GHASTLY HORRORS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11670, 10 April 1916, Page 6

GHASTLY HORRORS.

' , MOVING MASS OF VERMIN, j TARDY GERMAN ASSISTANCE, j i Bj T«fegr»ph—Pre«g i.«ioeiation—Copyright (Received April 10. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. April 10. _ Sorae of the conditions described in . .ihe report are most abhorrent, mentions that lie attempted to f%rusTftdust from a patient's clothes, but : the dustj?rovecl to be a moving mass of : vermin. * Other incidents were mors , : appalling. The report shows that Major Priestly and others set to work with admirable powers of organisation and' evolvec 1 order out of chaos. They collected thii I British patients in one bungalow, an*. 1 (resolved that the best food, clothing '•and bedding; should be obtainable for >tho sick, and gradually overcame tho epidemic The arrival of warmer ■weather in April greatly facilitated* rt • covery, and it was ohly then that the Germans begin'- to assist. They erect- " ,"ed a steriliser, but the work was not '• pressed, and was finished a fortnight ! after the last British case. They also ! built a hospital bungalow, but the epii demio was over before it was comipleted.