Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-08-10 | Page 1 | Plague-Stricken Plymouth

PlagueStricken Plymouth I WILKESBABBE Pa August 10No sooner has the epidemic of typhoid fever ceased to rage in the unfortunate town of Plymouth than it is succeeded by another plague scarcely less terrible A severe form of dysentery dys-entery is now prevalent in Plymouth Kingston Kings-ton and vicinity to an alarming extent and it is even more deadly than the fever It is a disease that has always been prevalent in Plymouth and neighboring towns during the summer but never before were there half as many cases as at present nor was the disease dis-ease so violent and fatal in its results There are more than 150 cases now under treatment treat-ment