’FLU IN FRANCE.
Many Soldiers Die in Barracks. SCHOOLS CLOSED. United Press Assn. —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 16. 2.15 p.m.) PARIS, February 15. It was revealed in the Chamber of Deputies that fifty soldiers have already died from influenza, which is raging throughout France. In the barracks at Reuilly alone there are 800 cases, while 170 soldiers and sailors at Cherbourg are now in hospital. Many schools are closed owing to the epidemic. Scarcely a family in Paris has escaped, though the attacks generally are mild.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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87’FLU IN FRANCE. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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