Salt Lake Herald | 1891-03-25 | Page 1 | The Grip is Serious in Pittsburg

The Grip is Serious In Plttsburj PITTSBUKG March 24From a street joke the grip has become a generally dangerous dan-gerous disease The death rate is swelling rapidly and this month will break the record rec-ord by an alarming increase of 50 per cent Toe direct causes given on many certificates certifi-cates atc grip influenza pneumonia ty plioid and diphtheria The grip is daily growing more severe and now the number of its victims is nearing the five thousand mark in the city and suburbs Physicians are overworked sniP some have as high as forty to sixty cases of the grip alone