The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-29

huIehlluIl HOIH llNlHlOuub WI IWLn'
moutl) was on hand and offered to supply
them with provisions, money or anything
else they may have wanted. ~
s"Tlie signer is right. II docs produce d
wrong impression, for we were treated out
rageOusly. Our object ingoing ashore "a
to procure some clean clothes, some medi'
cine and some whisky. For the latter aT'
ticlG we were intrusted with money by
some OF the crew TO purchase '-'.--z-'s-s
"The so-caled Health Officer; ordered
us TO remain in the middle OF the stream,
to yell TO him what we wanted, and lie
would bring it to us. Our landing was Il
forced procedure. 1t would have been i'm
possible for US to have touched the shore
II 1t had not been for the ,fGllow-feeling oi
sOmehoatmen OH the wharf. No offer oi
provisions or money was made in orr
presence, but u remark was made by some
one in the party that We should be glad 10
have them hand NJ anything on tcn-foot
pole. The Doctor who wrote the cOmInlini-
cation evidently imagined things rs they
should be, instead Of as they were. Ports
mouth may well be Jealous OF her reputa-
ton for courteous treatment. ] have heard
many tales oil my trip down the river of
her courteous treatment OF people in dis
trcss. 0iour treatment at Gallipolis be-
licve DIR. Slough has said all that would
care to say on the subject l. Us well us
he, took decided fancy to DIR. Crumlcy,
though as TO Dr. W. c. Needlam's treat
ment ofm in the last two days can not
complain. could not expect him to do
more. As to his actions in regard to the
money belonging TO the bout have moth
ing to say, but know that both Doctors
had n hard fight against public opinion
and the City Council to do anything for us.
''Dr. Crumley came very near having
several fights on account OF his eSertions
in our behalf. Many thanks are due to
the lady teachers OF GallipOlis and sur
rounding country for their flowers, etc.
In speaking Of his return home, DR.. Carr
said: rt.-..It HaO
~ boarded the steamer JCrossley at
MOorc's Landing on the Virginia shore,
eight miles below theTortcr. | had quite
an interesting time talking to eight or ten
OF the cabin passengers about the. yellow
fever boat and her doctors! llandeJ ut
Ironton and was recognized within half
an hour after landing, by w. III. Bowers,
m old resident of Cincinnati, and Captain
Parrell, Of the Sheridan House, who treat
cd Inevery kindly. Joseph Fisher, Esd,
the happy bachelor OF Ironton, rushed all
over town to find me.-He said he wanted
to shake hands with me, even II | was
chock-full of yellow fever. He succeeded
in making my short stay in Ironton pleas
ant indeed. Iboarded the Potomac there,
and seeing some familiar Cincinnati faces
when nearing Portsmouth, thought ]
had better make myself known to Captain
Kirker TO prevent panic, which i did.
Instead Of ordering me oil, us | expected
he would do, one OF the first things he did
was to return my fare to me and order me
to bed Captain Kirker, his brother,
Watt. Shedd, the efficient clerk, and his
assistant, all knew who lwas and treated
me very kindly"
Our reporter interrogatcd DR.. Carr in
regard to the body that WIS thrown into
the river, and he said:
81 myself ordered it done and assisted
at It. My reasons for 80 doing were these:
The man had been dead some nine hours.
The body was fcarfully swollen, black and
broken; blood was Oozing from every
part of the body. The stencil was over
powering. The only ones on board able
10 be on their feet were the mate and my
self. 1t was uttcrlye-fmpossible for us 10
carry the box to the grave, the box being
on the outside barge, hundred yards
from the shore, ut least, and getting assist
ancc at that time was out Of the question,
l concluded that it was inadvisable to wait
longer, so split the top Of the box open,
tied ironsito The body, and threw 1t over
b6ard, sending the box after 1t.
Everything portable that was capable
OF containing or carrying infection was
destroyed, The boat was thoroughly dis.
infected. In fact it had been kept SO all
the way up.
"To sun up, the greatest number OF sick
ut one time was fourteen. OF these, ten
were marked yellow fever cases. OF the
yellow fever cases six died and four re:
covered. The other cases were cases OF
fever, but due to other causes.
"If any credit is due to any one in this
matter, | think DR.. Minor comes in for u
lions share. His foresight in knowing
what the condition OF the boats crew
would be before we would get through
with her is highly comnendablc, and is
worthy OF recognition. DR.. Slough and
myself, us well us people who have been
spoken to on the subject up the river,
think that Cincinnati should be justly
proud OF her Health Officer. u