New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-02
TIE PLAGUE ~ PIyE M0CNT1IyS.
IIsRAvAGrs ExIENDING-rE DISEASE ALLEGED
TO 81 CONTAGIOUS.

lis RAvAGEs TXrENDING-TrE DISEASE ALLEGED
TO 81 CONTAGIOUS.
louisville, Dee. IA staff correspondent
Of The Cuwi,rJoann who is in the mountains OF East
crn Kentucky Investigating the plague sent the follow"
in III patch last night from Barbour'yle:
Imet G. +. Davidson agent Of the Cumberland River
Lumber COMPANY who ha- been the Infected dis
frct He says ha, the disease. which j. --lavatcd
and fatal form of flax, BEGAN about six week. ago III
Lccho County phDay brother Of the County JUDI
being the first victim. lie lived on Poor Fork, about
fifteen miles from WhcshurS The disease spread WIN
great rnpiiiN ami now EXTENDS over territory cum
ing about ouc-half Of the northern portion oi W sr
County ana the northwestern l%r9n oil lee o1u ,,
Virginia, the eastern part OF llchcr county un p"i
edge of Harlan County the southwestern part OF h9tt
southwestern portion of Leslie County, k'ntncky ms
is a stIip about seventy miles wide y eighty me5
Sniehi creek Clover folk ana other small stream,
which rise ON the north side of the zine Mountains ami
,tefeN 2 W1r Sn'f Ii'''V. ii-nI IN the yrnni
In Knoz county ana cmpy nto The Biz sands.
At the head OF Nor FORK ana auotlcr branch OF Powell
iikhorn trc,b- ID 4tc CortJ Kcniucsy. and AZ scat
tered point on -rcap. m lcchcr ana leslie Com'ic.
M ii.iict named ha' mrf E9 ihc tgmhtlaM,' 1872
a6iyftEm5.t ail, r,ai so.c.i e i6c 6iahcs, niJar
wv is. 9ioti $50 ia,s ~ ,tc a.,i.g 70 wni'.
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nt'l mN, ,r'd' i'f' mNn h usEN sl tmW1tmB
r.fi 400 iil, pvi-unuHa rl. iiuNtf, and N1uiANN
ua1 Ol ~ l-ui'l in lhe rHl'u.l.
- lHE pioEAot NeNiAGIoUa
one peculiar feature oi thr disease that it i- cff
taiuy contagious, lor II tonce enters family u lots
none escape, and have h.cu TODD OF Instance where
those who have visited afflicted persons and have nol
used the water have contracted thc disease Iish r"'
fD Ia tn Indicted exon last week. bat de- not tink
they were sufficient To- t"ll Tie water and check li'
disease The people Raise little hfHrirt curu and WINE
The crop was not heavy THIS trt thcy about a. We u
oi a. fl a. rood B.. rI't thrl lat year "a
clif-t fhrr may have hrrn ut iduil OF slh' ihe
from lack food, but u thor. were aub tr Davidson ih
moi card II thrin. Mt Davidson thought that thr mum
Der of victims of the lal" Nas nom ~uu to ioVn I'
based his coulrclulr- solely upon the death ayDrs' ia
The particular ucehhurhp'l lis Nilrn hc had visited
In Harlan Comfy seven people Wttg bnlcdiu one ca
IA weca I'm the family ~ judge Daytime death " WI" e.
brother mentioned, there were hNc deaths lis VIE ""
four liitc Duc- it.ur pre-, 10 the pIgur. u ihc -t'
nclghhorliupd abe deaths ha,c h.,I n.imerou- ~ me
head nf ,uycr Fork. "a Harlan ioIny. aud ll-' III lh'
foot OF Gag,,,1ua GdI. ci's-u- 80 The BLACK Ni"hl""
lived a family by ti' nlmfo clan TIE hi-'l"" '"'
father o. now scrtius out .rh.'1rr 80 it+'i' '
murder hriictr. Ie 49," WlI ludg c"id''n. '"' "''
poor tIe oJ.ct n Inc a.oi1t-l' '-cI .''' ''''