The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-03
YELLOW FEVER SPREADING.
THE DISEASE HAS tEIPED THE
ROUNDS SET FOR IT AT BRUNsWIok.


| Cases Reported mt Place. Nearly Fifty
Miles Away From Brun.wick-Thirteen
New Cases in the Town-Tho Heavy Work
or tho Doctors - The Street. Deserted.
SAVANNAH. Oct. 2.-Tho yellow fever is
| spreading. 1t 10 fortunate that 1t is so late
| in the year. otherwise the entire southeastern
section OF Georgia might have to fight the
| epidemic at close quarters 1t Is now at Bruns-
wick, on st. Simon's Island. at Fancy Bluff on
| Colonels Island. and at Jesup. Suspic-
ious cases are reported at Gardi. at Wares
borough. and at Bellvista. The disease seems to
DO confined within territory OF fifty miles ra-
dius At Jesup. where the frat case was official
ly announced yesterday after a post norton.
live suspicious cases were reported this after
noon. Tho little town was greatly excited.
Rigid instructions had been issued by the two
railroads running through the town for neither
passenger or freight trains to stop In the
town or near it.
Jesup ia practically under as close restric
lions as Bruins wick. and orders were issued to-
day from Washington that no one should be
allowed to leave the town except through the
detention camp at Waynesville. The marine
hospital service ordered Surgeon Foget from
Brunswick to Waresborough. Surgeon Desaus-
sure has been ordered to Gardi to examine
suspicious cases there. and DIR. Frank Lincoln
OF Savannah has been sent to Jesup as special
representative Of the department there. With
five or six weeks in which the disease may In
crease. it's sudden appearance In such widely
separated places makes the situation moro
alarming than ever. All towns are redoublinR
their energies to keep out the epidemic. and
wherever it is possible quarantine lines are
being drawn closer.
Health Officer Drummer OF Savannah received
information to-day that removed the mystery
as to the way Warren. who died at Jesur. con-
tracted yellow fever. He had not been in
Brunswick since July. The man contracted
the fever at Gardi. q place six miles from
Jesup. which is full OF Brunswick refugees.
AS q result Of poor inspection. Warren not
only mingled with those people but he wan.
dered everywhere in the neighborhood where
people from brunswick are hiding from the
detention camp Surgeon-General Wyman
says Dr. Drummer should send some compe-
tent officer Of his department to this place
who would compel these refugees to go to the
camp and stop putting the lives Of people with
whom they come in contact in jeopardy. He
has the power" DIR. Wyman says. and think
he should exercise 1t. / have wired him to
this effect"
Col. Gordon ordered to-day twenty guns sent
to the detention camp from the Brunswick
Light Troop. These weapons are to be used
by the guards. and were sent In response to
request made By Gov. Northen. upon whom a
requistion was made. The camp is under
miitary rule.
Thirteen new cases were reported by the
Brunswick Board OF Health to-day. eleven at
Brunswick and two at St Simon's Island The
new cases at Brunswick are child named
Bavan. Mrs. Ward Lang. 7. Hennepn Mary d.
Brock. who are white. and Alice N. Everon.
Emma Read. Annie Reid. Marion Jackson.
Mary Ferguson. F. Green. John Latham color
ed. Those Ill with yellow fever on ST. Simon.s-
Island are Eugene Dart and Orila Dart. white.
T. Hennepin above named. was one OF the late
J. r. Mullins nurses. He was supposed to be
an immune" The house and premises oc-
cupied by the recent yellow fever victim at
Jesup will be thoroughly disinfected and
fumigated by DR.. Samuels. Calls we're made
this morning from Fancy Bluff for United
States Sturgeon Murray to investigate suspi-
cious illness there and in surrounding counties.
No investigation has been made into Bell
vista's sickness yet
The situation at Brunswick naturally be-
comes gloomier with each day. The central
residence part OF the town Is almost without
an inhabitant. with here and there an excep-
ton the stores are closed. and on many streets
one may walk the entire length with no sign
of life except perhaps an occasional cat creep
ing stealthily from place to place In search Of
food. In other parts where the residences are
occupied there is hush. as IL the dreary sur
roundings had crept into the hearts OF the
people and crushed out hope. Except for the
going and coming Of the few brave persons
whose time is devoted to the sick and the suf-
fering. and the daily thronR that forms In
double file next to the commissary store. the
dreary picture would have no background Of
relief.
DIR. Murray has been much criticized for de-
claring his intention OF bringing his family
here. Surgeon General Wyman telegraphed
him tonight and requested information on tho
matter. Surgeon Murray replied:
Il desire to have my three younger children.
ages 7. 8, and b. to be immunes as soon as
possible to save them from annual scare and
worry. My two older daughters. aged 10 and
II. are immunes. but are now In college. I
have perfect confidence in my skill and do not
fear that any one will die II treat them. In
view OF your telegram I have directed them
not to come. not wishing to displease you. and
II you forbid. will stop them. l consider the
chance O lost one"
Surgeon Murray said that owing to his
pressing calls outside OF the city he was not
aware OF the order issued on the 18th by the
Secretary OF the Treasury forbiddinR any one
to enter an infected district. He had then
telegraphed his family to como, and he was
especially anxious for them to arrive so that
II his children caught the fever his entire fam
lily would be immuned.