CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
GRAVEDIGGERS STILL ON STRIKE. United Pregß Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, September 24. The serious increase in Cholera in St. Petersburg is largely duo to the gravediggers' strike. Another cause is that peoplo will insist on accompanying and sometimes throwing their arms round, tho coffins. Tho highways have been scoured to obtain diggers. Tho military will not allow soldiers to dig graves.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13231, 26 September 1908, Page 9
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