Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-09-03
4 THE SOUTHERN plague
Refuget's Recital Concerning
Grenada.
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id,Mrs. Hart, of Grenada, Miss ar
rived Tuesday at st. Louis, where
her father lives. Her husband died
a week ago yellow fever in Gre
NADIA. aoShe told a reporter that
when the fever broke out in the
town. there was a population of
$500 there.q0 $3.50 pmqmfo roi
m"And how many of these are left
nowYh asked the reporter. oEd o3W !
d 9"Well, J" said Mrs. Hart, "when
/ left them Sunday morning there
were 1.-TWO preacherspAand she
marked them oil on her afingersA
zone Odd Fellow''-another finger
was added to the first tRo-"tWo
ministers'Mil1 Ne 9W a3iv hna !
"Fhat's fve,a suggested the re-
porter as9n.in aW3'9' 'Ii td bs
"And two members of the How
ard Association, making seven in
.alLY T9is.s g3t.9 1sJ b99ndm9 "a
And these are the only ones left
in Grenada" % 9m '-snI1l, adi .b9
l"These are the only ones who
are welIin Grenada who were there
two weeks ago. They took the
dead and dying away from town
at first. Few were to be seen on
the streets, and only the delinous
cries Of the stricken and the low
whispers Of the nurses and physi-
clans were heard on the streets
Ills a sad thing to think OH said
Mrs. Hart, 'fhat Grenada, which
had always held its doors open to
refugees from Memphis and New
Orleans, should thus close them
against the poor sufferers" "sDi an
sa"And it was awful to- see The
trains which we used to see stop
every day at our doors hurrying
Through the town at tho rate of
thirtyor forty miles an hour with
CLOSED windows and barred doors,
Us if Grenada were q yeritable black
hole and the slightest breath Of its
atmosphere was reeking with death.
but SO it was. The trains would
not stop at all in the town, but rush
Through it."nl 10 n9m alI Daa 70
''General WaIthaIl, who had been
connected with the road, was teIe-
graphing for a whole day to have a
train stop in order that he might
get his family on, and when the
train came up the depot was literally
alivc with people, and in tive min.
utes after the cars stopped, that
being the time agreed upon, the
ldcpot was Bare Of people. All had
| packed themselves into the coaches,
land were soon Y6irling away be!
yondithe reach Of the scolrge. 'i'iA
"The opinion Of the physicians
and Of a great many persons is that
it is not yellow fever Rt All, but
some indeScriBable plagne. Per.
sons %bO have had yellow fever, you
1 Know, are not 50 mhch liable to a
second attack; but this disease
makes no distinctions. Nurses who
/ have had yellow fever have gone
down, and the usual fever treat.
ment appears to be frditless. II is
of d very malighanttype The fever
Itself lasts twelve houfs.e IllGnAu g
lst Mra. Hart said !: 'aThe plague
spread rapidly until all weFo down
except those enumerated. Tie
tscene was terrible. The dead were
buriea,in the clothes in which they
died. Sometimes the hearse hhr-
ried away, leaving the remains over
ground, no grave being dug. Food
was painfully scarce. For over a
week had eaten only bread. The
atmosphere was heavy with poison.
Itcoald be fairly tasted in the air,
and it was impossible to remove it
with disiniectants. There was no
difficulty about my leaving town.
/ went to the junction where the
train stops to put Off and take on
the mail, and / went to louisville.
! No one prevented me from going.
! / was told on Friday Icould 90.
In fact there is no. necessity for
/ prevention, as there is no one To
Illeaye." wy ~ "