The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-25

his first assistant Surgeons Hutton and
Magruder will both be at the quarantine
station tomorrow, where they will re-
main until the yellow fever excitement is
over and the government orders the
camps removed.
SITE OF THE CAMP.
The government has chosen a desirable
site for the camps two miles below
Waynesville, within 100 yards of the main
line of the Brunswick and Western rail
road. 1t is to be situated on a rolling
piece of ground surrounded by pines
There IS good water there, Surgeon
Magruder is having a well sunk
near the center of the grounds
He is also having a large dining room,
Kitchen commissary and calaboose
erected. There will be two hundred
tents l2Xl4 feet, each tent containing two
single beds The camps will accommO-
date 400 people. The government is hav-
ing switch built from the main line of
the Brunswick and Western railroad to
the camps. The camps will be enclosed
by Gordon and will contain several acres
of ground. The government has char
tered train to make daily runs between
the quarantine camps and Brunswick
The government will require detention
OF 1--WE days instead of ten. Surgeon
Magruder says that in case the yellow
fever should become epidemic in Bruins
Wick, the government will have houses
built In the quarantine station Con-
gress at the last session appropriated
$1,000, 600 for the purpose of quarantining
against yellow fever. A telegraph office
has been fitted up at the quarantine sta
tion. WaynesVille will Sbe the termi-
nal point of the Brunswick and
Western railroad for the present. Trains
will be run between Waycross and Bruins
wick as heretofore Everything will be
done that can be done to make the quar-
antine station perfect in all its appoint
ments. 1t the fever becomes epidemic in
Brunswick Surgeon Magruder says the
government will furnish more surgeons.
1t is thought that the tents will arrive
tomorrow at this place, and they will be
forwarded at once to the quarantine
station.
MAILS TO BE FUMuGATgD.
AS soon as the tents arrive at the sta
tion Surgeons Hutton and Magruder will
have the mails fumigated. Surgeon Ma
gruder does not believe that it IS neces-
sary to have the mails fumigated, as lhe
has never heard of case on record where
the yellow fever was known to spread
through the mails. He says that as an
extra precaution the government will re-
quire that all mails, express and freight
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ten to twenty days before allowing them
to be removed from the camps. He says
that Surgeon Hutton stated to him that
some of the people in Brunswick would
leave if they could get transportation
provided that they had the means. The
majority of the people in Brunswick
now, are those who have business inter-
ests there and have become acclimated.
He said that the poorer class of people
are in great distress. 1t appears to be
the opinion of Surgeon Hutton that the
yellow fever will not become epidemic in
Brunswick He said that the people of
Waycross have no need for alarm, as the
yellow fever will not have possibility of
a chance of spreading to this city.
The strict quarantine regulations now
in effect in this city, and
the government quarantine near Waynes-
vile, viii be a safe guard against the APP
proach of the dread disease in this city
The Waycross Herald is soliciting a re-
lief fund for the poor of Brunswick and
several hundred dollars have been Sc
cured. The people here sympathize with
the people of Brunswick and will no
doubt contribute literally to their needs.
The government special train will not
run to Waynesville, but will stop at the
quarantine station two miles below there.
SOME FACTS ABOUT DIR. MAGRUDER.
Surgeon Magruder Is a young man of
about IS years. He is robust and has an
exceptionally fine physique. He is hand
some and has prepossessing manners.
He has had considerable experience with
yellow fever. He was in the eJacksonnille
epidemic in 1888 and was assistant
surgeon in charge of the Quarantine
station three miles below this city on the
Waycross Short Line. He says that he
has never been at Brunswick. His opin-
ion is that the fever will become epidemic
at Brunswick. He commented very fav-
orably upon the excellent quarantine reg
ulations of this city.
NOT ALARMED AT HELENA.
Helena, Ga, Aug. 24.-As everybody
seems to be excited about the yellow fe-
yer, the following facts, which can be
proved by many reliable parties, may be
of interest. In 1873 Charles Hughes con-
tracted yellow fever in Brunswick, Ga,
and came home to Scotland Ca, where
he was sick and visited by his friends
and neighbors indiscriminately until he
finally died; and the disease died with
him although there were no eXtraordi-
nary precautions taken. For this reason
people here in the 'piney-woods" fail to
understand the terror of people who live
where sanitary conditions are not so
good.