Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 18 | [Illegible]

1 II 1 I I T u uThe II ESE The Tho China Mull Mall reports that a mysterious disease which paralyzes the stomach and ascends to the heart causing syncope has hns overtaken en a gang of ot dock Chinese hands who have been engaged in salving the S. S S. S Wisley which ran aground off or Saigon a a. couple of Ot months ago ago The Tho work was wag de delRed delayed do- do through the tho dread epidemic which has taken hold of or tho the workers The Blue Funnel S. S S. S brought up from Cape Barilla a few Cew survivors who were at rot once conveyed to a hospital where their condition condition con con- has been watched with much concern by the medical fraternity So far tar the disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease has hns not been diagnosed The The- captain of ot tho the Blue Funnel boat said when ho he called caled at nt Capo Cape Barilla Baria he ho was Informed that a n nIru virulent viru viru- lent disease had bad broken out among the Chinese salvage crew and seven of or them had died eight were vero taken on board and hurried with wih all al dispatch to