'FLU IN LABRADOR.
COAST VILLAGES DESOLATED. 75 PER CENT OF PEOPLE DIE. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. (By Cable.—J.'ress Association.—Copyright.) (Received 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 1. Influenza desolated the Labrador coast, 70 per cent of the inhabitants of many villages being dead. The neglected wolfish dogs became savage, tore down the doors, and ate the dead. It was a terrible experience collecting the remains. At some of the sealing stations, where everyone was dead, the dogs left only a few skulls. In one island the I missionaries found dogs chawing dead bodies, and began shooting, when a human cry was heard. A girl of eight was found. She was the only survivor, and had been kept alive doubtless by the warmth of the dogs' bodies. A sailor introduced the disease.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 183, 4 August 1919, Page 5
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