Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-25
The Horse Disease.
Alarming spread and Fatal Results OF the
Distemper-Dispatches from Various
Localities where il has broken out


Boston, Oct. A.-The horse malady has in.
valided thousands OF horses in Boston and adj
joining cities and towns, and appears to be
spreading over New England. The red line of
the omnibuSes on Washington street has stopped
running. The Metropolitan horse railroad has
been compelled TO largely reduce their trips,
and other business depending upon horses is
affected in proportion. Dispatches from Port
land announce the distemper in that city.
LYNN, Oct. 24.-The horse disease made its
appearance in this city some few days ago, but
as vet no fatalities are recorded. At the Lynn
and Boston horse railroad compauy's stables on
western avenue are kept no less than 100 horses
all of which are more or less affected with the
disemper, but not to such a degree as to pre-
vent their being worked. Mr.. Gerry Brown,
the well known livery stable keeper, corner Of
Commercial and South Common streets, has
fifteen or sixteen horses laid up unfit for work,
and in fact not single stable in the city has
escaped
LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 24.-The horse epidemic,
so prevalent in New York and other places, it is
feared has invaded some of the stables in this
city. Twenty-eight horses belonging to n. A.
Paulett, and Others belonging TO Allen Waldo,
j. w. Bennett aud Charles Hanson, are afflicted
the symptoms corresponding exactly with the
disease in other places.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The increase in the
number of cases Of horses suffering from the
prevalent malady is calculated at from thirty to
forty per cent Of the horses in the city, or from
oUUO 10 lO,OUO bosses in all in various stages of
the malady. The subject is universally dis
cusSed, and fears that serious interruption to
traffic may take place in a few days are spread
lng. yesterday, hundreds OF the infected horses
were IN the streets, and thus far there seems to
DC determination by the car companies and
stage prOprietUrS to run their vehicles nj all
aape Il ,ollh ,,,-a Ba,,, t,I-.
OIL OF different lines, giving little longer time
TO wait between the trips, but as yet it has not
nterlered with the comfort Oft travelling pub.
lc Some forty stages were withdrawn yester-
day, and those in use consequently were greatly
OyercrOwded. Alarming stories have been ere
ated TO the effect that the infectious nature of
the disease is transmitted to human beings, but
beyond the reports no cases have as vet appeared
wherein the master has taken the disease from
the horse.
The Broadway street car company last night
had one hundred horses sick out of about eleven
hundred The Third avenue line has more than
half its number, two thousand, suffering. Thus
throughout the liaes the disease is gaining. The
Brooklyn and Jersey City horses have been sim.
llariy visited A number of stabemen think that
the disease will spread for a few days and then
decline and fall away entirely. No cases are re-
ported this morning fatally.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Oct 24.-There was
heavy frost last night, but reports this morning
SHOW that the horse disease has taken a severer
form than ever. Last evenngno horses were TO
be seen in the streets. Storekeepers are deliver
me goods to city customers in handcarts. The
police ordinance prohibiting the trundling of
carts ON the sidewalks is suspended. Persons
who have contracts for building houses have
suspended work 10 a great extent, and dis
charged laborers.
1t is now evident that the animals attacked
took the disease from twelve to thirty days be-
TEafa oil e, -
ported, and the disease has appeared among the
canal horses here and along the line of the ca
nal. There is great difficulty in procuring CON
veyances for funerals.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-The horse disease has
madelts appearance here. Fifty cases were re-
ported IN the stables of the West side street COM
pany yesterday.
NEwRURG, N. Y, Oct. 24.-The horse disease
mas made Its appearance in this vicinity and
three deaths have occurred.
Providence, L. L., Oct 24.-The horse cpl
demic has appeared in this city.
KEENE, N H., Oct. 24-The horse epidemic
made its appearance here two or three days
ago, and il is estimated that hundred or more
horses are now affected in this town. One
livery stable has fourteen sick.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 24.-The horse disease
has passed its crisis here, and is now abatinr
But few horse died, and these more from hard
usage than the effects of the disease. The canal
horses here have almost entirely escaped No
boats have stopped, and none will be. Grain is
moving in large quantities. as usual The treat
ment of the disease here has been very success
ful.
NEW YORK, Oct 24-ECeniag. Business
manufactures and industry are partially para
lYzed IN this city and Brooklyn in consequence
of the sudden deprival of the use of a large
number of horses. In Brooklyn it is said The
horse cars stop running tomorrow. The damp
weather. OF last night and to-day undoubtedly
lnQraVHtp1 endemic he ,C
the horses in this city are affected. The disease
has made most alarming progress among the
railroad, stage and livery stable horses, and
while those are suffering at The rate of 10 per
cent, private coach aud truck horses, which are
better cared for and not so hard worked only
suffer at the rate of 45 per cent.
The Broadway and Twenty-thrd street stage
company suspended trips to-day, over half its
457 horses being sick. OF 300 horses on the 9th
avenue railroad, about one-half are affected by
the disorder No cars were taken from the Sth
avenue line, and none of their trips are vet
abridged. About 600 of the 1900 horses on this
line are affected. The regular cars have been
taken from the 9th avenue line to-day. Some
400 horses on this line are suffering About
300 arc sick in the 18th avenue line stables, some
badly. Three hundred and fifty of the 800 be-
longing to the 4th avenue road are ILL., as are 800
on the Sd avenue line.
The Second avenue road is less affected than
others, but has considerable number of ami
mails laid up. Broadway is seldom so quiet as
today. About one quarter the usual number
Of teams passed through the street, and almost
every horse was closely wrapped in wooden ban-
kets.
Probably the mail service will be seriously
affected. 1t requires 200 horses daily, and I'M
less the severity of the epidemic be mtigated
the supply cannot be kept up.
The horse disease made its appearance in the
stock exchange to-day, and Wall street operators
are beginning to calculate what the effects of
the epidemic would be if it should continue a
few days longer.
The lack of horses to move freight to and
from railroad depots would cause terrible in
corruption of all railroad business Express
company stocks are already lower. The Amer
lean Merchants Union company has but twenty
horses out of one hundred fit for service. But
few horses owned by the Adams express com
pany are affected. The business of the express
companies is, in fact almost Frustrated, and
great quantities Of freight lie IN the warehouses
awaiting shipment.
Private firms and individuals are suffering Sc
verey from the illness of their horses In one
livery stable 30 out Of 81 horses are laid up.
Many livery stables are closing up. Grocers,
bakers, milkmen and others are with great DIFF
dculty driving to their customers.
In Brooklyn the city railroad is compelled to
stop many cars having 600 out of 1000 horses
affected Other lines are suffering seriously
and also obliged to suspend some trips.
Horses at tne various livery stables are affect
ed So many horses of the Knickerbocker ice
company are sick that the company is compelled
to lay up their carts. There were seventy-two
horses of the Washington ice company sick this
morning. As in New York, grocers, bakers, &c.
are almost unable to supply their customers
Not less than 5000 horses are down with the
distemper in Brooklyn.
The horse disease is spreading at Hunters
Point and Astoria, the Flushing railroad com
pany, Pratt's oil works and many private citi.
zens having animals suffering. Over 200 ami
mails are i'll in the Jersey City stables.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Oct. A.-The Canadian horse
disease has reached here. Many horses are
afflicted. No fatal cases as yet.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 24-Considerable alarm
exists here in regard the horse disease No
worthy report of one this morning.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24-lfidnight-It is esti.
mated tonight that $4,000 horses are under
treatment in the city. 1t is reported that two
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