| Summary: | Town In Alaska Swept By Flood: Fort Yukon Also Hit By Influenza Epidemic. TOWN IN ALASKA SWEIWLOOD Fort Yukon Also Hit by Influenza Epidemic FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 12 (AP)—A radio dispatch to the News-Miner said influenza, claiming six lives, ravaged white and native populations at Fort Yukon yesterday, while a flood swept the town, 150 miles northeast of here at the junction of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. The News-Miner's correspondent at Fort Yukon, Mrs. Emily Randall, wife of a deputy United States marshal, said no one drowned in the flood which spread over the town when ice broke in a slough early this morning. Food, ammunition and household goods were ruined by the water, which was receding tonight, and the condition of influenza patients made more critical, Mrs. Randall said.
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