It is estimated that 102,000 workers had died during the construction of the Panama Railway, and 22,000 during the earlier French effort to build a canal; and many of these deaths were due to disease, particularly yellow fever and malaria.
102,000 workers had died during the construction of the Panama Railway. This was to build a canal. This was what it is estimated.102,000 workers had died during 22,000 during the earlier French effort. This was to build a canal. This was what it is estimated. Many of these deaths were due to disease. Many of these deaths were due to particularly yellow fever. Many of these deaths were due to malaria.