Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-13

AN APPEAL FOR MONEY, NURSES AND
DOCTORS. ~

The People OF Jacksonville, Fla, soreiy
Afflicted and I'm Immediate Need OF Aid
- Nearly -Four Hundred Cases OF Yellow
Fever Reported.
Jacksonville Fla.) special.l
The New York Worlds correspondent
at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 5th inst. fur
nished the following special
There were forty-three new cases % Of cholera
here yesterday, and five deaths. The following
appeal to the people OF the United States has
TO our friends and fellow-citizens OF tho United
We the authorized representatives Of the citi
zens OF jacksonville, recognizing the fact that
the epidemic has now reached such stage that
our own funds insufficient either TO cope
with tbs many cases OF absolute necessity, 10
engage nurses for the numerous other de-
mands made upon us, and owing 10 th9 absence nee
OF all business many of our able SC citizens are
unable to furnish funds, ana we now
think that we Justified in accepting the
eeiyed from you We therefore wish our fellow
citizens OF the United States 70 know that we
will gratefully receive the aid that they have
offered and that any contribution will be used
for the benent of those in need and where IL will
do the most O Jd. We request that any such
contributions may be forwarded To James M.
Schumacher President of the First National
Bank and Chairman OF tbs Finance Committee.
NEAL MITCHELL.
President County Board of Health.
ID. Il. GERow. Acting Mayor.
p. McQUAID,
Acting President Citizens Auxiliary Associa-
tion.
The cry for help has gone forth none too foon.
Cases are coming In so rapidly that II the hor-
rrs of Memphis and Saw nm n are not To be re-
peated doctors and nurses must be imported.
Up TO about five days ago the number OF cases
reported was comparatively small every day.
Now reports OF thirty forty, ana hfty cases a day
are be coming the rule, and II the low death rate
IL 10 be maintained more doctors and nurses
must be brought here at the expense OF the public.
IL is impossil 10 for the doctors properly attend
all Il o cases as they are pouring in now and II
not attended To the death rate will go up and
keep up. One-Dr. Baldwin has died; Dr.
SteilenWe ERIK has had relapse from overwork ut
81 Iuke's: DIR. Fernandez has broken down
temporarily, and DIR. Leonard has been attacked
with the fever Dr. Neal Mitchell almost gave
way under the strain, but managed 10 pun him-
sell together again. In many cases tve and six
doctors have been hunted for and none found
available. Nurses command fancy prices,
and there are not sufhcient dunas mere re
! poor who will in a few days be in a
| starving condition. the auxiliary as
sociation, after spending over 5000 donated by
| citizens has now only few hundred dollars on
| hand Doctors are wanted, fever nurses arc
wanted, and money is wanted not only for the
relief OF the destitute but to enable the authori
ties TO send out OF town those who are willing
| but unable TO CO. Let il be understood that pa
tients are rapidly increasing in numbsr the bad
season is approaching and the fever has Cot
| firm hold on this CITY, and money ludiciously ap
piled is the only thing to stave of not only
terrible mortality, but hardship starVatloh' ahC
| perhaps outrage. .
| AS one OF the compositors OF the MetrOpoli
was on his way TO work he was stopped by
little boy, who said: please, mister, give m,
something to eat. l am starving, and mother II
upstairs dead and lther ILL
The man got the child some food. 1t was th
first he hal had for two days, ana he ate II raw
enously. The father, a taxidermist, died, AM
tie two children are now i'll. This is the cas-
which the doctor did not r port until late yes
terday and then as one OF heart daease, an
from D O clock yesterday morning till to-da
the dead body OF yellow-fever victim lay in TN
house with two little starving children and thei
dying father.
| of Bayard a small settlement on the line of tn
Jacksonville and It. Augustine Railroad. abou
twenty miles north OF St. Augustine. WilliaI
Ortgus, the son Of a farmer living at Sampson
visit the latter plats. nearing the settl lamer
he was attrae ted by strong stencil. emanatn
from the vicinity Of n house supposed to be VI
a cant Through curiosity he hitched his horf
and proceeded to investigate On reaching u
2 house ghastly spectacle met his eye
Stretched upon u couch was the body OF
woman and in the same room were the Dodi'
OF five children. They had evidently bee
dend for several days. The boy on realizing II
: horror of the scene fled precipitately, an'
mounting his horse, rode back to his home an
told the startling story TO his parents:
n The country people are horror .ricken, an
even II IL were known that any one was occup!
ing the house IL is unlikely that any one OF the
could have been induced TO go near IL II
knew there was case Of yellow fever. 1t
j. sunpoaed that the unfortunate victims we
refugees from Jacksonville. and were strick
2 with the disease after leaving town.