THE SHIP WESTLIND.
Outbreak of Small-Pox. r. " : (JBY TKIB&BAPH;) (TJNITBD EEESS . ASSobIATION.) ; : WELLiyarow, Obfcober 31. ':',. vEU4 ship /Westlabd arrived c£ronr ; lionddn 'witti 824 Government inimi-grants^t-noon^ to-day. Shortly after her arrival it L =waß 'ascertained that a caEe of small-pox-had occurred during th^^passage,; and^sh'e was ordered into quarantine. _It appears that the' disease firsfc made its appearance among a family on ; A^igiSst '17th. Immediate ,, steps^ were taken 1 to isolate the patients, and nO further spread has' taken place/ The patknts^becameconvalesceht ofi the.lst .inst;, ''sinH siiice that date the vesselhas been thoroughly 'fumigated. There is" at present no sickness on board, and after 1 the usual clearing up and disinfection 1 the ship *and passeiigers 'mir be : admitted topratique! From the jpapers; sent ashore J it r is ascertained 'that four 1 death's : -iciccurredy one'kn' infant from natural causes, the others being three seamen" wblo. -; were J: dr;pwned. ;It\ is supposed to - have occurred * wheh^ the vessel , lost* ! her maintbpmast. Hid definite particulars arej however, ashore asito how the seamen lost; their lives.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 282, 1 November 1883, Page 3
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172THE SHIP WESTLIND. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 282, 1 November 1883, Page 3
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