Evening journal., 1918-10-07
mother, FATHER
D;7CHILDRE.NILL
Entire Family of Nine at
Newark Found III With
Influenza
THIRD DEATH IN
SHORT FAMILY
speoIal 10 The EyenIng Journal.


NEWARK, Oct. with six deaths
saturday afternoon and yesterday and
number OF new cases the conditions
In Newark as 10 Spanish Influenza have
not improved.
Richard Ellis, aged about 80 years,
and his wife, both died yesterday aft
ernoon with pneumonia following In
fluenza, and their seven children are
all III, two OF them also having pneu-
monis. The entire family were m the
middle OF last week when DR.. Walter
II. Steel. was called In. There was no
one In the house 10 oss~ for them and
even then the mother and father were
In a serious condition.
DR.. Steel made arrangements 20
have the entire family removed 10 Har-
ter Hall which Is being used as a tenn
pOrary hospital and this was done on
Thursday or Friday.
Louis l.. Curtis. secretary OF the
Board OF Health and several women In
cludlng Mrs. Walter G.. Haupt, wife OF
the rector Of 81. ThOmas' p. +. Church,
who volunteered for the work took
charge Of the patients and nursed them
In the case Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis. pneu-
mOnla had developed and although
them after being moved 10 Harter Hall
their condition continued 10 grow
worse. Mr.. Ellis died about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and his wife passed
away two hours later The seven chill
dren range in ages from about s TO is
years. Two Of the sons have pneumonia
and the other 1--WE influenza. The fam
lily moved 10 Newark some months ago
from the vicinity Of MlddletOwn and
efforts are being made 10 locate rela-
tives. Mr.. Ellis worked in local FAC
tory.
The influenza has now claimed three
members OF the Samuel Short family
0f Chapel street. Mr.. short died yes
terday afternoon Of pneumonia. His
wife died on Thursday and their 30
year-Old son LinWOOd, last Wednesday.
TWO children remain and one OF these
has been m with the disease. Mr.. Short
was thought 10 be improving for a
couple OF days but his condition be-
came worse yesterday and he died. In
the afternoon. The family moved to
Newark from Maryland several years
agO. He was employed at tho Con
tinental Fibre Company.
Mrs. Mildred NJ Harrigau, wife Of
Charles Harrigan, died Saturday after
noon OF pneumonia, following infu-
enza. Mrs. Harrlgan, who was but IS
years OF age. was in only few days
An unidentified man, evidently a
tramp, found an on the street, Saturday
night by the town officer died yesterday
morning. His death was also due to
pneumonia.
The nfth death was Alexander Grlf-
nth. a Negro baby.
All three local physicians were called
on 70 attend many new cases yester-
day in addition 90 the large number
Of patients that they had been attend
ing. They could see no improvement
in the situation and all Of them are put
tins In an average Of about Is hours
a day looking after influenza patients.
The conditions, however. as to Della
ware College students and the soldiers
in the Industrial Training camp do
seem 90 be improving. Lieutenant
Aronwitz, the army surgeon who IS
caring for these patients states that
there have been but 1--WE new cases
since Friday and many more than mat
number have entirely recovered dur
ing the same length Of time. This Is
probably due 10 the closing OF the col
ieee and allowing the students not III
10 return TO their homes and the fact
that the member Of the industrial camp
are under strict quarantine.
Military police appointed by the OF
ficers in charge Of the camp are patrol
ing Main street 90 enforce the quaran-
tine and keep the members Of the camp 1
of the street. All shop work for the |
members Of the camp has been aDand.
oned for the time but those not Ill |
have drills each day as usual.
To date there have been iS5 persons |
among the college students and mem /
hers OF the training oSmp, but many |
Of these were hardly more than bad |
cold. or this number y remained ss
patients last night, 10 in the lnnrmary |
and 40 in Harter Hall. While there are /
several who are seriously III most oi 1
them are light cases and a number Will |
probably be out today. The majority /
Of the remaining patients are Industrial
camp men.