Bubonic Plague.
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Rockhampton, May 18. The plague patient Kine is dead. A man named Thomas Thompson, a wharf employee, has developed the disease. Brisbane, May 18. The Kangaroo Point patient whose case was reported yesterday is named Walker.
A lunatic, who was being brought on the steamer Arawatta from Townsville to the asylum, developed plague on the boat.
Sdyney, May 18. Two patients named Ah Hern and Bernard Sullivan are dead.
Edward McSwadgen, living at Redfern, and Mary Reid have been dis covered to be plague-stricken.
(Received May 19, at 9.55 a.m.) Rockhampton, May 19. Thompson, the plague patient, is dead. A fresh case has occurred to a child named Doheny.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6701, 19 May 1900, Page 3
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