Richland beacon., 1888-08-18
GRIN JACK"
OF YELLOW TINGE, IHVADEs
FLORIDA. CAUSING n PANIC.


PEOPLE srANrEE. FROM JAcKsoSvrLLE-
NACoN,GA. INVITES THE REFUGEES AND
THE;| QrARANrINEs AGAINST THEM.
Surgeon General Hamilton, DR.. Sim.
mons. of Charleston, Mayor Lester, OF
a'annah, and Capt II. G. Fleming, to-
ether with IA number If health officers
mi railroad officials, met in conference
Waycros', Ga, on Sunday, to discuss
"c situation in reference 10 the present
-courge at Jacksonville, and to devise
"ays AMI means for suceoring the people
mi Uticrvise aiding them. II was de-
e I that 1t was necessary to speedily
ep ct the city of Jacksonville that the
c Sc might be more quickly stamped
at In order to do this place of refuge
vas necessary. 1t was decided that n
amp of refugees be cs abllshed. and that
i;ou ognc, on the line # the Savannah.
Florida & Western Railroad, thirty-six
miles from jacksonville, in Nassau county,
, selected. To this end Surgeon-Gen-
raj Ham lton viii have government tents
'hipped Immediately TO the ground, and
ne camp ground will be inaugurated at
nee. No sic'i person will be retained,
Tut sent back to the city.
The mails will be fumigated at Way
crcs., Dupont and Chattahoochee, as
well as Gainesville. The transfer of
pas engers and baggage takes place at
The 90 mile post, three miles south of
Vaycio-s. All passengers not properly
ce:IIticaicd are placed in the rough cars,
and not allowed To leave the coaches at
the station, The strictest patrol is kept
up by the inspectors from Brunswick,
Savannah and Thomasvile. The trains
are passing there crowded and it is pit
,ous to see the wo-be-gone expressions of
the faces of women and the wonder
ing gaze of the children flying to escape
the terrors that are pictured behind
them; caring nothing for baggage or
worldly belongings-going-go going any
where only 10 be going. AS the trains
with locked do rs slow up at the depot
the heals are poked out at the windows
as if in mute appeal, only to be directed
to place Of safety. There is no fear at
Waycross.
Being asked if he would express an
opinion On the probability of the yellow
fever sweeping jacksonville, DIR. Hamil-
ton rep led indirectly, saying, however.
that he would advise everybody to leave
the city. "Just now the disease appears
10 be of a mild type" he continued.
Until we have further data it is unsafe
to express a positive opiuion one way or
another. All who can possibly leave
should do so. Fug tives not only save
their own lives in nine caes out of ten,
but save the lives of Others by robbing
the pesiilenoe of 50 much material which
it would feed upon. No disease is so
susceptible by quarantine than yellow
fever. In 1875 when Savannah had it so
bad, Charleston, which Is but little more
than one hundred miles off, kept it out
effecluaily by strict quarantine. There
is no reason why any Of Jacksonville's
neighbors should contract the fever if
they keep the refugees out. 1t did not
originate in Jackso nville this Summer,
but was imported. Pant City was not
free from fever at any time during the
past Winter" Quarantine Officers Webb
and B ughn were at work on all the north
bound trains on the East Tennessee, Vir-
gihia and Georgia and Central railway
trains coming into Macon, Ga, Officer
B,ughn being stationed at Fort Valley
and Webb at Chauncy. As each train
arrives, they board it and come ON to
Macon, en- route firdiGsg fird1iGg %. ss all parties
from the infected districts and informs
them they W II not be allowed to stop, but
continue on their journey. Most of them
go on through. One or two have raised
protest, but when they learned that
they were liable to be arrested if they
stopped, they continued on their way.
The officer! accompany each train some
distance beyond the city to see that no
one jumps off and comes back.
A special to Jacksonville, received
Sunday, reports three new cases aud one
death as the days record in that city one
SUPP, ious case has developed at Pablo
Beach, where Capt Tuttle, of the Louis
vile and Nashville Rilroad, died. Three
suspicious cases have developed at st.
Augustine, and stampede from that
city has b gun.
The OUR .Itine lines below Brunswick
and al! points in Florida is now fully
established and thoroughly guarded a,
all points. Inspectors are stationed at
Jesup, Waycrrs.. It. Mary's, Owens Fcrr.
and Burnt Fort While the steamer Mis-
chief, is pa ruling tic mouth of
the harbOr, IF Jekyl river
The Diusnwick Ga. board Of
health h s take N every precaut on nee IS
sary to establish perfect conf leI ce and
fee ing Of security III the city. All j..
quiet row, and there i. no longer a feel
ing Of uneas incss as to cont nued
good health Of Brunswick.
An authority on yellow fever in At
lanta on cling questioned about the ad-
visibility of permitting refugees from
Florida to enter Atlanta said: II think
it gives a change for the ,prcad Of the
dis, ase and do not believe it is good
policy to take any chances with such a
dreadful disca c as y,l'ow fever Take
the exp ricncc Of Huntsville. Ala. and
other towns along the Memphis &
Charl, stpn Railroad, in the epidemic of
1873 Huntsville is every BIT h. alth-
fully silu ted as Atlanta. A resort for
delicate p' r.ons an young children from
all parts If the South: in high rolling
count Y, with COOL water ard air. The
idea If veil w fever c. 'g there was
rid.culcd aid treated as Ii ,,l,y of few
me lical crank. The local III. ,icians
and ,tfers SAID yellow fever germ
couldn't live there. Yellow fever did
gain a foothold there. and large part
Of the population died from the disease.
The governor of Georgia shouli establish