Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-15
SHREVEPORT.
Latest Intelligence from the Disease
Stricken CIty-The Howard AssO-
citation Organized.
The City Almost DepOpulated i More
Nurses and Other Assistance Needed
Alarming Reports.
A Favorable Change In the Weather
Six Hundred Persons Sick
Number Of Victims.

New ORLEANS, September IA
Hody,n3e special from shreveport says
the disease Isgenuine yellow-fever, Of 8
very malignant type. 1t is almost i'm
possible to arrive at any reliable inform
alton as to whether there is any abate-
/ ment OF the fever. The sudden change
in the weather has proved fatal to the
sick. The Howard association is doing
/ noble service, but there is q general need
| of assistance in nurses, as well as funds.
/ The city being almost depopulated, it 4
/ impossible to obtain a sufficient number
of nurses TO attend the sick. There
/ are three physicians from New Orleans
-Drs. Henry Smith, John J. Reilly and
and I. Finney. DR.. Hurd is due to-
morrow. The Times of this morning
/ says that yesterday the deaths exceeded
| those Of any day since the commence
ment of the epidemic. The increased
number of deaths was, no doubt, owing
/ 10 the sudden change of weather, as
well as the increased number of sick.
[ The sudden change from the hot and
sultry of Friday evening to cold and
chilly, no doubt hastened the death Of
some and.develOped the fever in others.
Rain and cold wind from the north had
effect TO purify the atmosphere, and, in
the opinion of our physicians, will be
conducive TO the health of those who
are now well, and will assist many to
recover who stood the ordeal Of the sud-
den change. 1t is estimated that five
hundred persons are down with the fe-
yer. The deaths so far amount to one
hundred and fOrty-six.
A dispatch from Shreveport to the
Howard association reports the arrival
of nurses and physicians from New Or
leans, and says that the physicians pro-
nOunee the disease genuine yellow-fever
in an epidemic form. Another dispatch
from Drs. Smith, Finney and Reilly
says no report can possibly exaggerate
the condition of affairs here, which is
indeed deplorable. The Howard asso-
citation, in response to further appeals
from Shreveport, will send number of
druggists and more nurses tomorrow.
The press dispatches from Shreveport
give the following list Of deaths for the
SIX hours ending at six o'clock this
evening: Thomas Garrett, Francis
Frank, Mrs. Sheppard, Jacques LOch-
sine, Mary II. Taylor, Z. B. Anderson,
g. w. Stradel, J. II. Meyer, Robert c.
Rangle, Mary J. Reynolds, T. w. Jack
son, Mrs. Charles Schnurr, A. K.Smith,
o. D. Jones, L 4 her, Henry Ripiniski,
James F. Ward, Edward Warrington,
August Creese, n. Chapman, Solomon
Simon, John Plerey, and two unknown,
making a total of twenty-six. All OF
them were white, and all died of yellow
fever. The sudden change in the
weather is regarded as unfavOrable. The
mercury stood at 36o this morning, and
S5o tonight
The following is the list Of deaths for
the past twenty-fOur hours, ending at
six O'clock on the evening of the thir-
teenth: J. c. Cunen, Frank Brooks,
Rosa May, Josephine Booker, Charles
NJ. Pomeroy, Charles Manning, Jacob
Maltzum, Emily Dryfus, w. It.
Brooks, !. Z. Lundsy, c. H. Neville,
Robert Booth, A. r. Englehard, 81.
smith, Louis Schmidt, Jr., William
Pickering, NJ. Gone, Mariah Martin,
Mrs. A. Hendricks, Carrie Kellsr, James
Stewart, - Penicker, S. Eleming-all
white. Fully six hundred are sick.