British lose eleven guns in Tugela river attempt
Telegraph despatch reports Gen Buller’s force failed to cross the Tugela at two fordable points. Hart’s battalion suffered heavy losses including a wounded Col Brooke. 11 guns lost, two saved, and withdrawal completed with discipline. Modder River action and Ladysmith relief rumors follow as war grows grim.
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Natal
Buller
Modder River
Magersfontein
Wauchope
Highland Brigade
Associated Press
Sonkers
Teanvai
Irea
Nikhtfall
Midder River
Charles Warren
Capedown
Lord Methuen
Daily Chronicle
Lord Methuim
Modder
Euns
Modder-river
Plague Strains Honolulu Areas Amid Local Outbreak
Fragmentary notes indicate repeated plague mentions in Honolulu with references to locations Pawaa and Palama and individuals such as Ethel Jonson. The text shows hostile language and possible public health concern surrounding Chinese residents.
Plague Questions Rise As Honolulu Health Board Acts
A Honolulu health meeting reviews autopsies of Ethel Johnson and two Chinese men in a suspected bubonic plague case. Dr Hoffmann reports plague bacilli in Johnson, while officials debate proper labeling, quarantine, and inter island shipping.
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Wood
Health Board
Cooper
Board of Health
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Day
Emerson
George W. Smith
Agent Reynolds
Garvin
Marshal Challingworth
Ethel Johnson
Iwilei
Nm Gabedne
Plague Reappears in Honolulu With New City Caves Found
Health officials report two new plague cases in Honolulu with autopsies confirming infection. Victims include Ethel Johnson and Ah Fong of Palama, whose bodies showed severe septic and pulmonary plague signs. Authorities pledge cooperation with police to trace Ah Fong’s past on the island as transit risks loom for ships leaving Hawaii.
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Pawaa
King Street
Waikiki
Palama
Carmichael
Federal Service
Ethel Johnson
Hoffman
Ah Fong
Kaneohe
Board of Health
Hoffmann
Board of Health Department
Chow Ying Ching
Honolulula
San Francisco
Quarantine Measures Plague Fear Prompt Maui Meeting
On December 14 a Wailuku Makawao gathering at Wailuku courthouse set quarantine rules to stem bubonic plague. A 15 day isolation was ordered for all arrivals from Honolulu with inspectors for Wailuku Makawao Kahului Spreckelville Kihei named. Funeral of Horatio Bailey scheduled. Hana Lahaina meetings support quarantine. Death, weddings, and local notes fill remaining items.
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Makawao
Maui
H. P. Baldwin
Haiku
Board of Health
Honolulu
Weddick
Armitage
Meserg
A. N. Kepolkal
W G. Oge
Pia Cockett
McConkey
J. P. Baldwin
D. C. Lindsay
L. von Tempaky
W. H. King
Kahutui
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Wadsworth
Zumwalt
Gil
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Pharre
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Batteges
Horatio B. Bailey
Malulam Hospital
Pass Foreign Church
E . Beckwrth
Bailey
Lahaina
Edward Bailey
Oakland
Old Clothes for Lepers at Kalaupapa Letter Extracts
A Kalaupapa leper settlement letter notes donations of old clothes. It recalls Hannah distributing garments, a soldier boy clinging to its clothes, and a child sleeping with his shoes, showing residents' pride and need for worn garments.
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Kalaupapa
Hannah
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