MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS
PASSENGER ON LINER DIES AT SEA OTHERS ON BOARD SHOW SYMPTOMS LONDON, March 31. A mysterious illness on the Stratheden resulted in the strictest precautions being taken on her arrival at Plymouth. The purser’s assistant was put ashore at Malta apparently suffering from typhoid, while a passenger named Charles Newby, of London, died during the voyage, his death being officially attributed to heart failure. He was buried at sea. Other passengers and members of the crew showed feverish symptoms. Only the Customs and medical officials were permitted on board at Plymouth jntil a dozen invalids had been examined. But when the doctors were satisfied there was no virulent cases some of the visitors were allowed to go aboard, and passengers landed after being medically inspected.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 78, 2 April 1938, Page 9
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