Iron County Record | 1918-12-06 | Page 2 | Japanese Coal Miners Victims of Influenza

IAPANSSI COAL MINIMI M VICTIMS OF INFLLFNZA M Some of the latest cases of influ- M en.a to develop in Cedar City are M from the Japanese crew of workmen M that has been employed for some lit- M tie time at the property of the Iron KVfl County Coal Co. In all there are 1VJ vAVJ or 14 of the little brown men em- U ployed in the workings, and it is fl practically certain that all have been M erposed. About half of them are now BVfl in the B. A. C. emergency hospital U receiving the best of care and atten- U tion and more of them are expected H Manager Webb visited the property M this week, leaving for Salt Lake I'ri- H day, and it is very probable that he M was exposed to the disease. M I In Japanese are very fortunate, M indeed, to be uble to get into such ii pert hands as are conducting the i M local emergency hospital. It is said M that two of the men are in quite a M critical condition to begin with. M