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Show HORRORS IN MAURITIUS. Decomposing Corpses Lying About in the Street Breeding Epidemic. London, June 2. Acting Governor Jerm-ingham's Jerm-ingham's letter to the lord mayor of London, appealing for help for the sufferers in Mauritius, Maur-itius, says that over 20,000 people are homeless, home-less, and :KXK! houses in Port Louis are in ruins. Lieutenant Berkley Hill says the scene at Port Louis on Sunday was dreadful, the stench from many decomposing corpses lying in the ruins is sickening, and the search for bodies is horrid work. There is employment for ."000 men if wo had them. All trains are blocked, and it is feared an epidemic of violent disease will follow the stagnation of sewage. |