tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post6175595909262990117..comments2024-01-14T19:44:04.383-06:00Comments on Eras Gone: Dead of Influenza, Far From Home - An Arkansas MysteryM.E.Hubbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635645425921860293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post-11424326436229079122019-05-06T17:24:31.108-05:002019-05-06T17:24:31.108-05:00Luis, please email me at your earliest convenience...Luis, please email me at your earliest convenience. I have pieced together a listing of names and residents of a great part of those Puerto Rican laborers who died that fateful November in 1918. cfourquet@aol.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950002370894341337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post-45033502156779477342013-11-08T13:32:57.629-06:002013-11-08T13:32:57.629-06:00Luis, thanks for your very moving comment. Many t...Luis, thanks for your very moving comment. Many tens of thousand of people were lost in the Influenza epidemic of 1918. The loss of these men is extra tragic because they were so far from home and family. They are now anonymous in Arkansas. I'm happy to hear that your uncle is still loved and remembered.M.E.Hubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635645425921860293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post-35144478512272118532013-11-08T11:45:19.131-06:002013-11-08T11:45:19.131-06:00Thank you for bringing to the light these interest...Thank you for bringing to the light these interesting details, unknown to most people in Puerto Rico and the USA. My father's brother was one of about 1,000 laborers who came to Little Rock. They came to the main land by army ship, the SS Kilpatrick, which arrived in Louisiana on 29 October, 1918. His stay in the USA was short-lived, however, as he passed away on 14 November 1918, due to pneumonia, according a death certificate in my possession. The certifying physician, Dr. Bromley, stated that my uncle was first seen by him on November 6th of that year, the meaning of it being that his illness was short and dead came to him swiftly. Needless to say, his departure from this world shocked the entire family back home in the little country. I will always remember him as the man who would have been my greatest uncle, had he lived longer.<br /><br />Thank you for the useful information about Picron Camp, the nature of the facility location and its location. May I add that in 1918 many other Puerto Rican immigrants died of disease in other army camps in eastern and southern USA.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114153910519431091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post-13371315928519137462013-06-12T18:58:43.910-05:002013-06-12T18:58:43.910-05:00Interesting information I was not aware of. Yes it...Interesting information I was not aware of. Yes it is surprising to know of these happenings. So sad they died here so far away from their family & loved ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334376178225164987.post-27772913416698541552012-12-14T11:40:21.016-06:002012-12-14T11:40:21.016-06:00Interesting though not surprising to me. It's ...Interesting though not surprising to me. It's shocking how often things like this happened to immigrants in the US.Peter Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039222310735531232noreply@blogger.com