The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
A Yellow Fever Refugees Story.

Andrew Schultz, his wife and two daughters, the first family of yellow fever refugees to arrive in Baltimore, told a sad story of their experience in Memphis. MT. Schultz said that when the fever broke out in Mem phis he was living with his brother-in- law, Morris Torbin, and they were pre- pairing to leave when MT. Torbin was at tackled, and on the following day Mrs. | Torbin was also stricken down. As soon as the neighbors heard of the presence of the fever in their house the utmost consternation prevailed, and by night fall the entire square was deserted. It was impossible to obtain any nurses, and having horror of deserting his rela- tives, MT. Schultz sent his family, consisting of his wife and three children, to the residence of friend in a distant part of the city. who volunteered to give them shelter provided they left their clothing behind and submitted to a Ithorough fumigation. MT. Schultz hay ling previously had the fever and not fearing a second attack, remained to nurse the two patients.
 EOI UWO dty llC IClHftlIlCtt GU HID po0U, when death relieved him of his charge, the unfortunate couple dying within q few hours of each other. Leaving the bodies in the house where they died he notified the health department, and then, alarmed for the safety of his family by the spread of the disease, he at once took steps for leaving the city. During the two days through which he nursed MT. and Mrs. Torbin MT. Schultz had not heard from his family, with whom he was afraid to communi- cate.
 He had experienced no uneasiness on their account, as the house at which they were staying was on the extreme western suburb and in a healthy locality. When he proceeded to the house he was almost paralyzed to find his boy Henry, twelve years old, suffering with the fever and the house deserted, save by his wife and daughter. Their friends at the first illness of the boy had fled from the house, leaving everything behind. MT. Schultz at once confined his two daughters in a room on the third floor while he and his wife remained at the bedside of the boy on the second floor. During the next twenty-four hours they nursed the boy who was evidently sink ing slowly, with the piteous cries of the two affrighted children overhead ring ing in their ears He obtained some dis infectants from the health department, and placed pan of the burning mixture l,1l fc,J ha cIaL- han ho1, thus cutting off all communication. Twice during this time he procured food for the children, and without bringing it into the infected house, made them lower string out of the third story window, by which they drew it up to their room. Finally the boy was taken with the black vomit and died.
 After the death all the members of the family bathed in water diluted with disinfectant, and then dressing in new clothing, which they saturated with car bolic acid, went up to the room where their daughters were confined and pre- pared to leave the house. Getting on the roof they descended through the trap door of the adjoining house, which was deserted, and reached the street. MT. Shultz. after notifying the authorities and obtaining promise that his boys body should be inferred, obtained per mits and embarked on a steamer on the Mississippi At Randolph, Tupton county, Tenn, they were subjected to another disinfecting process and ob- tained new clothing. A farmer named Wrexhall volunteered to take them in his wagon to Brownsville, on the Mem phis and Ohio railroad, about sixty miles. They were two days in making the trip, and at once took the train for Nashville.