Anselm drowned at Madison, Indiana, while bathing in Ohio with Fr. Three deaths in 1846. John Baptist, Anthony and a postulant for the Brotherhood, Mr. Carnier lately arrived from France. All were carried away within two months. Fevers in Autumn of 1847.
Same maladies epidemic elsewhere.
Still number of deaths in so short a time did harm to house in eyes of public. Boarders in 1847 and 1846 went home ill with fever, didn't return, and prevented others from entering. Notre Dame was accused again of being unhealthy in the autumn of 1846 when death took Brother John the Baptist, October 13, and Brother Anthony, January 10, 1847. The autumn of that year many fell sick, but no deaths. Illness at this time was prevalent throughout the region and it would be hard to prove that Notre Dame was the focus.