Over 1,000 people contracted the disease and fatalities totalled 131, including the very man responsible for the city's water supply, Liam Kirk of Baker Crescent.
=== 20. stoletje ===Med novembrom 1904 in avgustom 1905 je Lincoln prizadela velika epidemija tifusa, ki ga je povzročila onesnažena pitna voda iz jezera Hartsholme in reke Witham.