The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-24
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A RumOTcd Case Of Fever Among
REFUGEES al Helena.

Another Case at Brunswick Gives the
Situation a New Phase-The Sani-
tarv Boards Action-Dr. Keller Sent
to Helena to Investigate-No Change
in the Situation at Port Tampa.
Father Hennessy's Illness at Bruins
wick Gave Rise to the Rumor That
He Had the Fever.
There was more bad news from Bruins
wick Yesterday. Health Officer Drummer
received telegram from Surgeon Hut
ton yesterday morning saying that
another case of yellow fever had been an
nomced. This is The third case, so far as
known. The last case is that Of a 5-year-
old child 1t occurred in a separate por-
ton of the city from either Of the other
two cases, and apparently without con-
nection with them.
This is regarded by Or. Drummer and
the physicians of the city generally as
the most serious feature Of the situation,
as, were the three cases all traceable to
the same source, there might be more
hopes of stamping out the disease. As it
is now, the infection appears spread
through the city.
Mayor Lamb and the health board Of
Brunswick probably anticipated as much
when the mayor issued his proclamation
advising the people to leave the city,
ARU1rOREp CASE AT HELENA.
City Marshal Wade, who came down
from Meldrim yesterday morning, re
ported that it was rumored at
Meldrim that there was case
n 21s1aF rLrFri lob
refugees at Helena, the junction of
the Savannah, Florida 1and West
ern ana East Tennessee railroads
AT the suggestion of DR.. Drummer
Mayor NcDOnough decided to send DR.. j.
G.. Keller to Helena 10 Investigate the re
port and the condition of the refugees at
Helena generally.
DR.. Keller left last night for Helena by
the savannah, Florida and Western and
East Tennessee railroads. He will reach
Helena this morning, and will be able to
report the result of his investigation to-
night.
A special to the MORNING News was re-
ceived from Helena late last night saying
there was no yellow fever there nor at
McRae.
Some excitement was created on the
streets yesterday by the report that Rev.
Father Honesty, formerly of savannah
but more recently Of Brunswick, was
down with the yellow fever at the latter
place Investigation proved the report to
be untrue, however. Father Hennessy
has been i'll for some time with bowel
trouble, to which he is subject He tele-
graphed yesterday morning for Father
Mccarthy to take his place, there being
no other priest at Brunswick. A later tele-
gram was received, however, saying that
Father Hennessy was better and that
no one need be sent.
sTBICTER QUARANTINE ENFORCED.
A meeting of the sanitary board was
held yesterday afternoon to consider the
situation. Resolutions were adopted in
structing the mayor to enforce the strict
est possible quarantine against Brunswick
and all infected points, and that the
quarantine be as rigid as il is possible to
make it. The resolutions were as follows:
ONCE Board of Sanitary Commissioners,
Savannah. Ca, Aug. %, lS93.-besolved That
all passengers coming to the city OF Savan-
nah shall prove to the Inspectors on all in
coming trains positively and clearly that he
she or they have not been in the city of
BrunsWlck or had any direct connection
Herewith for the past twenty days
Inspectors shall require certificates of the
dlsintectiOn OF all baggage coming from
Brunswick. said disinfection must have been
done at least ten days prior to the admission
OF said baggage into the city.
JOHN J. MCDoNoUGH, Mayor.
W. F. Drummer, Secretary.
Vim. Deignan and Gus Eberhardt
were arrested yesterday afternoon on
Broughton street by Officer McQuade and
lodged in the barracks on the supposi-
ton of having been in Brunswick lately.
The two young men are well known
around Savannah They deny having
been in Brunswick within the last ten
days.
Supt. Fleming of the s., F. and w.
railway received a telegram yesterday
from State Health Officer Porter of FIori-
da, now at Port Tampa, in which he said
there were no further developments at
Port Tampa.
The citizens and merchants of Port
Royal and Beaufort became excited over
the reports about yellow fever at Bruins
wick and Tampa and wanted to quaran-
tine the Steamer Alpha which arrived
from Savannah at these points on Tues
day. Their unnecessary alarm was APP
peased, however, by the assurance of DR..
Allen Stewart, the quarantine physician
at Port Royal, that there was no necessity
TO quarantine against Savannah He
stated that if the people insisted upon
quarantining the steamer Alpha he
would insist on quarantining every train
coming into the towns of Beaufort and
Port Royal.