Assertion: bubonic plague | /r/CapableOf | reach the city of canton
Facets:
value: by 1893
type: TEMPORAL
value: like plum blossoms
type: OTHER
value: in a late frost
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: By 1893 it had reached the city of Canton, where, in the words of one observer, it killed thousands of people “like plum blossoms in a late frost.