Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-01
The Present Epidemic IN Hamburg
the WORT Ever Exper.
fenced.
a RElon OF reRaoR SAID TO
PREVAIL.
Persons Of the Middle and Upper
classes Carried Away by
the Disease.
Tho Plague sprrsd'nT.--kcii'r Com.
In..tcr Organized.

Tho Plague sprrsdtnN'-hciief Tom.
m.,,cr ORGANIZED.
HAMBURG, Aug. 3i.--Thcre r. no
qucttiuning the fact that The prose Mt
cholera epidemic IN the worst that haa
ever visited this city, and every hour
the situation becomes worse. People
arc dying OIL like sheep and the plague
IL spreading. IL was though yes
terdRy that the epidemic was abatlng
In violence. The number Of new cases
aud deaths reported for Monday
were fnt below those for tue day
previous.
Unfortunately theee hopes were not
well founded. twas only temporary
halt In tho onward march Of the
plague. IL IN now marching forward,
moving down It's victims by scores.
A fearful feeling OF apprehension
hangs over this whole city. IL IL ba-
lievcd that the doctors ace helpless to
fight the scourge ~ IL grows In
strength. People feel that they are
helpless In the face OF the fearful visi-
tatlOn that has come on them, and
many OF them nave given up hope OF
escaping tho disease. This In itself
Is "a calamity, for courage Is one VI the
essential factors la fighting the cpl.
dcmlc.
A representative Of the Associated
pfcss has beun IN military drill shed
tho bodies Of 400 victims awaiting
burial. Owing to red tape, II IL i'm.
possible 10 bury all the dead under this
usual regulations, for tho law requires
the production OF paposl OF ideniihch-
ton before the body 10 consigned TO
If..H.sF AtaNiNtaNu afH
stances these paperg are easily pro-
durable, but now when whole families
have been carried Off by tho Hcoufge
the greatest diiilculty Is experienced
In getting the papers. Unless tho
frigntful mortality aha'es II will be
necessary to set aside tho law aud bury
the Victims as hastily as possible.
Already II IL believed that the IniUc.
ton has been spread By thodesd. Bit
ter imprecations are heaped upon the
authorities for their pighcadedneas in
letting victims lie unburied TO scatter
the contagion among the living while
they hunted for papers 70 show the age,
occupation, ETC., OF dead person.
A reign OF terror prevails, and every
person who can possibly do 10 IL fleeing
from the city. An exception, however,
must be made TO this assertion. Those
whose duty calls them TO attend the
sufferers, physicians and Those who
have nobly volunteered their services,
are doing work that requires the ex.
iteme herOisDi.
All ordinary forms OF burial will
soon have to br abandoned, and trenches
filled with quick.limo viii have tSbe
rtsorted 10. In many parts Of the city
the shops Of groceries, bakeries anu
butcher shops have been closed by the
policr, the owners and their salesmen
having been stricken down.
During the twenty four hours, ended
OF midnight last night, ambulances
conveyed to the hospital sos patients.
OF this number POS have since diet.
The chamber VI commerce has or
cRniZed n relief committee. Cholera
victims are now more frequent than ut
first with persons Of the middle and
upper CLASSES. Dislniectants are being
supplied gratis to tho poor.