Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-05
Yellow Fever.

one vast charnel house. Undertakers report
ninety six intermenis for the twenty four hours
ending at G p. "a. Of theEc, ninety three
deaths we're caused by yellow fever; seventy
six were white aud twenty co!ored. visit to
the county unlertakers establishment to night
discovered The fact that at nightial there were
about silly more reported dead, but still un'
buried. The question Of dispoaing OF the dead
is becoming O serious one. The citizens reIlet
committee employed burial corps OF thirty
negroes TO assist the county undertaken and his
| men, and it has even been suggested to burn
| the dead if they cannot be buried more prompt.
| IL, as corpscs arc known to have laid unburled
for forty eight hours, burdening the air With
| foul ordor and becoming so revolving that pco.
| pie have fed the neighborhood. and it is with
difficulty that men can be hired to haul them
to tho Pottcr's field.
A. +. g. Cook, Howard visitor, was taken
down this afternoon. Mayor EIippen being
sick with fever, DR.. ID. L. Goodyear, president
Of the common council, is acting as mayor A
false report has gone forth that al! the banks
arc about to close. On the contrary, ali the
banks are omen and will remain So Ia answer
to many Inquiries abroad as to what klrds Of
provisions were needed. Maj. Vim. Willis, of
| the citizens committee, states that salt meats
and four arc the most needed for the destitute,
who arc being fed by tho citizens rc!i:f COM
mittee.
/ The drain upon the various rcliel organlZ,-
tons is very great, for, in addition TO attending
| to the sick and destitute, there have been sew
eral calls for reIiet from adj acent towns, Which
were promptly responded TO-.
| A manic was created at Collinsve, this c3un.
! ty, Yesterday, by the death Of two citizens sup.
posed to be caused by yellow fever, The town
mas been almost depopulated
| Postmaster Thompson WAS buried to day.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4.-Tbe weather to-
day is uofaVorable, heavy rain prevailing
| Two hundred aud twelve new cases arc reported
and seventy two deaths
The deaths to day Include Is children under
the age Of 6 years.
| A dispatch from Canton says ''Ihers Wero
twelve new cases and four deaths wl.btu the
past twenty four hours. Several parties died
in the country who lett town.
| From noon to p. %. TO- dog sixty new cases
of yellow fever and twenty eight deaths were
reported to the board Of health. Among the
new cases arc Mai. Nathaniel Burbank of the
Picayu1e; Julius Rosch, tie we'll known mus,
ciap; Henry Hcrdcnbcim, and two Sisters of
Mercy at toe st. Andrews Convent. Several
cases are also reported at the Boys Orphan
Asylum On St. Charles avenue. Nlr2. Matte
NorveIl, vile Of the late G. P. Norvel Of the
Democrat, died to-day. Her husband and
their only child died last week. Father Dulo,
| the only pre9t ia Shreveport who survived the
| epidemic there, goes to Ficksburg this evening
to assist Bishop Elder.
The following dispatch from Canton has bacD
received here "We have about Ono hundred
cases of yellow fever under treatment. There
were sixteen new cases and four deaths before
| 9 o'clock this morning.
HOLLY SPRIAss. Sept. 4.-O7er sixty cases
| of yellow lever and six deaths are rep0rted to
day. The stores are all closed, and the people
who can get away have gone. There Is great
need OF nurses and physicians. The physicians
arc broken down; two Of them are sick With
fever Many cases will die to day. Gloom,
despair, and death rule tho hour. The situa'
| ton is simply appalling. The outside world is
appealed to for help. The telegraph operators
are going to leave.
VIcABIRG, Sent. 4.-Grecnrille, Miss.
| reports ninety five cases Of fever to date and
nineteen deaths. Nothing heard from Delhi
| to day. Fourteen whites AID eight blacks
| died here TO day. The fever il still increasing.
GRENADA, Sept. 4.--Twenty deaths have
| 0CCWTfCu nero LI' lii5l sIA IlVl+l5.
PROVIDENCE. Il. l., Sept 5.--The ball al
the Ocean House, Newport, 10 aid OF the
| yellow fever sufferers was attended by many
people of distraction, including officers OF The
| British fleet, aud the Eoglish and French
Mnister, and WAS brilliant SUCCESS. The
| proceeds $500, will 20 to the relief fund.
IIARTFORe, Co., Sept. 5.-Tho subscriptions
here fer the relief Of the yellow fever sufferers
have reached S2,4lC.20.
| New ORLEANS, Sept. 4-midnight. Tho
| Howard Association report - applications Tor
relief to-day.
The Young Mems Christian Association
report eighty four new cases on their lat.
Tho Peabody Association issued over eleven
thousand ratious.
The following dispatches have been received:
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Sept Can you
send us six physicians; also nnrsca. malignant
fever has broken out here. Three deaths and
sixty cases. Answer.
| (Sigued} j. w. GLEN, NJ. D.
| Secretary Of the Health Board.
GREENviLLE, Miss, Sept. 4.-Gct the
| Howard Association to send, via Ficksburg, at
least three doctors and twenty nurses. They
must meet "Grand Towcr,' leaving there
from Vicksburr. Don't fail, they arc needed.
! (SignGd) w. /, kHETSCIiMAN.
Holly SPRINGS, Sept. 4.
10 DR.. ChoppN;
We arc 10 great need Of nhyaicaLs and
nurses. If you can help us send physicians
| and twenty nuraeH ut onco J-W. GRAY,
| Health Board.
VIcKsBURa, Miss, Sept. 4-midnigLt, -
Louis Dulroc, tho cupper and leecher il ro-
portcd down. Tie Right Rev. Bishop ". II.
Elder. after most noble aud glorious service,
fell today. (Signed) WM RocKwooD,
| President Of the Howard Association.
EVANSVILLE, Iod,, Sept. 1.-The Evansville
subscriptions for the southern sufferers have
reached S2.70O. No yellow fever here
Quincy. ILL.,, Sept. j.-Oll JOhn Eobloion,
proprietor of Robioson5 circus, dnnated halt
tho gross receipts Of all his exhibitions 10 this
city to day for the benefit Of the yellow fever
sufferers. Seven hundred and fifty dolIars was
realized. Tho members of Robinson company.