Northwest History. Alaska. Floods & Flood Control.

Flu And Floods Hit Alaskans. FLU AND FLOODS HIT ALASKANS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 12. (/P) —An influenza epidemic, after taking six lives, raised new fears today for the population of Fort Yukon, 150, miles northeast of here, in the wake of a flood which drove many from their homes and damaged food an...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
flu
floods
Alaskans
Fairbanks
influenza epidemic
Fort Yukon
food and general supplies
Yukon river
News-Miner
danger
radio dispatch
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Alaska
Pacific
Yukon
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91438
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Summary:Flu And Floods Hit Alaskans. FLU AND FLOODS HIT ALASKANS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 12. (/P) —An influenza epidemic, after taking six lives, raised new fears today for the population of Fort Yukon, 150, miles northeast of here, in the wake of a flood which drove many from their homes and damaged food and general supplies. Water spread over the town yesterday when ice broke in a slough of the Yukon river, flooding all but three buildings, ruining goods and increasing danger from influenza, a radio dispatch to the News-Miner said.

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