The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-21
GREN ADA.
1rsgnassRaE CONDHTIoN OF AFFAIRS lin
THE STRICKEN TOWN.

THE STRICKEN TOWNS
Frpzn II. s. Bell, Esq, who has recently
alarmed from visit to Grenada,
ngsss,.. n reporter Of the DEMOCRAT yesterday
efbaained tho following
esgAsyrttU DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION or
AFFAIRS
an ahab plague-stricken town:
Mr. Bell said: remained In the town two
s,ssps. and / never before In all my life wit
zx#ssei anything which could equal what
aaw there. Out OF q population Of from $500
DO z5DD white people there are remaining in
aszsn not more than 250 and large majority
u ahege are sick.
Everybody who could leave did leave at
eAe first alarm, and those who did not go
upna relatives Of the sick, and remained TO
sSttsnd them.
An the stores are closeds there is not one
aFany description open save and except the
dsraatr stores The streets are entirely de-
sasqaaa. and one may walk through them for
R,frara without seeing human SOUL aside
Haann the physicians, and perhaps some OF
Sssan nurses returning to duty or reporting for
assignment. ALI those of the citizens who
nsHzs NOT contracted the disease are confined
within DOORS nursing and ministerlng to the
aaek-
anslraber Of times I was hailed as doctor"
ggssyn houses, and appealed to to come In and
Great d case, people thinking that I, being q
uapanger, and In the place. must be ply
azfs##n. 5..@.....
lhere are s.1Er=
NO FUNERALS.
Every vehicle In the place was brought into
tFfuauisitiOn to carry people away, and there
nB nuthing OF the kind remaining but the doc
aagfs buggies and hearse. The hearse
aarayes up to the door OF house In which
n,Safsd In the carriage Of death, and carried
sssgssy and buried, the sole witnesses OF the
SriatsTment being the sexton and the driver
Mfagt of the dead are placed In the coffin with
urs.f being either dressed or washed.
ra'he mortality Is terrible. or all the num-
R,aF faken sick there has not been one who
haas entirely recovered: There are some con-
waaeseents, Of course, but none OF them have
gstgffeipntly recovered TO permit OF their leav-
Eng ahDir rooms
There are plenty Of provisions In town locked
mo fn the stores, and several car loads stand
esfl the track at the depot but the freight
mgsnt cannot discharge them for the reason
Mani none OF the conS1gnees are aC nan0 10 re-
what is particularly missed and needed is
agalaL Is known as small groceries. dellcacies,
lalnp, etc, for the sick. Contributions Of
Dressaries OF life fer the well IRON OUTSIDE a
Ntiga,E The demand. The food Is cooked at the
1aasenss House," and Is dealt out on demand to
aaapse persons not sick, and to the nurses and
aase doctors.
esapress. / mention Ii fol the purpose OF add
}ag that a5 soon as the express company
HfsSgfld out that the boxes were for the sick
NAey sent me back the money had paid for
TEnight.
sEaGE NURSES ARE THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED,
sand are under command of Gen. Smith, pres
5aaen1 OF the Memphis Howard Association
'EYsey report to him and he details them.
Whey are very much fatigued, as there are
aaat sufficient number there to provide re-
AIFfs. Some six or seven Of the nurses, sent
arUn Memphis, gave out on Saturday, refused
TIN perform any more duty and left the town.
The New Orleans nurses have all remained
faithful at their posts.
Those citizens Of the town who are well are
Also completely worn out, and think that to
Gals fact III a great measure is attributed the
mortality. When one Of these persons takes
lha disease they are SO completely Frustrated
Hssirn continued watching and attendance on
afeir friends and relatives, that they have not
fhe strength to rally even Ii the fever is
ksnasen.
know Of one case In point that OF Mr..
,#stan grumners. -Four OF bis relatives were
ysiek at one time and he had but. one man to
assist him IN mlnlSGefln8 TO Ineil, anu OIL
Tslr1rse it was impossible for him to absent
himself from the sick rooms for sufficient
Bsa1gth of time to enable him to procure rest.
Ms syas without sleep or rest from Friday I'M
aEa Tuesday. and on the latter day he was
essnpelled to give up and went to bed with
NAn fever. He died the following Friday |
agp mot doubt that he had the fever some time
Before he yielded and took to his bed, and
aIen Ii was too late to save him.
ana OF the opinion that the town Will be
sEqpopulated within ten days, and for this
Hnason: AS said before, all well persons are
usssnpletely worn out and the chances OF
majority for recovery, IL attacked, are no
gEeater than were those of John Crummers,
saastl see that they are contracting the fever
aa the rate of ten or twelve q day.
There were In the place, when l LETT, five
resident physicians, and Drs Vaudeville and
Eaa7ie, Of This city. l see, however, by the
dispatches In the papers, that DR.. Gillespie,
sRfe of the five local practitioners, has died OF
a3ae Eeyer. The day / started from the town
Hae was well and was treating cases.
Our physicians are doing good service, and
Eaaween them and the other doctors the
uaaEaost harmony and goodwill exist.
The general opinion in the town Is that the
Hsxnaking out Of the disease Is attributable to
3aae caving in Of q sewer. 1t was filled with
animal matter, and 1t was some time before
faas authorities succeeded In again covering it,
gTAe town, in my opinion, is as clean as towns
EasRally are, and the streets are now covered
as LII sx.f,.,