Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-14
ZEN GASES
OF Yellow Fever Reported in
this City by the Board of
Health and Physi-
cians-A Gene
raj Panic.
Great Rush for the Trains and Su.
burban ResidenCes-The Dis
ease in the North of
the City.
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The Latest News from Grenada and
New Orleans.

The yellow fever excitement here since
yesterday has been unprecedented. At
no time within the history Of our city
has there been such a sudden or effective
panic among the people of Memphis.
This seems strange, for there is hardly
that q community should be 80
badly frightened, However, our commu.
nifty is in a state Of great alarm, and all
who can leave are doing so. There is no
way to check this feeling, for the recol
l%estiOns Of the epidemic Of 1873
make all have some dread of the
While many persons here have
been and are still circulating exaggera.
ted reports, even those who served fear.
lessly and truly in the above year are
by no means easy in mind. The conse.
quence of this panic is a general hegira
Yesterday afternoon and last night the
trains were hardly able to, accommodate
the fleeing people. Every hack in the
city last night was in demand, and the
way that great trunks, small satchels,
bundles, lunches, baskets, etc, were
piled up IN the depot platforms was
enough to create a panic among the
more fearless who went to bid their
friends good. bye. The hacks and omni.
buses had more than they could attend
to. Trunks we're put into street-cars,
and in this manner reached the depots
AT THE LOUISVILLE DEPOT
there we're over five hundred people.
These we're there to take the first" and
Of course the cars we're crowded. The
train numbered six passenger cars and
two sleepers. Every seat was occupied,
and there was hardly standing room on
the train. The baggage and express cars
we're also crowded by people who were
willing TO do anything in order to get GU.
Of town. There we're wei one hundred
and City pieces of baggage shipped, one
half Of the car being devoted to trunk.
checked through to New York" Their,
was a similar scene
AT THE CHARLESTON DEPOT,
where hundreds OF people had Aocked il
order to take the train. Farewells'
and good byes' were exchanged anon
friends and Acquaintanees. Z train 0
FIVE passenger coaches and two sleeper
were crowded. There was a lively tim
at the Charleston depot, most OF the pee
pie going far out into East Tennessee
and North Alabama. About 400 person
left on this train. This morning tn
outgoing train on the Louisville roa,
was crowded, 1000 or more persons hay
ing left by this road since yesterday
The trains gu the Louisville and Charles
ton railroads this afternoon and to.nigb
will be jammed. The Charleston roa
has ordered every available coach t
Memphis, and if necessary will run extr
and special trains to accommodate To
public,
THE EFFECT OF THE PANIC
is undoubtedly great, and already "
hear OF towns along the river and in tb
! interior quarantining against MemphiI
: Yesterday afternoon and this mornin
c%itizens have been diligent in seekin
: places Of refuge in the suburbs and tn
adjoining country. Every house in ii
' southern outskirts Of the city will be
demand. We sincerely trust that OF
people will be as calm as possible, az
D avoid excitement, which will doubtle
die away by tomorrow. There was b
one case Of yellow fever reported to Il
board Of health this morning, the atten
/ ing physician being DR.. Willett. Unle
p there be new cases the panic will 500
subside. We regret that some Of Il
r people have acted with such haste.
" two instances merchants on Main sire
have closed their stores and left the cit
.e thinking it best and cheapest to shut
n shop until October.
ID BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING.
! The board Of health met at 10 colo
10 this morning, aud DE-. Erskine, t
health officer, stated hat q telegra
!, from Greenyille informed him that th
ID town was quarantined against oil boi
or from Memphis.
oil PRESIDENTS ISLAND.
d. The following letter wal read:
a.. QUARANTINE STATION.
PRRsIDENT's ISLAND, August Is, 1878.
IL John II. Enkino, NJ. D., Health Officer, Me
Is phis;
DEAR SIR-I have boarded and
amined carefully the Belle Of Mempt
he from Vicksburg to St. Louis, havi
s on board fifteen officers, twenty'o
nj. marines and twenty passengers, | fou
:. no yellow fpVer or other contagious
III ease on board, only two slight cases
as mslaial. No freight for Memphis. i
.er Massenburg Is a little better.
al Respectfully, A. A. LAURENCE,
Quarantine Officer
~ A SERIOUS QUESTION,
= Dr.. Saunders stated that the citiz
in South Memphis had came to him q
threatened to destroy the slide and du
at the foot Of Webster street unless so
~ tltn a., who dona N do nm 10 with ihe (,