| Show panguitch sorely tried with influenza plague Pan panguitch guith according to semi official tidings received hero here Is about the hardest hit by influenza according to population of any town in the state with a population ot of less than 1500 the number of cases of influenza there this week Is variously reported at from 1040 to 1200 there have been a number of deaths and hardly enough well ell people in the community to attend to the burying of the victims the first ol 01 this week a call tor for assistance was sent to the surround ing towns and beaver deaver parowan carowan and cedar city at least have responded by sending doctors and nurses just how much help was sent by beaver I 1 we e are not informed dr mcgregor of that place however Is included in the relief corps of that place has sent more than 20 nurses we are informed cedar city has cent some nine ladles ladies and dr berg strom to assist in the relief work mayor corry in conversation with cashier clem tebbs of the bank of garfield county wednesday afternoon was advised that there were four deaths tuesday night and from other calls it was learned that there were two or three more deaths earlier in the day some of the drivers of the relief automobiles taking the nurses over reported that there were not enough caskets on hand or carpenters to make them and that the bodies were shut up in a room and had to await awalt their turns the only funeral services being held consisted of the dedication of the graves by an elder sent to the cemetery on horseback horse back for or the purpose according to the best information obtainable there are now five live doctors and about fifty nurses there but even these are hardly sufficient to render reader the assistance so imperatively needed the tremendous hold secured by the dreadful disease is said to be due to the fact that the town was thrown open tor for the holidays dances were held and all kinds of amusements and public gatherings permitted and the malady spread like wild alre soon getting beyond control panguitch has his the profound sympathy of the entire portion of the state and particularly of all persons who have experienced the terrible grip of this monster we trust that the epidemic may way speedily b be banished from their midst iron county record |
