Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-19
SPREAD OF TOE YELLOW FEVER.

GRENADA. Miss, IL. This plague-stricken
town the past twenty tour hours beggars descrip-
ton The strongest men and women and help
less children are SICK dying or dead 1t is pitful
to see entire families Frustrated and swept sw ay
in few hours. The official death list for the past
twenty -four hours is seventeen. The population
has decreased to little over two hundred whites.
There are but few new Mr.. Freeman and
wife from New Orleans, en- route for New York,
we're put OFT the the train this morning, both cases
of well developed yellow fever.
Louisville specials say Gen. Waetball and thir-
" others left Ct anada and arrived there. They
reported only three doors opened last Monday
those of saloon keeper, the doctor and the un-
deraker' The public panic there frightful.
The disease ia attack ing all classes alike. Most of
the people fled to the country, leaving their hous-
es open without regard to property. The ex
IRENE sickness is due to neglect of streets and
back sewerage.
NEW ORLEANS. August IL. The new cases of
yellow fever are seventy-three; deaths, twenty
seven.
Another despatch SAYS the number of fever
deaths for the week is 40. The Howard Associ-
alton ask for assistance.
Dispatches from Norfolk and Nashville report
municipal action to prevent yellow fever being
brought there by rail and otherwise. Two car
loads Of refugees from Memphis arrived at Cincin-
natl, yesterday. They represent over 5000 people
have fed north from Memphis within two weeks.
Two yellow fever deaths were reported in Gin
cinnati Thursday, and one in Covingtou, Ken
lucky.
Mayor Wheaton telegraphs there is no yellow
fever at Savannah.
LITTLE Rock, August II. There is no yellow
fever here.
VIcKsBuRG August II. There are so cases of
yellow fever in the city. Money is needed for the
relief of the sufferers.
New Y, RK, August IL. A Memphis special
says the yellow fever there has been mostly
among the wealthy people. and has not appeared
among the poorer classes, as in 1873. The benev-
oleut organizations have formed relief committees.
Ten thousand people have left the city, and ali
the houses along the railroads, as well as on the
roads, are filled with refugees, who have He'd with
their families in wagons.
Brownsville, Senatorial. Ripley and other
towns within 100 miles have Guaranteed against
Memphis while luks, Gsdsden and few other
places, have extended hospitalities to the retu-
gees.
Five hundred Memphis people are at Bowling
Green and an unfounded report there of a case of
fever created great excitement
Fears are expressed that thieves will plumber
Memphis while it is deserted.
The Nashville Council on Monday will order
quarantine against the infected cities.
Petersburg, "a, adopted quarantine measures
Saturday against Memphis, Grenada, New Or
leans and other yellow fever cities
heavy rain storm Saturday night washed the
streets OF Petersburg quite clean. number of
refugees from Memphis have arrived there.
MEMPHIS, August IL. Twenty three new cases
and nine deaths were reported to-day
NEW ORLEANS, August Is. New fever cases
lis, deaths AZ. Tho officers of the Hebrew Be-
neyolent Association appeal to their brethren
throug hout the United States for speedy all tor
the suffering poor here.
WASHINGTON. August Is. The health authori-
ties are taking measures to prevent the spreading
of yellow fever, should any be brought here. In
such event the patient will be removed to some is
osted locality.
GRENADA. August IL The death list the last
tweDty-four hours has decreased to eight, being
nine less than the previous twenty -four hours.
There were only nine new cases simply from lack
of material. One week ago this town contained
twelve hunsired white inhabitants, and now the
population is reduced by fight and death to two
hundred, with only from thirty to forty well ones.
The total deaths to ten o'clock Saturday night
were sixty three.