People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1894 — Ravages of the Plague. [ARTICLE]

Ravages of the Plague.

San Francisco, July 3.—The steamer Peru, which has just arrived from Hong Kong and Yokohama, brings news that the plague at Hong Kong has become worse, the disease having broken out in new districts. From June 7to June 17,101 persons died from the pest and fully 75,000 Chinese fled from the city. It is reported that a Chinese junk with about 400 passengers from Hong Kong on board escaping from the plague capsized and sank in Cop Siu Moon Pass. Five British soldiers have fallen victims tc the plague.