The Gravediggers’ Strike
INCREASE OF CHOLERA St. Petersburg, September 24. _ The serious increase in the cholera epidemic at St. Petersburg is largely due to the gravediggers’ strike. Bodies are left lying unburied for hours, and relatives of the victims insist on accompanying the bodies to the graves side, some times throwing their arms round* the coffins. The highlands and by ways are being scoured to obtain gravediggers. The military authorities will not allow the soldiery to be pressed into the service for fear of the disease obtaining a foothold in the barracks.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43378, 26 September 1908, Page 2
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92The Gravediggers’ Strike Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43378, 26 September 1908, Page 2
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