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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
3
A fragment describes a hospital overwhelmed with patients and long waiting lists. It laments crowded beds and scarce room for the sick while noting dangerous treatments and clinical fragility. The scene hints at wartime or disaster stress on medical facilities with fear and uncertain outcomes.
Fragmentary reminiscence describes a man smiling while recalling keeping frogs, sitting by a white bed in a large ward. The brief text evokes a time in the hospital, with unclear names or dates, suggesting a personal memory amid an old medical setting.
A fragmented account mentions a large quiet hospital in eighteenth century tone and a separate sea incident near Caloundra where a cow whale and calf were chased by the Champion. The calf died and the cow whale was eventually freed or lost, with further notes on medical services and public health themes.
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