Northwest History. Alaska, Health Conditions. United States.

Team Of Dogs Hurries On To Nome With Aid. TEAM OF DOGS HURRIES ON TO NOME WITH AID NOMK, Alaska, Jan. 31.—Nome, hemmed in from the outside world by snow-dressed peaks and deeply covered trails expected to be saved today from the inroads of a diphtheria epidemic by one of her own townsmen, Leonard Se...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1925
Subjects:
dogs
Nome
Alaska
diphtheria epidemic
Leonard Seppalla
dog team driver
Zeppalla
Kaltag
anti-toxin
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92257
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Summary:Team Of Dogs Hurries On To Nome With Aid. TEAM OF DOGS HURRIES ON TO NOME WITH AID NOMK, Alaska, Jan. 31.—Nome, hemmed in from the outside world by snow-dressed peaks and deeply covered trails expected to be saved today from the inroads of a diphtheria epidemic by one of her own townsmen, Leonard Seppalla, a chami'iun dog team driver. Zeppalla, riding hehind a picked1 team of dogs, was making his way over difficult trails from Kaltag, a distance of 300 miles. He carried 300,000 units of anti-toxin sorely needed here to continue the fight against diphtheria.

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