Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-03
The Famine Fever i'm Ireland.
A SAD PICTURE.

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A SAD PICTURE.
Much has been done by The benevolent and
generous of Grea, Britain and the United States,
in aid of The famishing poor of Ireland; and
,he relief thus afforded has been acknowledged
in the most grateful spirit. Doubtless the aid
rendered, has mi,igaled much suffering, and
prevented much death. But The good work
should not be permitted 10 pause. Although
The famine had somewhat abated at our last ad.
vices, the fever which it had Produced had led
to the most appalling scenes. The details can
scarcely be pursued without thrill of horror.
Already hundreds of victims have been swept,
TO The grave. The Dublin Freeman OF the Is,
of May, says iha, in Cork, The dreadful pesll-
lence has assumed The character, the record of
which seems more like to fiction than to fact,
and would with difficulty be accredited did it
puiport TO describe past events. But, alas !!
The most incredulous who pass along the lanes
and alleys of The city, become convinced that
the facts of 1917 surpass all fiction. when The
horrible spectacle of unburr:ed cOrpses-silli
warm from The struggle with dIsease-presen'
themselves, Two, three, and even 6 foe" in a
street Most of The wrelched vicums who
thus perish are strangers" who fly from
the rural districts, and in vain seek shelter in
The city The fever hospitals cannot contain
them, and j, was stated al meeting Of the Of
ficers of health, that they crowd round The hos.
pilaI door, and around It's walls, waiting till the
hand of death, by the removal of previous oc-
cupan,s, should make for them that shelter
which The providence of the rich neglected 10
create"
A gentleman named Roche, speaking Of this
condition of things at public meeting recently
held a. Cork, said ''The people are dying
in The streets, stretched in death everyw here.
Outside the fever hospital walls there cro,rdt
of poor people lying eUery night, with hardly
any cIolhing on them, on sopssot straw some
of them actually dying
The Cork Constitution says that a man
coming to his work at FIVE O'Clock on We'd
nesday morning, saw fUe dead bodies lying an
one street' Such is lhe influx Of the diseased
and dying, that the citizens have found i, ne
ce, sary TO establish protective quad round
the city, under the 59'h George H., C. Al,
with orders to keep the sick poor from collect
ing in The city where there are not sufficient
appliances administering the required relief
In some of The smaller towns in the county o.
Cork, the same fearful state Of facts exists. liz
the town Of Mallow il is said that -four hundred
individuals are now afflicted with fever art
dysen,ery' Macroom is described as presen
,ing similar phase. Whole families art
weekly swept away. the dying attending upor
the dead, until the las, member himselfls is sirlck
en- down hen, in the words of Mr.. Creed
correspondent of the Cork Examiner, lh
rats feast upon their unfortunate frames Dr.
White, of Macroom, relates that in Macroom
family of eight got sick of fever, all of whom
died, except the father and two children, wh'
struggled hard against the ravages, but ultimate
! ly fell lis victims The close of the TRACED,
| is thus described The doctor and The priest
on visiting The hut, found The parent dead, ant
The two children apparently embracing him, bu
they were found also to be dead y"
In Belfast, the fever hospital was so crowd
ed that four were compelled TO sleep in one bed
! the small workhouse of Ba!lina, the death
were ~ in single week. aud $50 since las
October. Is no, this condition OF affars awful
lie, US be grateful TO Providence for our exemp
ton from so fearful visitation, and willing Il
contribute TO the utmost of our ability, 10 allesl
ale the sufferngs of the famished and fever
maddened children Of unhappy Ireland.