THE INFLUENZA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIII, Issue 2545, 17 December 1891, Page 2

THE INFLUENZA.

St. PETEKSfImsa, December 14. In.Qu.en3a is raging m this city, bringing typhoid fever and madness m its wake. Ninety thousand cases of influenza are reported at Odessa. New York, December 15. A thousand cases of influenza are reported at Norfolk, Virginia. Major McKinley is one of the sufferers. i London, December 14. j In Scotland many deaths resulted I from attacks of influenza. Influenza is spreading n Belfast \\'\t\\ alarming mortality, WB^CIC OP THE ENTERKIN. Th« Enterkin, bound to Brisbane, with a cargo of iron, was wrecked off Bamsgate on Saturday night. An apprentice who was lashed to the rigging, was the only one rescued, all the rest on board, thirty m number, being drowned. ko^CVtf, Timber 15. T^e. s|hip Enter.kiri struck the Gallaper sands. The lifeboat was stove m and drowned most of the cretr. Those left on board, consisting of four hands, were washed overboard, the apprentice alone regaining the ship and taking to the rigging. He was five hours m his perilous position before he was rescued by a passing smack. Capt. Sinclair, who was to have taken, command of the ship, was; a^i%e,d with a.n ?^ta_eJE of. influenza prior to her departure, 1 and was succeeded by Capt. Stephenson. NEW ZEALAND TAXATION. The " Financial News " declares that it is obvious that the people qf Nqw ca^nqt b^ar- the strain of excessive taxation muoh longer. SUICID.E OF AN INVENTOR. Morris, the inveutbr of the wellknown tube used m rifles, which \§ known as the " Morris tu^e," hs*s committed smicMe, IRISH AFFAIRS. Fieroe riots have taken place m Ennis, county Clare, provoked by the followers of the late M.r far-nell, Many persons \y§vq injured by sticks and stones, and Mr J. Dillon was struck across the face. The priests vrere openly defied and hooted, but eventually the polio© were successful m dispersing the mob. Rome, December 15j His Holiness the Pope has conferjfe^ distinction on the Bishop qf fqr rfissl^lflg °,p^#lftg W Ire Und,