The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-07
SPECIAL TRAIN
BRINGS help
More Doctors and Nurses
Brought to Washing
ton County
TO STEM SPREAD
OF THE INFLUENZA
About 30 Deaths Reported in
Barre for the Past
As Hours

A rising 30 deaths followed tha latast
onslaught of the grip and pneumonia in
Barre, nearly 80 deaths have been report.
ed since Saturday night. Measured bv
the number of those who have suecumbed
TO the plague, the outlook is NOT alto.
sether encouraging, but the outbreak Of
new cases has been appreciablv decreased
and many of those who were desperately
III are reported to be recovering from the
disease Five persons who were heinz
treated for pneumonia at the CITY hosni.
tai have been discharged as cured. Many
patients are receiving beneficial treat.
hent at the hospital, and the systematic
assignment Of doctors and n,rsas
throughout the city has had the effect of
tients. os''oi ~
nose VINO are neayest in the observa
tiohs q the pestilence are taking an opti.
mistlc view Of the situation. Beyond 4
doubt the number Of new cases is steadilv
decreasing, and the Inauguration of 4
pan Where every new case is visited rec.
ularly by physician and attended at IN.
terysls, if not all the time. bv a nurse i
expected to bring satisfactory results
To-day and yesterday the calls for helm
received at the headquarters of the sne.
eial relief committee at CITY hail y.aro
lar less than on Saturday. To-day a spe.
elal train which started from Rur1ipofo,
brought many additional doctors into
Washington county. Some were left at
waterbury where the grip is endemic.
ana more were assigned to duty in Mont
peiier' while a considerable number were
assigned IN Barre. Among the Burlington
ana other out.of-town doctors working
mere to-day We're: Drs Beecher. Dodds.
Baylies, Couture, Miller, Sabin. Smith.
Pache, Tanner, Daigle, Wilder and Mel
nick.
Yesterday, the relief committee. acting
on cue taken from the daily newspa
pers, in which il was said that army doc.
tors were available for stricken communix
ties, wired Boston for number Of medi-
cal officers. Relief, from this source i
expected
There is urgent need of Italian and
Spanish interpreters at the CITY hospital.
where the work may be materially fur-
thered If the wants of the patients can be
understood To-day prominent members
Of the Barre Italian colony issued the
following statement:
ALA Colonia, ltaliana e Spagnuola. 81
eercano una diecina di uominf per aiutare
nostri connazional gravemente ANNA.
ati all'ospedale della eitta. Nessuu uon,o
Il cuore puo rifutarsi di dare qbalebe
ora di seryizio onde allievare le sotferenze
lei nostri poyeri fratelli colpiti da que-
'to fagello lutte le attire nazionalita fan.
70 tntto quello che possono ed il sentirsi
IRE che moi ltaliani SpagnuoE siamo
'oh che non cerchiamo di alievare Ia
'otferenze del nostri frateIi una cal1in-
ma che dovressimo cercare df non meri-
arci. uomini e gliovani di cuore. RI
pondete a quest appello col reearvi al
,lu presto possible direttamenta alro-
pedale per dare qualche ora di sefyizio
nde allIeyare le soflerenze del nostri fra
ELI ammalati. Nessm0 81 rifiuti."
Among the dead reported since Satur-
lay are; John Albano of Oswald
treet; Mrs David Pombrio of 1856 North
seminary street; Joseph Calderara of So
ircle street; Mrs. John Walker of Cen.
raj street; Mrs John +. Pilon of Law.
ence avenue; Mrs John Gregware of 81
onth Main street; Ercole Puntelli of the
). Iomasi block; Mrs. Joseph Campo of
,orth Main street: Mrs. Ralph Nelson Of
lerchant street; 0. Caradelli of 27 Foss
treet; Mrs Pero; Mrs. John Griffin Of
orth Main street; Mrs. Theodore Des-
lrreau of ~ Center street. Angelo Gui-
ali of 535 North Main street; Micbeli
alcagni of l0l Smith street; two men.
s yet unidentified; Harry Blow of
Washington street; Alva Littel of Beck
" street; Mrs. Alex. Daniels Of North
lain street; Ray Field Of the d. ia.
lasi building; Louis Cassani Of Sixth =
rect; Miss Mcdonald Of Branch street;
aul Bianchi of 100 Summer street: Pier.
a Monti Of Berlin street; Mrs. Peter
omanini of Railroad street; Winifred
atch of Trow hill; Mr.. Tomasini Of 81
lliston street; one man, as yet unidenti-
ed Andrew Parletti.