The New York herald., 1878-11-05
THE MEMPHIS EPIDEMIC.

REMARKABLE MORTALITY IN THE OFFICE OF THE
MEMPHIS APPEAL-NEARLY FIFTY PER CENT
OF THE EMPLOYEES DEAD FROM YELLOW
FEVER.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 1, 1873.
The wires have given to the world outside Of our
afflicted city the number Of and deaths occur
ring each day. and correspondents have furnished to
their respective newspapers letters bearing incidents
transpring during the plague including. at times.
the mention of the humiliation Of societies and the
utter destruction of families, but all these subjects
have never presented the realities that have existed
NY effort in this letter is to add to the descriptions
already given to print, and my example will be the
Memphis Daily appeal Office. in which have been
gagged for years. with Colonel Keating, the managing
editor; in fact. the only two who
have escaped attack up to this hour At the breaking
out OF the epidemic the Appeal had in its counting
room four employees, namely Henry White. business
manager; Frank Backus and John Fifer. collectors.
and George w. Woods. bookkecper temporary all of
whom attacked. the latter dying In the editorial
department were Colonel Keating, managing editor;
w. s. Brooks. river editor; Frederick Brcnan. city
editor, and Eugene W. Moore, acting financial editor,
all Of whom, except the first named. attacked
and recovered. In the composing room were eighteen
men employed. all Of whom attacked except
myself. viz. -H. L. Crandall John b. Hoskns. W. q.
Schiller Schiller D. cTGS Gss W Mcssa spn'usSr M
and Frank Bcanish tapprentice). These recovered.
Major, W. Q. stephenson. D. n Cutting.
Tn,,sl D. c,nSas Barker s.S morsn,s cnmn:
and George Bcanish lapprenticc) died In the press
II. r. woodock foreman; Darius Brooks, carrier,
Kinch virgcson feeder were sick. but recovered. Al
Plummcr and Frank Pummcr. feeders and John
Kelly. sr, John Kelly. Jr. James Kelly. A. d. Hons.
head, NJ. virgcson and Byron Brooks, carriers, and
Nick porter died The above list contains the names
OF thirtyeight persons. who remained. eighteen Of
whom recovered and eighteen died. two so far escap-
ing.
whose support relied upon the salaries drawn by each
person above employed, have tho following addi-
tiona names of recovered and dead -
George W. Woods tbookkeepcr) wife. sick.
w. y. Brooks mother, wife and son, dead.
Major W. g. stcphenson's two daughters. dead.
ID. n Cuttings wife, sick.
II. NJ. Crowell's son and daughter. sick. and ono
daughter dead.
w ". Supplements wife and two children, sick.
Ed. Schillcr's daughter, sick, and dead.
II. J. McGrauns wife. niece and son. sick, and
daughter. dead
H. p. woodiock's daughter. sick.
Al PlumIner's father, mother and two sisters dead,
and brother and sister, sick.
Darius Brooks mother, sick, and adopted sister,
dead.
Byron Brooks wife and child, sick
Kinch virgeson's wife. sick.
Andy IS lcnginccr) wife. dead
The total number attacked s ixty-eight, Of which
thirty-sx again upon their feet and thirty-two
have been buried.
The other papers of the city-the Avalanche Lef0er
and Herald thc latter having TO suspend)-have suf-
ered also but the above list of the peai exceeds any
thing known in the history of cpidencs The Typo
graphical Union of this city number sxty-ive active
members, thirty-four of whom remained and of the
number not attacked are Messrs. Clayton r. s. Smith
and Noodle Twelve members belonging to No. IL,
two transient and seven non union have died making
total Of nineteen deaths. Thirty out Of thirty
four attacked and twelve out of that number dead,
presents an array fearful to contemplate.