The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-23
EPIDEMIC At THE NAVY YARD.
Reports Up 10 4 o'clock seven More
DeSths-Twenty-foUr Men Now Sick
Complete LtRt of the Patients.


The epidemic at the Navy Yard is still pursuing its
fatal COure seven deaths having resulted sucG the
close Of our report yesel day afternoon. Their
george ForEe landsn an, recruit,
Thomas Haggerty, lands ran, recruit.
William Salberger, lAndsman, recruit.
Timothy Harrington, lRudsmau, recruit.
James Lawrence, landsman, recruit.
Thomas McQuade landsman, recruit.
had not been reported when our reporter lett the
Navy Yard. The first two on the above list died yes
ttrday afternoons the others after o'clock In the
eyEhiDg; . ,., -, ,,,,o,,, do, ,,. .,,,, 49,, 80.
bre k of the epidemic saturday last AT nOou yes
teIday there were eghteen cases OF sickness there
since been reported twentyhree cases reported
the epidemic is sill on the increase but is probable
that will be confined to the men who we're on board
the unfortunate vessel Gt the time the disease made
FROM Captain W. H. N. Nccoomb, the Executive
officer OF the Navy Yard whom we have found per-
fecty willing to impart all the Information In his
a. DESPERATE having just dled:- ,,. ,-,-,,
Psorge g L6nsieg 6 landdsmSn' aged aged 5-dong well
AleNander Brewtngtou, ordinary seaman, aged 22-
Cbarles DIdler, landsman. aged 22-better.
bert Csmp3ell, landsman aged 23-mproving,
ioSenh GeHS,,n Ia ,t5sd ~ ing well
John A Ripple, lar dsman, aged 25- desperate.
q W. Morris, seaman, aged 34-Very bad.
James Glow, landsman aged 27-doing well,
Tbomss Carr landsman, aged 24--dOing we'll.
George Robinson, landsman, aged II, better
0Ito LiDieme. landsman, aged - doing Well
II. +. ster Ian ndsman, aged p, doing well.
J. Jennings, landSman, aged %, desperate.
w. McAlsttr, marine, aged 30. doing very well,
Charles Collier. fiji emau, aged %, doing well.
HenTy Leland seam an, aged IS. about the same,
well.
Valen ine steil, marine, AGED 49, doing well.
AleNRnder Duncan. landsmau, AZ q IS. desperate.
- Yes! ercay afternoon Drs Henderson, Wilson, and
Turner visited the Potomac to Investigate the mat
ter, and this afternoon they viii cOnInue their in
quiries. II is ed that the Potomac will be sent
dOwl The river as possible, but the sooner il
i the better, both for the unfortunate men on
board and for the peacs OF mind Of the public at
We wero inform d by Captain McCooomp that the
report about the lower ma Ghes OF Potomac hav-
at thls port was untrue, no suCh proceeding beng
permitted on b ard OF a mGnOf-war under Guy ctr
cumsl anceS, He describes the epidemic bslug,
without any DOUBT, the Asatc ChOIeUa,ut very ma
gnant type and R,cribt MS o. igin in measure
L. he nauseatiDg odors arising from the bOnebOtllng
IOncern located about half mile south OF the Navy
rd although il is possible that the vessel have
contained the seeds of the disease which only needed
presence OF such sCkeutna stencil To bring them
ties the urgen request OF the Navy Yard officials,
visited the ncighbOThuod and ordered The HbaGment
of several nulsances in the shape OF iAtoong esaO-
lishmeuls. But IL seems that tney lacked suhclent
courage attack the ar.e concern WhlHn IS spread
poison throughout the lower portion OF the city.
There Is one other matter to which we Wsn to call
the attention of these health authorities.
Whenever any of the relatives of the unfortunate
ctms of the epidemic claim the rematns for burial
to them. This has been done IN the few
cases in which such , application has been
authorities Of the city to that these corpses
hurled without any de ay. But they have not to
1t, for on Saturday boy by the name of Lewis
Koeher died on board the Potomac, and his remains
were removed by his friends 10 house in the lower
pert of Whadon street, wheye they were Kept until
Yesterday before burial In the majority of cases the
lowing the remains to the cemetery, where they
have been taken in Government hearse.