PLAGUE IN THE EAST.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD. Peking, Feb. 6. Over 2000 bodies of victims pl ;h--plague have been burnt at Fuclua mien, and 4000 others avail > reira ti«>n. The bodies at Hulan are piled in a great heap on the iee on the river awaiting the thaws in spring. <;ALLANT WORKERS. London, Feb. 6. English and other volunteer doctors arc making heroic efforts in Manchuria to cope with »he plague, and are working Hi hours daily installing isolation hospitals ami disinfecting plague areas. Oue volunteer doctor i« dead ami another stricken. The Chinese Government promised (<> the family of any doe tor who «lies fight i.*.g I he plague. The British employees of the Im perial Chinese iai!way are pluckily running trains with supplies to the infected area.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 48, 7 February 1911, Page 1
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