Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-07
EPIDEMIC CLAIMS SIX
DEATHS IN NEWARK
Man and Wife Victims Leaving
Seven Children. All of
Whom Are Ill.
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening


Newark. Oct : With SIN deaths
Saturday afternoon and yesterday. and
A number of new discs, conditions IN
Newark rs TO Spanish influenza have
not improved
Richard Ellis. aged about 80 years,
and his wife both died yesterday after
noon from pneumonia. following Influ-
cnza. and their seven children are all
III. two Of them also having pneumonia.
The entire family were III tho middle
of last week. when DR. Walter I'll Steel
was called IN There was no ono in the
house 10 care for them. and even then
the mother ard father werc in q serious
condition Or Steel made arrangements
At once to have the entire family moved
to Hartcr hali. which is being used as n
temporary hospital, and this was done
Thursday Or Friday.
LOUIS l. Curtis, secretary of the
Board Of Health. and several women
including Mrs Walter G Haupt wife
If tho rector of st Thomas T. + Church
who volunteered for the work .ook
charge If the patlrutS and nurscd them
In he case Of Mr. and Mrs Ellis. pncu-
mona had developed and although
every possible attention was gwen them
after being moved 10 lIartcr Hall their
condition continued to grow worse.
Mr. Ellis died about ; o clock yesterday
afternoon and his wife passed away
two hours later The seven range in
ages from about 6 70 II wears Two Of
the sons have pneumonia and the other
FIVE have influenza Tho family moved
10 Newark several months ago from tho
vicinity Of Niddictowr, and efforts
arr being made 10 locate the relatives.
Mr. Ellis worked in local factory
The influenza Inns now claimed three
members OF the Samuel Short family
al Chapel street MIR Short died ycs-
tcrday afternoon OF pneumonia. his
wife died on Thursday, and their 10
wear old son, I.inwood last Wednesday,
Two children remain and enc Of these
has been iii with the disease Mir Short
was thought to be improving for couple
Of DAYS. but his condition became
worse Yesterday The family moved to
Newark from Maryland, several years
ago. He was employed by Jhc Continen-
tai Fibre Co.
Mrs Mildred VI Harrington, wife
Of Charles Harrington, died Saturday
afternoon of pneumonia, following IN
fluenza. Mrs Harrington, who was
but IS wears Of age, was i'll only q few
DAYS
In unidentified man. evidently a
tramp found Ill on the street, Saturday
night hy the town officer, died yestCr-
dav morning His death was also due
10 pneumOni a.
The fifth victim was Alexander Crit
fifth. a Negro baby. All three local phyoi-
cians were called on 10 attend many new
cases. Yesterday They could see no
Improvement IN the :i.uation and all
OF them are putting IN an average Of
about IS hours day looking after in
fuenza patients.
Conditions as to Delaware College
stude- Is and soldiers in the industrial
Trair.ng Camp seem 10 be improving.
Leu<enant AronwitZ. the army surgeon
who Is caring for these patients, says
thefe have been but FIVE new cases
since Friday and many more than
tha number have entirely recovered
dug ng the same length Of; time
Military police appointed by the
off. ers IN charge Of the camp are patrol
in :Main street, TO enforce quarantine
and keep the members Of the camp off
the: street All shop work for members
Of The camp has been abandoned for
the time, but those not Ill have drills
each day, as usual
To date there have been 1876 cases
amons the college students and members
Of the training camp but many Of these
were hardly more than pad cold OF
this number, 81 remained as patients
last nil;ht, II in the Infrmary and 40
in Harecr Hall While several are seri-
ously III. most Of them are light cases
end humber will probably be out to-
day T:le majority Of the remaining
patients are industrial camp men