The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-22
YELLOW FEVER.
Distressing Accounts from the Infected
Districts.

GRENADA, MISS, August 1.-THE
scenes in this plague-stricken town du-
ring the past twenty-four hours beggars
description. The strongest men and wo-
men are helpless and all the children are
sick, dying or dead. It is indeed pitiful
to see entire families prostrated and
swept away in few brief hours. The
official death list for the past twenty -four
hours is seventeen. The population has
decreased to q little over two hundred
whites. There are but few new cases,
there being so little material to work
upon. The deaths are all old cases. III.
Freedman and wife, of New Orleans, en-
route for New York, were put off the
train this morning. Both were cases Of
we'll developed yellow fever.
WASHINGTON, august 17.-Reports to
the Surgeon General of the United States
Marine Hospital Service for the past
week show, in New Orleans, Al cases of
fever and 12l deashs, making a total of
902 cases and 299 deaths. There were
10s new cases and 29 deaths during the
"a hours to noon yesterday. At Port
Eads there were 33 cases and 8 deaths
during the week to yesterday evening.
GRENADA, MISS, August 17.-Since
the first case of yellow fever, July 25th,
to noon yesterday, there have been 125
cases and AZ deaths.
MOBILE, August 17.-One yellow fever
death yesterday. A woman in q house
where baggage, believed to be from New
Orleans, was stored, died of fever re-
sembling yellow fever. Another similar
case was developed in the same neigh
borhood.
VIoKsBURe, August 17.-Yellow fever
has appeared since the last report. The
first death occurred August 18th. Ad-
vices to noon to-day report an outbreak
of the disease near the river front, from
whence it is spreading rapidly.
HAVANA. August l7.-There were SO
deaths from yellow fever and 9 from
small pox during the week ending Au-
gust 10th. There was a decrease in the
fever at Matanzas during the week end
ing August 9th.
NEW ORLEANS, August 17.-Total
cases of fever to date 975. New cases
for the week, 500. Total deaths, 266.
Deaths for the week, 140. The Howard
Association, in view of the widespread
sickness and distress in the city, have de-
termined to extend such measures of re-
lief as the generosity of their fellow
citizens will enable them to do. They
publish an appeal to the citizens of New
Orleans for contributions, stating that
they have not dollar in the treasury.
The last report from Port Eads shows
thirty-four cases of fever. Fifteen are
convalescent. Total deaths, six.
EVANSVILLE, 1ND.,. August 1.-THE
City Council and Board of Health to-day
ordered the establishment of a rigid
quarantine against all steamers and
trains from the. South, and have taken
precautions against communication from
any of the infected fever districts.
PITTsBURa, August 17.-The Board of
Health quarantined all boats and traders
from the South and West. A public
meeting has been called to raise funds
for the sufferers at the South.
MEMPHIS, August l7.-Twenty.three
new cases of fever and nine deaths to-
day.
New ORLEANS, August 17.-In the
past twenty-four hours seventy-three
new cases of fever and twenty-four
deaths.
New YORK, August 17.-James Riley
recently arrived from New Orleans sick
with what was supposed to be yellow
fever, was to-day removed to quarantine.
PENSACOLA, August 1.-THE Ameri-
can brig Akbar, Of Machias, Maine, from
Cuba, is reported off Pensacola bar with
the mate dead and the crew sick with
fever. AS any pilot boarding her will
be detained at quarantine until frost ap.
pears, the pilots all refuse to bring the
brig in, and it is probable the vessel will
sail north. The schooner Laura Semis
went ashore on Santa Rosa Island near
Fort Pickens last night. The captains
wife being in child bed, could not bs
moved. The crew have been quaran.
tined at Fort Pickens; the vessel having,
come from Cuba.