fatal, John McCormick, transient, 54 years of age, was in General Hospital last night after being picked up on Whittier Blvd. by a passing motorist who found him lying by the roadside when he had dropped from exhaustion. McCormick told Georgia Street Receiving Hospital attendants he has been a victim of the hiccough attack for the past nine days, that he walked the final 108 miles between here and El Paso, and that for four days he has been without food. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.