Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-27
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The >tronshoIds OF the sPestilsnce-ITisht-
fUl scrnTs and incidents Death on tNers
side
Mr. Jane Gr-en wood FURNISHES :ac I.Nnarr
Sar wlih the details oi Npsit % ;hr ,boi"-a
district IA ne cas- Il London. The Following
are sN;rarfs-
sS-nd.ng Iu he roadway cf "a str-.. I.-s
n fiiy yards IN length. I could rouu; seven
bali-cloSsd shu'f"r-. esrh one marking whs-s
a cholera yl,tm iay. The wInaows ah.k.
chiefly broad windows extending the br-adtn
Uf he house. and known a. 'weaNer's lights.
hr,auee Of The >aShe- halng 50 coustrur..d
~ 70 give ihc iarEe., possihla amount cf
l.h: 10 the loom workers within, the lnhat-
itan:S ~ his part OF the % Su being Principally
w'aNeis' beng draped or shrouded with white
blinds, or pat he'd and m"nd"d rags Of doubtful
CUIor and even old blankets and coUnterpAnes
hist served a. substitutes. Out Of thIs str.s-
OF death and into another-to plunge deepe-
~ 10 ihe horror, however. and not - escape
from A. for A. number seven there IS a shutter
closed. a J. the case a. number nine "a grOup
OF catering children playing AZ shops on the
Steps OF 'h's house. aud again a. numbsr seN-
rnl'"h. winch d "A 'aller and better looking
house than as nsighhOTs. two muteS have pos
session of the door steps A dozen pacsS pa.
number seventeen there ~ a little alley On
tanning sixteen houses, eight on either eide
They are not squalid ana dirty cottages IN
decent place. such aS sober. pouua A. wee.
latorers ana their families dwell n: and on. az
the sixteen pairs Of shutters that CHard the s.N-
Teen paTlOT windows with Their decsntly-
whltened sIlls. four are partially closed. A1d
that 'he melancholy blocking cut Of unweIcous
hight VIII not end here Is more than probah,s.
for ~ the door Of a house "a ~. unbr9uaea
with the death token, group OF tearf.I.
frightened looking women huddle and wis
per, and look out eagerly for the coming o.
somebOdy-sOmebOdy. IN all probability. b-lnc
The faded and WORKOUT parish doctor
Next The court u another OF precisely me
same pattern, but containing bu' SIN lt.ls
houses. while a third use. with both shut
ters barred, but with the window above ha-e
and unsCreened by blind or curtain, would
seem 10 indicate an abode from which dean
had snaiched the family maInstay, and SEM
widow and troop Of little children weeping
Turn Whichever way might. ~ was I'm poSsl-
bic 10 ger out Cf NleT Of Death and hIs worS
There was has sIgn-a short length Of deal
board hastily brushed with black pant
nailed an 'front.' o. The coOper's shop. where
likely enough yesterday the cooper whIstIed
as %" hammered At has tubs aud pals SIN
PAGES. and We come 20 a thriving lhandl.ry
a mourning shutter half cOncealtnR rhe R.oid
announcement-probabl The work Of the
chambers own hand-that compstitlon wa
defied, and that unul further notice The pro-
prIeior intended 10 retail good enough Concou
Tea a. two-and-four pence per pound, the up
reared shutter supplying the further notice IN
very efeCtUal manner. Five doors from The
chandlery as a private house, with a business
plate ~ The window announcing tha, there
bonnets arr cleaned. dyed and altered a. th.s
shortest notice, but how ~ now left 10 clean
dye or alter honnets -, alas, but a speculation
Tor behind The business plate and extending
over the whole window space. a ghostly hind
droops Al full length And here comes a man
with psir of tressels on has shoulder, and A
measuring tape peepng from his waI.teoat
pocket, smoking has pipe with the air of a me-
chanie with whom trade rs flourlshing Death
everywhere. To the left OF you, 70 the right OF
you-bshlnd you. may be-who knowsi True
a. gospel - thIs account. which observation I
conceive 20 be- the more necessary since have
10 tell that turning the corner there 4 came
upon the shop Of an undertaken. and has shut
terS Were up. and there Were astonished neigh
bors on the step, and hIs wife and daughter.
whose trade was pInking and shroud trim
ming, Were holding converse with them wlth
red eyes. y the streets and down the streets
within circuit OF q stones throw. / counted
nine ans twenty houses where. slam by chol-
era, lay bodies OF human beings awaiting bu-
rial, while here and there haltng before a
house-before a trlpe ana catSmeat shop no.
tably, near Sale street. and surrounded bY
a gaping throng OF boys and girls. or creep
ing on AZ a snslls pace towards The ceme-
terry, those black sCayenger- beetles. the mourn
ing coaches. made the terrible picture CON-
plere