The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-28
GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT PLAGUE.
The Progress Of the Great seovrge-NO
Abatement Of It's Severity.

pOrUeu. III. Uhflcn otOncs VINO Ieeuineu
from Port Eads on Sunday, leaves for Gren-
ada this evening IN response to a call from
the Howard association. The Picsyune says
by private letter it has learned that the fever
at Plaquemine, Iberville parish has largely
increased and the people are sadly afflicted.
They suffer chiefly from want of physicians
and nurses and those who are in good health
are mainly employed In taking care OF
those thst are down. The Times says
the strong sympathy shown to the
afflicted cities of the south by their
more fortunate sisters Of the north Is some
thing not to be easily forgot .en. On every
side we hear OF the mos noble efforts being
made to raise contri buttons in aid of the
afflicted, while the north with lavish hand is
soothing the fevered brows OF southern suf-
ferer& She is building monument TO graf
itude which will be Luminous forever.
O.V. Shearer, a native OF Alabama and
lately CITY editor of the Times, died of fever
to-day, aged 81. The deaths TO day include
IA children under years
The mortuary report for the week ending
Sunday evening at s p m. shows deaths
from all causes, 493, of which sos were from
yellow fever. OF the deaths by fever 29O
were white and Is col0red. Sixty nine died
In the charity hospital, five in the hotel
'Dieu and six IN the Tours inhrmary- The
Howard association to day responded to |
about 20 new applications for relief in this
city, though few of their earlier cases are /
convalescing The Towards relief list in
creases daily.
AT GRENADA
New ORLEANS, Aug 26. The Howard as
ISOLATION has received the following dis
patches:
GRENADA Miss. Aug %, u m.
For heavens sake send a few nurses. 1t IS
untrue that the material for disease Is ex-
hausted. Nurses worn out. Two of the most
clans needed with nurses, but got without.
(Signed) B.P: ANDERSON,
W.T.. WALTHAM. |
GzESADA, Aug 26, u 10 p. m.
Your telegram Just received. DIR. Veazie Is |
not sick. One New Orleans nurse sick, but /,
walking about to-day. We need all kinds Of
than anything else' Material net eHnsHs1ed
Nurses for Holly Springs passed up. For Gods
sake send nurses If you can. Pay y per day.
GRENADA, Aug. 26, II % p. m
Try and get Dr. Vaudeville to come back. |
II not possible get some other physician. Only !
down soon Nurses or help OF any Kind want
ed. Some families have not well person TO |
walt on them. Eight deaths last night-six !
IsIgned) DIR. vEAzIE.
In response to above teIegrams the How
ard association sent DIR. Stone with four
nurses, also supplies of ale, champagne, |
fresh meats in ice, cracknells, etc, and au-
thorized those in authority at Grenada to
draw on the Howard association of this city |
for all needed supplies. A special to the |
Times from Jackson announces the death of /
Judge Thomas Walton at Grenada of fever.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.-Emelio and |
Nuncio Boneli, members of the family re-
Gently arrived from Vicksburg, and stricken /
here with yellow fever are doing well.
Fears are entertained that Mr. and Mrs. Bo- |
nell, who complained last night of feeling |
i'll, will be attacked.
There are rumors of several other cases in
town, but they can not be authenticated. A |
tramp died on the pike near Camden on Sun
day OF supposed yellow fever.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN Francisco, Aug 26.-The British ship |
Cape Breton arrived from Rio Janelro this |
morning and was Immediately ordered to
quarantine at Black Point On May 8
Henry McDade, seaman, died of yellow |
fever No signsof the disease have appeared |
on board since, but the quarantine officer |
deemed il best not to permit her to come to |
the wharf until thoroughly fumigated.
VOLUNTEER.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 26-Dr. Thomas !
o. Summers, a prominent young physician |
of this place, left to night for Memphis to !
volunteer his services IN aid of the sick.
AT MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 26-From D. M. !
yesterday to noon to-day 76 new cases and |
IL deaths were reported. Among the dead
is w. II. Halstead, with Wheeler, PIckens &
Co, and among the sick, Sisters Dominica |
and Veronica, of La Salett academy, and |
Fred Brennan, city editor OF the Appeal.
The fever is spreading,to an alarming extent
among the colored people. One case was
brought from Camp Joe Williams this morn
ing and fears are entertained that il will |
break out among the refugees there. The
work of depopulating the city continues.
To-day the weather has been cloudy and
gloomy in the extreme. The fever has not
only increased in the city, but has seemed
to thwart the efforts to save the lives of
many poor people who were moved out of
the city, by appearing in two of the camps.
1t is now definitely known that three deaths
occurred yesterday at Camp Joe Williams,
and several others of the refugees are sick
In addition to these three. a woman also
died from heart disease. When found this
morning in her tent her young babe was
discovered on ITS dead mothers breast
seeking its wonted nourishment. At a
camp near Overton station on the
Memphis and Paducah railroad, Charles
Pagan died this morning. For the past "a
hours the board of health records show 100
new cases and 26 interments. DR.. Alex
Erskine was taken down to-day, also Fathers
McGavcny and B0kel, ot st. Peters parish.
Two more of the sisters at La Sallette acade-
my, w. w. White. clerk of the Peabody
hotel and Joseph Russell, who has been ac-
lively at work among the sick of the odd
fellow fraternity. The disease to-day has
taken down mary negroes In some neigh
borhoods sick ones are being found in every
household. There is great need for ply
slcians and nurses. Our own physl-
clans have more than they attend 10,
and many sick having to go for days without
the attentions of nurse A ride through
the districts where the fever is the worst
draws forth many appeals to be directed
where or how to obtain the services of q
physician. As q result, many do not receive
medical attention until too late to save life.
The Towards employ five physicians. but
the sick calls are more than they can attend
to- Two of our practising physicians have
died with the fever, and five others are now
down.
AT PITTsBURG.
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