| Show I 1 I 1 diphtheria CAUSES DEATH little gertrude shea died last sunday several other cases and schools have been closed diphtheria has caused no end of trouble and excitement in I 1 fieka in the past few day da s it ii as on sunday morning that dr I 1 P gose who had been called to attend little gentri gerende de shea the yom your gest child of mrs patrick shea found the little girl to be suffering from diphtheria everything possible was wag done to save the child s life but in the struggle death cinq alered and before night the little one a voice wis forever hushed and its ea ees es ii a ere clos d in sleep from which there is no awakening in this 1 fe because of tl ti e higl higi ly ous nature of the disease there could be no funeral ger services vices and tl e burial which took place on monday after noon was private tl TI e child wai wag past four 3 ears of age and the mother and other members of the family feel their loss keenly death in any form is sad enough but when nhen the bera ber a d ons are quarantined in thir th ir horn hom almost alone in theis sorrow unable to follow the body to its last resting pla place or to hear the sympathetic and cheering words of friends it is 13 hard to realize their great sorrow within a few days mrs shea was also called upon to mourn the loss of her father J B cronin and the sy sympathy of the en tire community goes out to her in her tier bereavement other cases of diphtheria there aie ate several other cass of diphtheria in edreka at the pres nt tit time and the board of health ordered the closing of the schools on off tues day all dances public gatherings and public amusements have hane also been prohibited and the health officers are making a determined effort to check the spread of the chreas at this time there are about eight cases under quarantine th tha disease is not confined entirely to children cs s two adults are known to be suffering from it at this time one of the most serious cases is that of mrs J E garlef who also has a child ill with the same dis ease airs shea is alao also fc d 0 to i be suffering from a slight altac the youngest child of mr air and yrs re dan B cronin also has the dise ae and the family is andr juiia i tine there are two cases in the fam ly of humphrey williams one in tl e family of daniel sullivan another at the home of nick comes and one at the home of heber fields |
