Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1910 — CHOLERA SWEEPS MADEIRA [ARTICLE]

CHOLERA SWEEPS MADEIRA

500 Are Dead and 800 More Stricken on Portuguese Island. Punehal, Dec. 16. —Five hundred are dead throughout Madeira Island of cholera. There are 800 other cases, although real conditions in the interior are unknown. People are dying by scores and the streets are filled with bodies. Graves are being dug in the city. The authorities officially report 800 cases. The residents are in revolt against the Portuguese government, claiming that it refuses to send aid.