THE MAORI QUARANTINED.
FIREMAN SUFFERS FROM SPINAL MENINGITIS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. A sensation was caused to-day, when it was learned that the Maori, which was to have sailed for Wellington to-night, had been held tip. • The facts, as far as they can be ascertained, are that at midday a fireman named William Mt'Quire was seized with sudden illness,'the symptoms pofntlng to meningitis. A doctor was called immediately, and the health authorities ordered that the vessel should be held up until further notice The man was removed to Christchurcb Hospital, and the Maori is to be taken out into tlio harbor and, presumably, quarantined.
Later . Dr. Chesson states that tiie case i 3 serious ami possibly will prove fatal by morning. Arrangement have been made to instal inhalation apparatus oti board the Maori to-morrow morning, and the whole of this crew and passpngers will have to go through the inhalation chamber Asked how long it was intended to keep the Maori up, Dr. Cheefon replied that, pending further in vesication and developments, he Jioped it would not be long, but the vessel would be held till he was Asured that it would be safe to let her go.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1918, Page 5
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200THE MAORI QUARANTINED. Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1918, Page 5
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