THE PLAGUE
SYDNEY, March 9. A second case of plague has been detected at tbe Goulburn street mill. The Victim is one of the proprietors, and the case is serious. March 12. Mr Wearne, the owner of the mill where the plague cases were taken fiom, has died of tho disease. March 13. Mr Wearne. a brothe- of Friday's victim of the plague, has also succumbed. • - March. 15. A" seaman of the French steamer tft. Ijouis lias" died of plague. Two hundred and thirty-five dead rats infected with plague were found at the .Wearnes miii. PERTH, March I 7!.I 7 !. Two cases ol plague have occurred among the crew of the steamer Zoroaster, which L= loading timber at Bunbury for feuakim.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2870, 17 March 1909, Page 26
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