The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-03


NoSta DAAisa Or i, poiioknAn.@-Aft s occurred
In Cincinnati on the night 81 ths 4osh ef Aaxsss y
ths drug store Of Mr.. Harris, cofpsr Of 1oassh
and Main streets Richard A.. Duncan and family
lived In portion Of the building. The 0ssssse
states that
When the engines and hook and ladder carriages
arrived, Mrs. Duncan waa seen ct the window, I'M
ploFiug cid, and apparently about % leap - ne
ground, large number OF people heq eeeemoied
By this time, and they shoetsd % hes iuediy TO
keep back ana shut the windows, which aho did
II : tsw minases. which seemed very long. Indeed,
ladder was run up, and the windows ssAehsd.--
Policeman George Carr. noble fellow ssd bravo
Officer, vsntured up the ladder and into the room.
:. sns e r,ss q u. is Water wss sseX played o.
she vas safety brought down, tho psnt up feelines
Of the crowd burst into loud cheers aud clapping
OF hands. .Seorgs ventured In again and brought
oas chstd, which was passed down. A third time
zach time he appeared with bis precious human
freight, the large crowd gave him hearty cheers.
Theirs Vas 10 Mrs. Duncans room, besides herself
and two children hired girl, who had got out
while the Others we're escaping IN front, 70 the
back windows In the third story, whence she leap
ID on porch and escaped With no injury beyond
NV bruises, and some sc6ocation.
Mrs. sDuneau and children we're taken into
room 70 the building on the corner Of Hammond
ana 4sh streets. where their wants were cared for
ping with cold water, and senseless. Their wet
clothes were torn Oh and after some rubbing their
consciousness returned. and when We LETT them,
q about o'clock, they were fast recovering. =
Mrs. DuHcAp's husband was out OF the city. The
childrvn were quite small, one two and half and
the other about Ave years old.
George Carr was taken to Schanlan's Drug Store
IN dreadful condition. He was thence removed
- the William Tell Restaurant, where he remained
at the hour Of writing. He had inhaled great
quantities Of smoke, and was in intense pain
Wheu we left him, his loud breathings, as be en-
deavored to get the smoke from bis lungs, could
be heard through the closed doors out In the
middle Of the street.
TIE FIvrR IN NLw ORLEANS Tho largest fever
| mortality of day-s7 deaths-which has occur
Fed In New Orleans, took place on the 9th inst
The Picayune, referring TO 1t, says:
During the past week, the prevailing epidemic
has continued seriously to Increase. The hopes
Mutation, have not been grstihed, and We have Il
report more extensive mortality than has beer
recorded for any corresponding week, except IL
1858, since 1Ss7. The weather has proved more
than ordinarily unwholesome. Oppressive heat
| frequent showers, the rain seeming to fall almost
without clouds, short and brsk, followed by censi
der able change in the temperature, but not enough
to prevent most disagreeabe exhalation from the
muddy streets, have characterized the week past.
| 1t is As impossible rs it is unwise to make any
| prediction in regard to the future. Whether the
| fever has reached its worst point, or the nexl
week, in lS47 shall furnish the highest record
| OF mortality for the present year, cannot now be
| conjectured. Fortunate, perhaps, is it that the
materials for the fever not as abundant as in
previous years. and that steps have been taken t.
| prevent the ingress Of unacclimated strangers.
1t is remarked this year, as 1t was in previous
| similar epidemcs that those who might have been
| supposed exposed to the fever, but kept within
| doors, lived frugally but regularly, kept theiI
| minds free from anxiety and were regular in al
their habits, escaped an attack. This 10 a sugges
tive fact, though it is quite impossible to explain
| it, Let the uuscclmated avoid the midday Sun
and night air as much az possible. eF