The Cordova daily times., 1919-08-11
WORK OF COBS
 FIGHTING FLU
 AT UNALASKA
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whole villages had been wiped out by fiu-for need of skilled aid.
 No sooner was the message read by the Unalgas captain Oodge) than the engines throbbed out their reply to the order for full steam for Una laska," and across the Boring sea, so frGught with treacherous passages, and sudden fogs, raced the game little cutter, every man from the captain to the cabin boy, preparing for the grim fight ahead.
 On arrival at Unalaska they found the entire population of some 36O souls stricken with the flu and only very inadequate help at hand.
 Not waiting even to protect them selves with masks they plunged into the fray, organizing their forces: in order to give the maximum aid in the shortest time. In very few hours the ships surgeon had attended to the worst cases, established a local hos pital, stationed "gobs" at the various houses where the inmates needed nursing and issued orders for burial ot the dead.
 Hot, welcome soup was taken from house to house as fast as the Unalga's cook could make it, medicines dis t~ibuted along with necessary rations and blankets.
 All Give Aid
 Officers and men alike, regardless of rank, worked night and day to dispose as soon as possible of the ac- cumulated dead-some very dead, and half eaten by the malamute togs. Coffins were built roughly and quick ly, and back on the side of a snow side hill the remains of the flu victims were laid at rest as one of the officers read a simple service at the grave side.
 With the care of the sick we'll un- der control the next problem was what to do with the children, many of them orphans and quite uncared for. A thorough inspection of the barabaras brought to light some 30 kiddies of all ages down to babies of @ few weeks old, all very dirty, some on the point of starving, and many Wild-eyed from fear of the dogs, half husky, half wolf, growing fercer each day in their search for human flesh.
 The children were brought to the European part of the village and in- stalled in an empty wooden house, which had been cleaned and aired by the "gobs" when the question arose, Who is to take charge of the di.ty little imps? it just naturally fell to the lot of Pete, chief gunner's mate, Greek by birth, born fighter of men and protector of all things helpless and small. On board it was always Pete who as a matter of course took unto his big heart the pets of the ship.
 So Pete it was to whom fell the responsibilities of caring for the or phans of the s. s, Unalga Orphans Home. With the aid of some "gobs" he took them in turn, bathed and clothed them. Those children who had no clothing were laid flat on bolt of material and their outline penciIed. The garment was then cut out and sewn together, and if not the latest fashion was surely a perfect fit. When it came to bathing the babies Pete scratched his head and won dered "how." Finally he decided that the art of bathing dogs and babies must be much the same, so taking each bowling infant in turn he held it with one hand firmly by the scruf of the neck and scrubbed it down with warm water and soap with the other hand. When the native women were con- valescent enough to walk down to see the children they almost had a relapse on hearing of Pete's matuti- nal bathing performances, declaring | loudly that he would kill them. The l natives are not fond of water.
 With the sick people and children properly taken care of the next task was the cleaning up of the native 1 barabaras. They are built for the most part of earth. Very often they are dugouts on the side of the hill. They are for the most part unspeak- ably dirty and alive with vermin-so, in cases where the inhabitants had all succumbed to the flu the contents