The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26
wall Wednesday. was found yesterday suffer
ing r0na n0aiarIal fever.
nrAra or y MEMPHIS REruaEE.


REATH OF MEMPHIS REFUGEE.
.fhere Is considerable excitement Ia Har-
L IA oger the death, from yellow fever, this
noraing OF Del Cocks. Tt WAS reported to
ths Board Of Health yesterday that . woman
was lying sick at East Nineteenth street with
yellow fever. The health authorities took
charge Of the case and watched II until this
morning, when the woman died. The wo-
man, Johanna Brennan, WAS fOfty-tWo years
.of age, was a refugee from Memphis, and
had only been ID this city three days. The
assistant sanitary superintendent sent TO the
house this morning and ordered all OF the
woTnan's effects to be destroyed by fire. as
were also all the bed clothes and bedding.
The body was placed in an iron casket, firmly
sealed, and taken by the tugooat TO the bury
ing ground set aside at the quarantine. Every
possible preeaation has been taken by the
health authorities. They do not anticipate
any outbreak OF the disease in this city
TIE CASE or TIE CITY GF MERIDA.
The steamer City OF Merida, from which
several yellow fever cases have been reported,
which was permitted to land and unload az
her pier on North river by DR.. Vanderpool,
health officer, was sent back TO quarantine
to-day by him. He stopped upon the pier and
was met by Mr.. Alexander, one Of the owners:
| this vessel IS not away from here by ~ hour
| I'll have q Gordon OF police On the dock.
| Mr.. Alexander tried TO renons5rate, asking
| whether all connected with the vessel should
| The ground OF contention seems to have
| been the report Of some one that the man
| MeKeon, found sick Id Brooklyn, did not be-
| long on the City Of Merida.
/ The health officer peremptofily ordered
aboard every one assisting around the
steamer, the iongshorefnen AZ we'll. A Watcn
/ was put at the gangway to keep them from
/ going on shore Even the sGewarGess who
had gone aboard for q parcel was not per-
raittefi to land again. Soon after ward the
al u2
antzne tug.
/ THE NEWS FROM QUARANTINE STATION.
| The quarantine commissioners received 2
dispatch from the hospital superintendent to
day TO the effect that Charles Haskell
has been discharged and that BARLEY MeKay,
| d coal HEAVIER on the steamer City OF Merida,
| had been admitted to the HOSPITAL.
TWO MORE CASES I'm HARLEM.
| The physicians VINO were left to watch the
house Id Nineteenth street, in which the
| Honaan Johanna Brennan died from fever
| this morning, reported that 1Ir. Fitzgibbon
ana his wife were also suffering from a de-
eided case OF fever and not likely to recover.
| DR.. Zones, assistant sanitary superintendent,
Immediately proceeded to the house and or
deref4 the two sick persons and all other
the quarantine hospital. All of the furniture,
| bedding and clothing IN the house Was
destroyed and the premises thoroughly dIsIa-
fected.
y $Ifi2 WeFylaH J0fl1stEHS DfPNuSaIs NIE- aIil
Mrs Fftzgibbons, Mr.. and Mrs. Corbet5 and
six children left NJ efnpflis Friday last and ar
rived In this city Tuesday It was their IN
ttenti0n to leave for Ireland tomorrow.
\ The report that one person had died and
that two others were stricken with the fever
caused no little excitement in Harlem, and
every pfeeaation is being taken BY tAe saai-
1 tary officers to prevent the disease from
spreading
i THE FUMTGATToN OF MAILS.
I Postmaster James does not consider it
necessary to fumigate mails arriving mere
| from the infected districts. Mails should be
fntnigated before leaving the fever districts.
| Eighty tons of mail matter are received here
daily, and it s practically impossible to dis
infect by the proposed plan OF baking in an
oven neat to 300o Fahrenheit.
The superintendent of the railroad service
| is out West consulting the authorities about
the proposed change Of routes TO avoid the
fever sections. The liberal use Of ordinary
Idistnfectants began to-day on the malls and
! aF.nslt5 fhE. noGt0ffi.n.