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Sunday 27 October 1918

October 27, 2018 by Sarah McLennan

Still no church on a/c of influenza scare & epidemic. 6,000 deaths in New York. Seattle is in bad shape with influenze epidemic.

Filed Under: 1918, Diary Entries Tagged With: Influenza, New York, Seattle

Sunday 20 October 1918

October 20, 2018 by Sarah McLennan

No church services in Vancouver or elsewhere on a/c of influenza. Left Lynn V. @ 1.45 pm for a visit to Mrs. Plummer (Al) 15 Ave, West, Vanc. Have spendid time. Many invitations to visit . Arr. home at 10 pm.

Filed Under: 1918, Diary Entries Tagged With: Influenza, West Vancouver

Saturday 19 September 1914

September 19, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Rain all morning. No work
I leave early for Burnaby & arrive at Ruth’s at 12 noon. At 12:25 noon to Wagstaffe’s. Mrs Wagstaffe is ill with grippe. I to Mrs Wagstaffe’s with Mabel & to theatre also. Back home at 6 pm.
No change in the position of the Germans.
Stayed all night at Wagstaffe’s


*Grippe – Influenza

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Burnaby, Germans, grippe, Influenza, Wagstaffe's

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