The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-19
TUO MORE PHYsICTANs DEAD.
The Fever-stricken at Memphis Losing their
Hest Hope Of Escape.

MEMPHIS. Sept. ls-Thcrc is perccptibc
Increase in the activity about the headquarters
Of the Towards this morning. and apparently
no decrcnse in the number oi new ca-c-
although the number Of cases Of death Is
smaller. only y bong reported up 80 noon,
making 81 for the past twenty-fpur hours.
Among the dead ara two more volunteer ply
,iciau-. Dr,. John b. Hicks and :. Bankson.
Sister Ruth. W b. Shepard and Mrs. Il. T..
Brooks mother of w. : Brooks Of the Ippedi
Among the new eases is rhoo. Hoist. under
taknr. tn" supply II collins l. running short,
and II l- with difficulty anything hut rough,
coffin shaped boxes can be obtained, even by
y .r-Ons 10 good circumstances;
NEW ORLEANS. sept ls.-OnlcHl report Tor
tie last twrmy-iour hours. from " o'lock
yesterday 10 II o'clock noon to-day Cases OF
death. IS total new cases. 252, OF which ~ az.
reported since the II j and 1913 are TOR the past
twenty-tour hours. Total number " cases TO
date, 7 l7S: total casrs o. death. 2.2ii. ON the
Of @ nsa Mrs. Mig',ire vile II ex Sssisan, i 4,
mast"rJ j.. Mcguire ana ne Kev Il. Eau.
mann o. me G.rman Lninrreh S,' d }o4n rs
From noon to 7. NJ. % cqses Of dceth and
Oc 'urred prior To- the 18th inst.
BATON RouGE. Ln. sept. lS.-Ncw cases. 2j;
cases q death. 3; total cases 5oi : cases Of
CANroN Miss. Sept. 1S.-Ncw cascs 10; cases
dn aG" g. Dr. lf cSss is dSad ' The c people
GALLiroiIs o.. Sept. ls.-Hugh Piymnntc ~
years OF age. the last patti in the infected dis
trict. died last night There are no other cases.
our eXpcrlence clearly proves that in this 4ti.
contagious. Every case here was contracted ly
contact with the steamer Porter and nurses ana
others exposed TO the sick have in NJ instance
NEw ,onLEANs sept. lS.7The following is
from can't get away" Mobile physirian now
in Memphis To tell you Of the scenes have
win ssad would be simply impossible, | am
living IN the city Of horrors. While | write
/ listen to the groans Of dying man Of my own
Profession who has fallen mNltyr 10 the cause
81 humanity lie. Dr. Mead. Will die Another,
DR.. Wlllinms. died last = ght. but tvs" rooms re-
moved from my own. Have Just returned from
my intlrmary whore bay. prescribed Tor nlne-
ty individuals today Many cases are how
| nivrnturcrs. and all varieties Of persons are
| arriving by almost every train, nearly ull OF
| them food Tor the fever. Many OF them start
| from home with no conception OF what the DIS
onss IT, AMI when they arrive arc appalled, by
| the spe'ta'l's they are compelled 10 witness
! Tho dead lie unburied sometimes Tor days. and
many deaths are not reported AZ AL We nave
little children in our hospitals who have lost All
thrr friends, aud little Irl OF eieht IN one OF
| our wards begs me every day TO take hcr nome
| The scrnos are hoArtrchdihE' ana almost I'M
| nerve men. ~
| The scenrs Of horror here beggnr dmScrlptl4n.
| Poor people are wcltering in Min. Those VINO
| do moi nis OF fever die of hunger We have not
| enough nourlshment forthe SICK. ma people
| who had been down Tor days without any nj
Tendance, II is Impossible to attend TO an. Have
How lons | will DO able to do 30 God only
knows. =.
HICKMAN. KY. Sept 18-Sx cases OF death In
| IN, past twenty four hours and three new cases
a@Sd d 'n r% Pard Mary 3S%"yM r =" SHOE
maker. Charles SamIsey Miss seigrisl. and
| Wiley Bennett, There is no abatement OF IN,
scourge here. DR.. Blackburn says tho cpl
demlc here was taken by two children who were
on the wharf, forty yards from the steamer
| Porter. when she passed here.
..CINc!NNArI Sept. IS In the lumber camp o
tl \ d Inn n
Mich, an epidemic has been raging among the
men tor a week uart which DT. Seyaly pro
nOunrcs black Iaundice. or yellow fever. One o
the men, Thomns NJ CURE. was taken. and II,
no one would nurse him or give him MEDICINES
the unlOrtunat" man was soon dclirluus. Non'
Of the citizens Of ElmOro would receive him int
| their HOUSES and the patient was placed undo
u tree in lren'hing rain, and soon after die,
| from the disense. which the Doctor says WA
clearly yellow irv"r The remains were place,
in box and buried under the tree whore h
| died.
GRENADA. Miss. sept. ls-One fever pAticn
died to-day. and there wurQ three new cases
The weather Is warm and favorable 10 th
spread OF the disease.