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• • ... EDITORIAL. •••rtfTY UViCRS or THE labrador die or SPANISH INFLUENZAIS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OR ANYOF THE DEATHS?THE APPEAL OF THE DESTITUTE AND STRICKEN IS TREATED WITH INDIFFERENCE,The following ' —-s-r - received here l dayBATTLE HARBOR, via Fogo, To-day. Regret report over twenty per cent of population of Sandwich Bay, Labrador, perished In recent epidemic known as Spanish influenza. The foowiog are the names of persons who died at various places on the Labrador iParadise—Reuben Mosher and son Carl, Mrs. W. Gl. Mesber, Mrs. Robert Meafaer, Mrs. Stanley Meatier, Allan Sadoden, Emanuel Panty* Edward Learning, AJphoc Lotrttlqg, F. W. Uwntai;, Tbos. Purdy and wife, John Whiten. ami daughter, Wlftianv Winters and son,Cartwright—Samuel Learning and daughter. O- Lethbridge, wife and son John, Mrs. Isaac Morris, Mrs. Payne, Rebecca Payne, Harold FcqucLNorthwest River—James Williams, Qoorge Williams, John WUHaini, Caroline Wflflams, Cha In and Mark William, William Wflttams, Win. H. Pardy and wife, Edward Learning, Herbert Earle.Muddy Buy—John Amocb aid Lizzie.Separation Point—Mrs. Henry Brown and son, Robert Thoe. Tnnkbty. wife, son and daughter.On^r—Christopher Lethbridge and children.South of Sandwich Buy only slightly bitS. W. BRAZIL.In our issue I ■ November 30th, six weeks ago, thefollowing report appeared tmder the headlineSEAL BRINGS NEWS : DISTRESS FROM CARTWRIGHTAND HAWK HARBOR.Mozt of the people at Cartwrigf 1 111 of the malady, yrithno medicine man to attend them, the 1 being Dr Paddoo, ofGross Water Bay, 400 mile* distant.Unless prompt and heroic measure are taken, it Is feared thatumess prompt the mortality will bevery heavy, and, as the people are of course, isolated at this season, no particulars will be available to how they fared before next March, should the authorities decide not making an effort to extend help immediately.At Bolster's Rock, Hawk's Harbor and other places the disease Is also prevalent, and fears are entertained that it yill spread all overthe Labrador, *0 that if definite a is not taken atonce, the possibilities are of an ; n !i - nature.In the same issue we recorded the fact that delegation ofcitizens, who bad interested themselves m the matter, called upon the Colonial Secretary, and urged ffc- iitur *iui - —1 1 ■ renderedthe stricken. The delegation tntemcv the Ministertef Shipping, who, if reports are rrect, acted in a manner anything but courteous, but, on the contrar his indifference in nouncertain way by exclaiming, I ■ I «n D rWe do not know if it wiU any • M* *1 Mr. Crosbie,Mr Cashin or the Executive Council to acquainted with the news that since this plea for assistance was made nine residents of Cartwright have died, or that twenty per cent if the population Sandwich Baysuccumbed to the malady nor are we assured, of the fad that uOne of the fifty now dead would ave developed the disease and recovered if the help asked for had been rendered. BuL to be frank, we are of the opinion that the death list would have be considerably teas, as has been the many other remote settlements heremedical assistance was providedAs we previously stated, people of Cartwright, Bolster'sRock, Hawk’s Harbor, and othe * enjoy the same right to liveas do Mr. Crdsbie or any rpcmb* fcaWneL Yet they are deniedthis right We appealed lency the Govern r at the limeto use his influence with the bent, the members of which weremade fully aware of the privatflJ and the awful possibilities that faced the akk and destitute m the places mentioned ; but all to no use These people were not given a fighting chance for their lives, and died because the Government refused to send a steamer that was tying in the harbor and awaiting orders.The sympathy of th*4rtok Dominion goes out to the relatives and friends of th* deceased In ^ki »ei. ram nr, son*, motherand daughter ha- e passed a* ray, whilst in others whole havebeen wiped out. I
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Saint Johns Plaindealer
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Sat, Jan 25, 1919
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