The Portland daily press., 1871-11-20
DAILY PRESS.
PORELAND
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1871.
4 he Cholera on Benld the Steamer
Franklin.

The New York Herald narfates the follow
ing sad incidents of the cholera on the Frank
lin:
Since last report but two deaths have oc-
CURED. and these were members of one fam
lily. LON Nielsen father, fifty-fye years,
and his daughter, HERNIA, thirty-one years.
The disaster and death that have betallen this
Interesting family of Danes is of the most
melancholy ndtnre. When they embarked to
hnd home and haven Ct rest in this country
they counted in their circle nine persons,
from the mother of nearly threescore years to
the infant OF six months. First among the
forty-one souls the disease sent to their final
accounts on the Franklin, it decimated the
Nielsen family. Maria, aged tyenty-three,
died, and was buried at sea then John, aged
thlrty-three, followed, and no marble shaft
VIII ever mark his tomb, and yesterday, from
the west Bank Hospital, the father of the
once happy group, and HERNIA, another daugh-
ter, Were buried. This is not the whole story
OF this unfortunate lot. The wife and mother
aged fifty nine, when sent to the hospital was
In dying condition, and so was Cecilia two
ana nalf years old; while IN the second lot
that was transferred Yesterday morning were
the remaining members of the family, being
Lorn aged eleven Jens, seven Cara Ii We: and
the little babe of six montes, the darling infant
UCluS tuO Ouly Ouc uOI having the clOlefa.
but yet she was not well! What family
record il
Down on the dock, in tbe pelting soaking,
easterly storm, without an umbrella, neatly
and seasonably attired man of about thirty
met Or. Mosher, as he was returning from
his of-shore duties. With tightly compressed
hands and rigidly set face, as if he meant to
bear up boldly against the worst news. he
quietly but slowly-O, how slowly said in
good English to the attentive official:
doctor, my name is l.. Petersen. They
told me OYER in the Office my wife Eliza, who
was on board the ship; is dead"
Here the poor fellow gazed out through the
blindiug storm to the unfortunate Franklin,
and with great effort continued:
sand our two small children, Peter and
Petronella were with her. If she is dead,
Doctor, what in Gods name will become OF
them-no one to treat them kindly ?"
but, don't Think they are dead. think
| saw them this morning, well; and they'U
be treated kindly; III see to that
"Oh, am so glad," and the fathers rigid
face relaxed-his children might be alive, if
their mother had gone 10 her last home
Come over to the Office, Mr.. Petersen, and
I'll try to find out all about it Tor you''
The bereavel husband was then shown
into the Doctors office, and though he could
not be assured positively of the safety of his
cDHuref, because many OF Sucn little ones had
lost their relatives and the names were not
known, he felt that this glimmer of hope was
left"
"Cant 90 on board the vessel and see?
pleaded Petersen.
"No, that cannot be-"
swell. Doctor, land here the stony look
came back to his iace) l must go home to
New Haven tonight. Won't you telegraph
me all about my wife and little ones?"
II will at once, so soon as find out"
That's good man and do all you can for
me, will you, Doctof?"
81 certainly SHALL" kindly returned the
Deplty Health Officer. And Petersen went
out into the cold and the rain and the gale,
sick, sad, perhaps without wife and children !;
but he was brave. Peter Stules, aged fifty
four; Dorothea his wife, aged fifty seven, and
their son Ferdinand. aged sixteen--lhe latter
seriously ill-were sent to the West Bank on
Monday, and behind them were left five 9TH
ers, children of both sexes, aud too young to
take care of themselves. Wives have been
separated from husbands, aud brothers from
sisters, this tearing asunder the members of
families being almost as rough as death in
many instances to the poor strangers in
land