Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-22 | Page 1 | Flu Epidemic on Transport; 4 Die, 58 Ill

FLU EPIDEMIC ON TRANSPORT 4 DE DIE 58 ILL III Representative Winter Representative Winte Winter f Wyoming On Board steamer W WASHINGTON Dy D 22 ByThe The Associated With g Its hospital facilities crowded the tho army transport Chateau Thierry Is speeding toward San Francisco bearing the bodies of ot four sol aol soldiers sol soldiers diers who hive have succumbed to dis- dis disease dis disease ease and with 58 persons aboard suffering from Influenza In ad- ad ad addition dillon 11 cases of ot mumps have developed The Chateau Thierry's passenger list contains the names of ot 13 members of ot congress among the occupants of the tint cabins Six cases o of Influenza lII e occurred I among the first class clas passengers But Dut whether any ot of o the congress congress- congressmen congressmen men ha e been affected has not been een reported to the war depart depart- department department ment The others ill are arc members ot of the tho ships ship's crew and soldiers aboard The transport Is en route from 1 Nay ew York to San Francisco where she will wUl arrive tomorrow night Four army surgeons extra medi medi- medical medical cal corps enlisted men mon and nurses nunes aboard the ship as passengers as- as as assisted slated In tn halting th the epidemic The Tho Influenza broke out when the ship was two days out of Panama off ocr the west coast of ot Costa RIco Rica Although It does not know that I all of ot tho the members of ot congress i who planned to make the voyage on the transport were still sUlI aboard the war department announced II that the tho following had accommodation accommodation dation on the ship at New York Representatives Curry Curo Albert E B Carter and Englebright of Cali Call California California fornia Glynn of Connecticut Griffin New York Hardy Colo Cole Colorado Colerado Colorado rado Chalmers Ohio Winter Wyoming Lefts Letts and Thurston Iowa Oregon win Good win Minnesota and W V P Jar Jar- Jarrett Jarrett Jar rett rett rett the Hawaiian delegate They were en route to Hawaii