Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1907 — PLAGUE IN FRISCO. [ARTICLE]

PLAGUE IN FRISCO.

Government la to Flight Black Death On Pacific Coast. A section of San Francisco is in the grip of the bubonic plague, commonly known as the “black death,” and the Mayor has appealed to President Roosevelt for aid. The public health and marine hospital service has been instructed to take charge of the situation on the Pacific coast. While calling on the government for assistance in stamping out and preventing the further spread of the contagion, the Frisco authorities promise whatever financial assistance the city is able to stand. It is urged that heroic measures must at once be adopted to prevent the disease getting a strong foothold on the coast Acting promptly on Instructions from Oyster My, Surgeon General Wyman issued the necessary orders placing the public health and marine hospital service in charge of the situation. Gen. Wyman also notified the Mayor of San Francisco that the corps of service officers already on duty there would be augmented and additional measures taken to check the spread of the disease. It is believed the appeal of the Frisco officials shows the situation has become extremely dangerous and will require great care in handling. Government health officers have been stationed there for some time and measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease to other ports through shipping, but the plague seems to have gained a stronger foothold in the city In spite of the efforts of the officers.