THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
FLEEING FROM BOMBAY.
TIIE PLAGUE SPREADING. Calcutta, January 6. Since the outbreak of the bubonic plague at Bombay 325,000 people have left their homes and fled from the oity. Dr Nansen, phv^lcian-in-charge of the Native Hospital at Bombay, has fallen a victim to the disease. From Bombay the plague has spread to Eurrachee, capital of Scinde, and a large seaport and manufacturing centre, situated on a email bay to the west of the Indus River. The ravages have been so severe that many of the manufactories have been closed. Jannary 11. Two hundred and twenty cases of bubonio plague have been reported at Kuracnee, and 214 deaths have been recorded.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 13
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113THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 13
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