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September 4, 1918

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Another ship from France has reached New York City with spanish influenza. The 471 passengers are being quarantined in the harbor aboard the ship, the number of deaths and cases is undetermined. A bomb at the Chicago federal building kills 3 people and injures 75.

Source: "Spanish Influenza on Ship Reaching U.S." The Evening g World, ew York, New York, September 4, 1918. Page 1, Column 6. 

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