CABLE NEWS. [BY ELE CTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
REPORTED LEPROSY CURE.
EPIDEMIC AT NEW ORLEANS.
PANIC IN A CHURCH.
[PKESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received August 15, 8.'42 a.m.)
LONDON, 14th August. ,
A series of earthquake shocks lasting nine hours Avas felt at Macao (a Portugii€ss settlement situated on an island at the .mouth of the Canton River, China). ,
Slight shocks were also felt at Hongkong, and one at Chamounix (a celebrated resort for tourists in the Department of Haute-Savoie, France).
At the latter place the walls of one of the churches cracked, and the congregation fled in panic, expecting the building to collapse.
THE X-RAYS TREATMENT.
[i-RESS ASSOCIATION.] Received August- 15, 9 a.m.)
MANILA, 14th August. American surgeons here believe they ha\e discovered an X-rays cure for leprosy. In six months they have treated twenty-five cases, which have apparently been cured.
NUMBER OF FRESH CASES REPORTED.
[rBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received August; 15, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, 14th August.
One hundred and five new cases of yellow fever have been reported in New Orleans.
On Saturday a shipment of bananas was stopped to prevent infection.
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1905, Page 5
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182CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.] EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. REPORTED LEPROSY CURE. EPIDEMIC AT NEW ORLEANS. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1905, Page 5
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