The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02
JESUP UNDER QUARANTINE.
The Health Boards Investigation Of
the Fever There.

No Cavannah Trains Allowed to stor
but viii Pass with Closed Doors
and Windows Guards Stationed e
See That the Order Is Enforeed-T he
Information That Led to the Dis
oovery Of the Fever.
Savannah has quarantined aga inst
JesuU No trains on the Savannah, Flor
ida aud Western railway for Savannah
will stop at Jesup hereafter until the
quarantine is raised.
The ARRANGEMENT was agreed to by
Superintendent Fleming of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway yesterday.
This shuts Of all communication be-
tween Jesup and Savannah for the time
being, The mails, too, VIII be shut out
unless some arrangements are made for
disinfection. There are said to be large
quantities of cotton at Jesup awaiting
shipment to Savannah, This is shut out
now for a month at least
1t will probably be ordered to Bruins
wick where some business is still being
done in spite of the fever, and it can be
shipped from that point to European
ports
Ut. bFunuGI IGttlNGu lllOIlIlUl ION t0stL-
urday night of a reported death from vel
low fever at Jesup. He at once conferred
with Mayor McDOnough and put himself
in communication with Surgeon General
Wyman and the surgeons at Brunswick
and the detention camp.
MAYOR sTEELE's ANSWER.
Mayor McDonough telegraphed Mayor
Steele of Jesup for full and exact infOrma-
ton Mayor Steele replied that the death
reported to have occurred from yellow
fever resulted from malarial fever and
was so declared by the attending physi-
clans He asked the authority Of the in
formation received by the Savannah au-
thorities and requested if they were not
satisfied that they send a yellow fever ex-
pert to Jesup to investigate.
The information received by DR.. Brun-
ner was so direct that he did not propose
TO let the matter drop without an official
investigation. Several kilograms passed
between him and Surgeon Carter at the
surgeon generals Office, Surgeon Murray
at Brunswic and Surgeon Geddings at
the detention camp. Surgeon Carter
promised that he would order the
case investigated, and 5t
O'Clock yesterday morning a telegram
was received from him saying that he
had ordered Surgeon Murray from
Brunswick to investigate Immediately
The result Of Surgeon Murray's inves-
tigation was shown by the following tele-
gram received at o'clock yesterday
morning
Jesup, Ca, Oct. l. 1s93-Dr. Drummer. Sa-
vannah, Ca: Death was from yellow fever;
proved by all tests and agreed on by all doc
tors MURRAY, Surgeon.
THE QUARANTINE ORDERED.
That settled it, and quarantine was at
once ordered against Jesup. The only way
in which to enforce a satisfactory quaran-
tine against that point without prohibit
ing all trains on the Savannah Florida
and Western railway passing that point
from entering the city, was to prohibit
the trains from stopping at Jesup at all
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway officials announced themselves
agreeable to this arrangement. All
trains, both freight and passenger, on
that road will now pass Jesup at full
speed with all doors and windows closed
Policeman Floyd and ex-Policemau
Neve were sent to Jesup yesterday with
orders TO see that no persons board the
trains bound for Savannah at that point.
Mr.. c. r. Warren, whose death oc-
CURED from yellow fever at Jesup, was
deputy sheriff of Wayne county He had
not been in Brunswick since July,
and had not spent ten days at the deten-
ton camp as reported. The only manner
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disease, according to reports, was from
infected passengers or baggage allowed to
stop at Jesup
NO FEVER IN CAMP.
DR.. Drummer said yesterday that the
reported case of yellow fever at the de- |
tention camp had proved to be only a
case of malaria and that of a mild form.
A telegram was received |
from Surgeon Geddings yesterday |
to this effect, and saying that the patient !
had already recovered
kilograms to the MORNING NEWS this |
morning report cases of yellow fever at |
St. SimoI's and Jekyl islands, both su- |
burban resorts of Brunswick, which !
have been freely res0rted to during |
the epidemic. The sanitary authorities |
will probably take steps to-day to pre-
vent any communication by water with |
those places
In case Of any further spread of yellow |
fever in the towns along the Savannah. |
Florida and Western railway it may be |
taken for granted that an embargo will be !
placed upon traffic by that line, and all |
trains prevented from entering the city. |
The officials of the Savannah, Florida and /
western railway have given the au- |
thortles every assistance in their power |
IN preventing the introduction of the |
disease into Savannah, and the necessity |
OF such action would be greatly regretted. |