Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-20
Yellow E7GFcr.


nah authorities deny that any fever case h:a
appeared 10 that city. At NeH Orleans ycs
tcrday there were l29 new cases CT fever. and
AZ deaths. The merchants CT that city con.
plain OF the detention Of the nails by tho quar-
antlne regulations ia Arkansas, Texas, TeEGeS-
see, Louisiana and Mississippi. and have
petltloned the Postmaster General Ter relief!
Twelve additional nurses have been sent to Gre.
NADIA from New Orleans. Nashville refuses 10
establish quarantine. The authorities Of Rich
mond are considering the propricty OF establish
log quarantine to prevent the importation O!
fever. At Memphis the fever appear: to be
spreading, and every effort is being made to ID,
duce citizens to remove to Camp y oe WIllIams,
south Of the city. A train with 200 tami!ic7
was to leave last evening. -,
NEW ORLEANS. Ia, Aug. 2j--lhc chI5
Of police has received Instructions to remove
the bells from ice cream wagons and to lEs'rl!;l
drivers of vehicles to drive slowly when pass'ns
localities, where there arc any persons Sutt.riu.
from fever. Forty 70 fifty app!iclil09s p"r Giy
| are made to the Howard Association, aud IT,,
officers report that doratons are coming 10 ~
orally for USE 10 caring for the !adi2cGt .i.!
| The death list includes Max Fil!cry, Ilugcl,'
| A. r. James, ticket agent OF the Jackson IL.
| road, Brother SyIvanu3 E;kIctt and Il. u
Jones, business manager OF the Souh%crtCra
Advocate. -Four OF tic buses seat TO thu ii'T
ard Association to Grenada have the fever.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss, Aug. 2O-Dat
death from yellow ievc! has been reportc': Der.
VlCKsEURG, Mss, Aug. 20-rhc heal
officer is unable to give olieial figures, uu: e.
| Inmates that there are enc hundred case iaia
city, ard that the Dunl5cr is rapidly lnc!".,.u..
| -Four iotermcnts took place yesterday 6! Yellow
| fever patients: there have been ciGhtccn s:c.!'.
to day. The City Couaci! this no'njr. a..
ished the quarantine.
| PORT EADs, La, AuS. .p.--io1 ~" G.
and one death are reported.
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. 1D--Ihe licrt4..5
is terrible. The scene cannot be described. =
| Vaudeville aGd other Experienced yellow ~
| physicians say they never SAG anything IA:
would begIn to c,mparc with II. Il ~ !"-!i':.
beyond descli ption. The total nuushrr o. deal.
is over seventy with 10 abatement aui ~ i'r.
| full cases reported. Several deaths ARE a.; I.
| ported 1t seems as il none are 10 be sp.',t
! CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.-Ft': s!ra;:!rr } H.,
| Porter, which pa.S.d w. the rV,r li-! wt.a
with several cases yellow Fever Oh h1ati liz
| been obliged to anchor three miles htle" t..
| lpolis, Ohio the engineers refusing ~ i'.'tr..
| longer at their post oil duty The Calls i.
health officers have placed s:rong Cd
ever her to prevent any one from having t..
boat Two cases. Charles Deec!man, cns'.:.~,
from Pittsbur1. aud Vim. koo!cr, from i'';1.
roy, have died. There are ten cases 90 tN.th.
three being very i'll. Among the sick Is e..
tain Johu Bickerstaii.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. -. The follow.
hes been received by the Howard Aa3ocr.""..
| Of Memphis:
| GRENADA Miss Aug. 3o.--.ta yGur r.t.,-
| seDtatives sent here for that puFp0s', So h..
| lool al full ri
thing connected with the yellow fever in 81.
NADIA. The epidemic, considering The 81
| the town, appears to b. the NEST mahgua...
aud fatal that ha5 eyer been knowI Ia IT,.
! country, and this alter Only zine iIrs. ~.
| fever is unLbitcd and unchanged. !h' srrl
want is Tor nurses aud money 10 pay ,h,u.
! for there are persons mere vino have been : Z.
for long period without a aine'c aItrnslAit
| In paper prepared By DR.. Trn"r. .! Va.
| inpton, in 1874. the doctor says:
| Ii Washington has mover been visited ny ST.
| low fever, her near neigh Dor m! practically !"
shiuping port, Alnxtndria Va, has; IN -,
and '9S and again Il y. Tho latter year it ~.
| quite severe, causing over as deaths. II n.,t
| not be unintere:ting Al this tia" t. quot" Il.
following account gwen oil that GIri"in'' Y q
health officer, DR.. Elisha Dick:
| The yellow tever commenced IN A!tAanIi.:
d. c., last Of July and III, beginning q; 4
| gust, 1903. Tho population Of AlcAahdut 17
| estimated at soInethngupWard3 ii fix th"Ii'7i..
| II is situated on the Yves, bank %! tho f"t""l..
| river, and tho hou:es Water street, tuHc!"".
| with thoes 10 the w1-t"ard OF IT, stand grnn's.'
| ly about rs to 80 feet shove tao level 81 Ai&a-
| water mark. The streets arc laid oil =. :iE..
! angles, which, with two cXcGptions ere hn '",-
| wide and upwards. The squares are shout "I.!.
| by 2iG A considerable extent ct ground ma Pee.
made 10 tn eastward of Water 81 and No" >trr.'
called Union st has been lAid or "ni 0HItt"'.
on; beyond which warehouses arc erected. "a"
! wharvcs extended to tho channel Of u" IN.
| These two streets are only fly feet wide, NaL
| there is pretty steep decent from Water {.
Union street, tho latter being not moro than IL.
or six iect above high water mark. The stree
nre generally well paved, and cSpcrIal'y III -;
commercial parts of the town; but many al tEr
warehouses which stand on tha low MAJ
ground, under which thCro arc 80 cellars, ~"
supposed TO have water under their lower i!o'i-
It is believed that upwards Of three thouin@d 81
the inhabitants deserted the town. From TIE
western part of it there were bu! few rompFn'-
but it is probable that in tho three range
squares next TO tho river, not more than ton"
DAT. remained. The whole number CT !a..l-
occasioned by the epidemic WAS. | think, som
thing upwards of two hundred and It cDnlhu''.
throughout the season, to ba siEgulsrIy nmi.r'
in its operations.
Yellow fever scourgcd AlexsHdr!" also II H..
and 1922 to such an extent rs 10 cause :: nv
exodus Of nearly all Of tho Inhabitants.
4 SAD CASE OF DESTIIUTIhN.--A CAS- 81
real dest!tutlUn merltlng the attcntI0n "I IN
charitable has been discovered in South h'!H
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