Northwest History. Alaska. Epidemics & Contagious Diseases.

Influenza Kills Eskimos: Sixteen Dead In Five Stricken Villages -- Famine Stalks. INFLUENZA KILLS ESKIMOS Sixteen Dead in Five Stricken Villages—Famine Stalks. JUNEAU, Alaska, July 28. UP)— Sixteen natives in five influenza-stricken villages in the Tikchik river district, 190 miles north of Nushasak...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1931
Subjects:
influenza
Juneau
Alaska
Tikchik river district
Bristol bay
Nushasak
Roy Smith
D. W. Borland
Dillingham
physician
Anchorage
famine
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Borland
Pacific
eskimo*
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90713
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Summary:Influenza Kills Eskimos: Sixteen Dead In Five Stricken Villages -- Famine Stalks. INFLUENZA KILLS ESKIMOS Sixteen Dead in Five Stricken Villages—Famine Stalks. JUNEAU, Alaska, July 28. UP)— Sixteen natives in five influenza-stricken villages in the Tikchik river district, 190 miles north of Nushasak on Bristol bay, were reported dead from the disease here today. Roy Smith, white trapper of the region, took word to Dr. W. A. Borland of Dillingham, and returned to the villages with the physician. A nurse has been sent from Anchorage. All of the villages are helpless because of famine conditions prevailing.

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