THE PLAGUE.
.HORRIBLE STORIES. PATIENTS BURNED ALIVE. Press Association-Br Telegraph-Copyright BRISBANE, May 24. Eastern files by the steamer Taiyuau show that the plague epidemic prevails from India to China. At Bangkok large bonfires are. kept burning for patients who are expected to die. They are carried to th 3 vicinity of the fires to await death, and their bodies are then burnt. Cawoccur 'Vhere patients who have only swooned are thrown into £he fire when frightful shrieks and agonising- scream.; follow; but- there is no possibility of rescue. Hideous stories are told of sick people being carried to boats and abandoned bv their inhuman relations who arc afraid of infection.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13295, 25 May 1907, Page 5
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