THE RIVER OF DEATH.
This is what that "big open sewer" the Chicago river is called in a despatch of July 19. Its state during the last few days, according to thiß telegram, threatens to depopulate all adjacent districts on both sides of the sluggish stream. The foul current of the river stagnates tinder a torrid sun, and this has reached a condition never before touched within the remembrance of the oldest inhabitants. Luckily the Fair grounds are some distance away. The foul stench from the river has forced scores of men to leave their positions in warehouses along the docks and has placed dozens on the sick lists from big wholesale houses. 'The odour has become so terrible that the stevedores are sickening under it. In the wholesale houses abutting on the river almost a score of men have succumbed to the horrible stench. Great and constant complaints are made, and unless the authorities act promptly the public health will be greatly jeopardised.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 14
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164THE RIVER OF DEATH. Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 14
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