A FALSE ALARM.
Received December 23, 8.35 a.m
LONDON, December 22
The five deaths on the steamer Ashton at Grimsby have been found to be due to fumes from ferro-silicon in the cargo.
A cablegram last week stated that five Russian passengers on the steamer Aston, which had arrived at Grimsby, from Antwerp, died on board within ten minutes of each other. The deaths were attributed to cholera, and the vessel.was quarantined.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3078, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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72A FALSE ALARM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3078, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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