A man named John Buff succumbed to poisoning after catching and eating toadfish in Duck River near Parramatta in 1821, and a smooth toadfish was responsible for the deaths of the wife and two children of Captain Bell of New Town near Hobart in March 1831.
A man named John Buff was fatally poisoned after catching and eating toadfish in Duck River in 1821 near Parramatta, his case and subsequent coroner's inquest published in the "Sydney Gazette". The smooth toadfish was responsible for the deaths of the wife and two children of Captain Bell of New Town near Hobart in a widely-publicised case in March 1831.