PECULIAR DISEASE
THREE SUFFERERS SUCCUMB DEATHS ON A STEAMER SYDNEY, Sept. 28. Three deaths were caused by a strange disease on board the steamer Montoro which arrived at Sydney from the Solomon Islands. Two natives and Father O’Donohue, parish priest of Castlemaine, Victoria, became suddenly ill and died. Practically every passenger and member of the crew suffered, but the captain was not affected and was able to carry on with a few members of the crew. An *»fficer stated that the disease had swept through the Solomon Islands. The symptoms resembled those of fever and influenza. The throat and tongue became swollen and the patient experienced difficulty in breathing. When the ship reached a cooler climate the disease disappeared.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 230, 29 September 1931, Page 7
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119PECULIAR DISEASE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 230, 29 September 1931, Page 7
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