A Prison Pesthouse.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 23, 7 September 1883, Page 3

A Prison Pesthouse.

T\ , (/ The condition 61 the'Rottn'4rt } p^ia6h '[ waslim 5 apter name)'} 'Western *'" .^•tralii^ where. r ,'^neM,«re. confined, haa attracted considerable atr -. r tenliiou ,tolalate.K?Ehtf»Perth^lnquirer wtitea t—^'J'oor wretche B , suddenly ?• Wi^W^ from 'a tropical climate, to be * J w; ; confined.. f»n a cold, spraybeaten island, ,1 " r ' aitnated 1000 miles sout&of tWir { ow!n: _,> district, have been attackecTßy anjepidemio, from the] effects, of which jthey hate been dying off like: fluke-rotted ■beep. .What has been the state '.«f those 'afflicted prisoners thus struck down by the rafales .of acrqe.l disease: systems' of * an, ' to them, unnaturally; cold and humid qlimatp?] iTh^ have■iO 4ekn housed liWe^fgij they hayjßjbeen tiwtlcf'worse than dogs. Lying -sin: their own flli h, from whicli were ?ildu*ii»^'ire , alc/''to;evenjera^ r .^ eliitf,*' improperly clothed, without; the ■Soessary skilled .rnedipal v afey^iiave died^ied i tn^der conditions W^inolSeribable tierror, which oug)it to bring down the vengeanpe^ 4iii> 'Miwr Upon the hea§s ottthdse whose . callbis neglect haa allowed' such a plate' of things to" occur. „ : Eyen> t wheo iiead »A\ 'jittV^riwretcheMre^ # There _|H£_a burial ground on the island, m whch the bodies cf the dead are buried deep enough, .only for the earth to little more than hoover them. There are rats oh the island also, the gate of the cemetery is* inore frequently Open than ahut, the p/igs are allowed to roam around it— but we will not disgust the public bj/entering into any more deuM' :^^:;y ;_