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The Dickinson Press
Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota
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Joseph McGullin reports from San Francisco that the Republic of Guatemala is besieged by smallpox, with 1,200 deaths in seven weeks and rising death rates due to inadequate sanitary measures and overwhelmed hospitals. No cholera reported.
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The Republic of Guatemala Reported to Be One Vast Putrefying Contagion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.—Among the arrivals on the steamer San Juan Saturday was Joseph McGullin, a newspaper man from New York. "The Republic of Guatemala," he said, "is besieged by smallpox. He says that in seven weeks there were 1,200 deaths throughout the country, and the death rate at last accounts was on the increase. Few sanitary precautions were taken when the disease first appeared, and the result was that the people have been mowed down by the hundreds. The hospitals are crowded and the physicians are not numerous enough to attend to all the cases. There is no cholera in Guatemala, as has been reported."
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Republic Of Guatemala
Event Date
In Seven Weeks Prior To December 15
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1,200 deaths in seven weeks, death rate increasing
Event Details
The Republic of Guatemala is besieged by smallpox. In seven weeks there were 1,200 deaths throughout the country, and the death rate at last accounts was on the increase. Few sanitary precautions were taken when the disease first appeared, resulting in hundreds mowed down. Hospitals are crowded and physicians not numerous enough to attend all cases. No cholera in Guatemala.