SMALLPOX PLAGUE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 3

SMALLPOX PLAGUE.

PANIC IN GREEK CHURCHES

PLIGHT OF REFUGEES

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. cable Association

(Received) Feb. 1, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 31

The Daily Express reports that, worshippers suffering from smallpox complicated by meningitis, dropped 1 dead in two churches at Piraeus on Monday. The congregations tied panic-stricken into the streets. Crowds had' Hocked to the churches of Holy Trinity and) SpiridSon to pray for deliverance from the plague. Two men fell dead directly after (he consecration, while the sanclus bell was ringing. Those nearby shrank hack, then tried to leave the church unnoticed, but the panic spread and soon the congregation became a howling mob. The priests were left! in the church with the dead. The two congregations met in the streets, thus increasing the panic. Thousands of sick refugees are now living at a, quarantine station on St. George’s, which is now known ns “the Death Island." They are huddled in tents, built against the rock, with only five small huts for doctors. The island is without water supply, and it is feared the sick on the island will all die unless doctors and 1 drugs are sent.