Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-09
81 TELEGRAPHIC.
YELLOW 10 : FEVER RECORD.
The Situation Grows More. and
More Gloomy in Memphis.
Twenty-Five New Cases Reported
in all Yesterday,
And Eight Deaths Have Occurred
Since the Night Before.
Heavy Mortality Setting in Among
the Colored People.
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YELLOW FEVER.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 8.-Fourteen
ne W cases of fever were reported
this morning, including eight
colored. Among the whites are
Boucher, Julius Saller, Sara
Flangs and her daughter Annie.
IS Five deaths from yellow fever
have occurred since last night {:
Fannie Flangs, Robt. E. Webb,
Angelo Arala, Robert and Lewis
Palmer, the last named colored.
The Howard sociation this morn
ing assigned two additional physl-
clans: DR.. Julius Wise and Heber
Jones toduty. It has rained cons
tinuously, since 9o'clock last night.
LATER.-Twentyotwo cases in all,
eight white and fourteen colored
were reported to-day. Three ad-
.ditional deaths have occurred. Mar
tin Keary, Ben Avent and Jack
Mattlin, the last two colored. Maj.
WV. Guy, a prominent merchant
of this city and New Orleans, late
member of the Board of Police and
Fire COMMISSIONERS was Frustrated
with yellow fever yesterday, but
the symptoms did not fully
develop until late this evening. His
| physicians says he, has a severe
case. Major Guy is sick at J. R.
ItMMaler's N 8 residence, a mile distant
from the city on Poplar street
boulevard. Hon. John Johnson,
Superintendent of Quarantine, and
d. A. Porter chief executive of
the city, to-day issued the following:
To inspecting officers and police
officers ON duty at Memphis, until
further orders, you are hereby in
structed not to permit any person
or persons to be landed from any
boat or water craft at this port, who
have had yellow fever, and in ad-
dition can not give satisfactory as
surances that they are able to pro-
vide for themselves. These re-
striction apply to all roads leading
into this city.
The Howard Association to-day
placed thirty additional nurses on
duty. The weather is very chilly
and damp, and unfavorable alike to
sick and well. There is no change
in the condition of Ed. Moon and
Miles Owen. J. M. Tighe is very
low Mrs. -Athy- is convalescing.
The mail from the East arrived to-
day. 81 e -
wEDNEsDAY's SICK AND DEATH ROLL.
Special to the Nashville American.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 6.-To>day
has been scorcher. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon the thermometer
marked SO degrees. No abatement
Of the fever can be anticipated with
such spell of weather. Indeed,
the very opposite can not but result
and the reports to-day of the new
cases clearly shows the fever to be
moving rapidly towards the central
portion of the city.
The following is the official re-
port of the new cases and deaths
from yellow fever for the twenty.
four hours ending at 6 Pm:
New CAsEs.-Rufus Floga, aged
16, 43 Jones avenue; Edward
Haines, aged Is, 43 Jones avenue
Mary Getz, aged A. 1S Bradford
street; Mrs. Lake, aged 27, corner
of Elliott and sCausey street; w
M. Taylor, aged II, 76 Vanc
street w. B. Richardet, aged 80
286 South street; M. Downey, age,
10, rs Jones avenue Emma Clark
aged %, 118 Market street; Mar
/ tina Woods, aged 80, 25 Cause,
street Angelo Arata, aged 80, 2
DeSoto street,. Henry Edwards
colored, aged %, 20 Causey street
Anna Reed, Ecolored, aged Is, l.
4 Turley street; Martha Booker
aged 80, 28S Cynthia street; Ep
sey Calhoun, aged II, q Echol
street Agnes Page, aged 60, 28
Cgpthia street; Clinton Herral
aged 26, Ala Second street; Henr
Edwards, aged 4, rear of 27 Cause
street. ozh
/ DEATHs.-Rey. Father job
Fahey, aged 81, corner of Linde
4 and Dssoto streets; Mrs. Elizabet
Fletch, aged 40, 234 South stree,
Lizzie Holten, aged 20, corner G
South Jackson. and Second streets
These do not include five cases re
ported to the Board after the re
/ ports for the day had been signed