Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1911 — BUBONIC PLAGUE [ARTICLE]

BUBONIC PLAGUE

Raging In Spokane and ’ Three Deaths Have Al-. ’ ready Resulted. ’ a Dispatches from Spokane, ’ Wash., yesterday stated that ’ the bubonic plague is raging ’ in that city and three deaths 1 had already resulted. Six- ’ teen cases of the disease had 3 developed- and the inhabi- 1 tants were fleeing from the 3 city, terror having seized the 3 citizens. Houses in which deaths have occurred have been 3 burned and drastic measures 3 to stamp out the terrible 3 malady have been taken by 3 the health authorities. Scores of people have been exposed to the dread disease and grave fears are enter- 3 tained that ,it will claim many victims ere it is got under control. ,