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>»- ON THE ISLAND OF REUNION. A TERRIBLK VISITATION. Proaß Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN, JuJv 21. A steamer from the Straits Settlements reports that when she called at Reunion at ll , !slaiul of iho Masceriue group, east of Madagascar, under French control), constant sounding of the siren failed to elicit a response. Finally a native pilot came out and stated that half the population of the island were dead and the rest were suffering from Spanish' influenza. The vessel thereupon sailed for Mauri - j tins, where the epidemic was also racing. , —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17689, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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94INFLUENZA Otago Daily Times, Issue 17689, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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