INFLUENZA.
RAVAGES IN INDIAN OCEAN . . AREA. By Teloeraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Capetown, July 21. A steamer from tlie'Straits Settlements reports that when she railed at Reunion constant Rounding. of the siren tailed to elicit a response. Finally a native pilo.t came out and stated that half the , population of the island was dead, and the rest suffering from Spanish influenza. The vessel thereupon sailed for Mauritius, where the epidemic was also raging—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [The population of Reunion is stated to be 173,300.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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81INFLUENZA. Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1919, Page 5
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