The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-14
NEW SERIES---NO. SO
YELLOW FEVER.
ONE HUNDRED CASES AT GRENADA
THUS FAR.
TEN DEATHS WITHIN THE PAST TwENTY-FouR

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HoURs-CALLs FOR AssrsTANcE--MEAs-
uREs OF PROBATION AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. August 12.-At the
meeting of the board of health to-day Chas.
Winston, engineer of the ferry steamer John
Overton, stated that as the Colorado was
passing down, about 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, she was signaled by the Maudc,
whereupon she rounded to and received the
Maude's passengers for Memphis. Acting
upon this information the board ordered
Chief Athy of the police force to arrest the
captains Of the two steamers charged with
the offence against the quarantine reglla-
tons also notified Capt. Storm, the Men,
phis agent Of the Anchor line, Of his LA
bility to arrest for receiving such freight.
Your reporter has just interviewed Capt.
Storm on the subject, and he reports the
charge entirely without foundation, and
says that the boats met in the river to trans
fer the mail-agent, which transfer had
usually been done at Memphis. No freight
and no passengers were transferred.
GRENADA.
From Grenada the wires were burdened all
this morning with dispatches of the most SELL
sational character. More physicians and
nurses were wanted by the city authorities,
and the various benevolent ladies of that
place sent pleading dispatches for assistance
of the same character. The crowd around
the telegraph office and the reading and
| REPETITION of dispatches received by the
public and private individuals served to
work up our people into a condition Of ex-
citement amounting nearly to panic, the
consequence Of which will be
A GLNERAL HEGTRA
From the city of those able to get away
and who will no doubt magnify the re-
ports into colossal magnitude in order to
Justify their sudden departure. This sug-
gestion is made in order to prepare your
readers to make reasonable allowances as to
the real condition in Memphis.
Besides the meeting of the board OF
health to-day on the condition OF affairs at
Grenada, there was an impromptu consuta-
ton OF all the prominent physicians of the
city, at which your reporter was present.
A liberal exchange of opinions took place,
particularly as regards the disease in this
city. The unanimous sentiment was that
no yellow fever cases had appeared in Mem
phs except the two which were landed by
steamers on the Arkansas shore and after
wards came over to this side of the river in
skiiis.
TIE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN
Also declared their intention to comply
rigidly with the laws OF the board Of health
and make prompt report of any yellow.
; fever that may develop mere. They were
also al q vne mind that Memphis has all
the chances in her favor Of not being visited
with this fearful scourge this season.
A case--the second one--devclopcd this
: morning in suburban boardirg.bQusc,
which tioiIgl lot agreed upon as yellow
fever, but considered an aggravated case Of
malarial fever--was promptly sent to the
: Quarantine hospital, the bedding and
clothing cremated and the room thoroughly
disinfected. This one, like the first, stole
into the city from the opposite side of the
river and was taken sick soon after arriving
here.
All the railroads leading into the city
have been enjoined from bringing passen-
. gers, baggage or freight from Grenada or
any point south Of that place and the rail-
= road and steamboat officials are cheeriully
, complying with the sanitary regulations to
l the letter.
A dispatch received by citizen from
! relative in Grenada gives the following very
! plausible cause of the sudden outbreak Of
the fearful malady in that place: The main
sewer which leads entirely though that
town to the river caved in Il few days ago.
1 In order to repair the damage it was neccs-
sary to uncover the sewer for long dis
lance, aud an examination proved that it
! was filled with carcasses of dead dogs, cats
= and rats. The sun pouring its heated rays
= on these remains flied the atmosphere with
= stencil and disease and within the past week
= not less than seventy of the citizens of
Grenada have been attacked with the
scourgc.
I CASES AT GRENADA.
Il The following was received at one O'clock
this afternoon from Gen. W. j. Smith, one
of the members of the Howard association,
Is who went down to Grenada with the nurses
C Yesterday afternoon: The total number of
c eases reported to date foot M even one
= hundred. There have been ten deaths
= within the past twcnty-four hours. The
fever Is OF the most malignant type. We
: are sadly IN need OF more nurses
j. AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, August l2,-Among the
r recent deaths from yellow fever was that of
Il Rev. Mr.. Davidson, Jewish rabbi, aged SO.
The board Of health continue carboliMtion,
and point TO the slow increase of the dis
ease as the result. The Howard association
advertise for fifteen experienced nurses to
s. 20 to Grenada, Miss 1t is understood that
physicians will also be sent to Grenada.
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