The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06

sKAGwAY. March $50 many reports
have been going tho rounds recently
about the terrible mortality at Skagway
that even the people here have become
greatly alarmed. The bitter cold weather
Of the paat three weeks. the poor accom-
modations. iiy-eooked food. and oyerex-
srtion, have all contributed to make sick
ness prevalent. and these causes are re-
sponssble. too, for the majority of the
deaths which have occurred. But the
people Of skagway are sensational, and
they arc themselves responsible for the
Wild reports which have gone cut regard
ting tbs death rate here.
At Juneau. four days since your cor
respondent heard that the people here
were dying at the rate OF fifteen day.
When the wharf was reached az Skag-
way. inquiries were made as TO the truth
OF this report. Everyone appealed 10 was
unable to give the exact statistics re-
Quired, but all were sure that the death
rate was something awful. One man de-
ciared that he had himself seen as high
rs eight people die In skagway In one
Day and that that figure was nearly the
average for every day for the past month.
Coming from business man Of Skagway.
this statement was considered anthem
tic. but II was not. as a thorough canvass
Of the undertakers. preachers and doctors
proved.
Total Only Fourteen.
IL IL true that the deaths for the past
month have been large compared 30 the
preceding months. but the total has been
only fourteen. while for The past six
months the number has been bur twenty.
Five OF the deaths have been violent
ones From January 81 to February s
the deaths have been as follows:
Andy Msgrath. murdered.
J. NJ. Rowan. murdered.
William Grant. of Tacoma. spinal men,
nights.
Thomas Williams. OF Portland.
May Mcintyre.
--e--- Frlediander.
William Gillette.
Eugene Monnette.
Guy Campbell. of Ia Conner
William Maloy, OF Ia Conner.
Guy Campbell of Tacoma.
William osfrandtF.
Charles Bake. Of Everett.
J. n. Clark.
Switzerland.
Previous 10 The above date IN January.
cunning hack to September !. iS9s. the
seccrd Is one hos drowned and two shot
The latter were Mrs. kossuth murdered
b. James Buchanan. who in turn commit
ted suicide.
There IL fourlshlng hospital in Skag-
way. maintained by charitable people ard
run mostly by kind-hestre.l and philan-
thropic people Ar present there are nine
ratienks In tho hospital. only two af
whom are suffering from the prevailing
epidemic or sTsntl meningitis one OF
these Is young man who ffst all he had
on the Inflated Corona. AIRS. pohi.
trained nurse. II acting as rnatrsn and
Mrs. simmons volunteered her services 10
assist in caring Tor the patients \ public
entertainment wss held last week for the
benefit nf che hospital ard Il aetted over
t.no 20 the fund. A warm lew house has
been purchased from " NJ. BROCK ard
the private subscriptions now amount 10
over sza
Taose IN the Hospital.
The PATIENTS names ars:
Oscar Nielsen. % Ballard. frozer feet.
J. ]. Jeues. 81 Gle EluEn had cough
] j iafhin. % Medford. ore. In Rrippc
Peter NJ Ssleane Of ---~-- pneumonia
Fred Hamnn. ef New York. pneumonia
Il, {. Howe. ct sam Francisco. spinal
meningitis
Stuart coeufp. Of Vancouver. L. {. In
ffuenRa.
JOHN Delahaaty. OF Victoria. spinal
meningitis.
: = Russell. o; Vancouver. u. - hyon-
ch.tss.
The hespltsl Is managed by a COMMITTEES
consisting et Rev. 4 NJ p.ckey. } r
Hohns aud waiter thurCh Thsv fuIrnd
% issue tickets 81 admission ta tbe hos
rtal running three mouths az ~ e4ra-
These false reporgs AS n the great pur3-
her cf deaths have 8nauuafpdlv knEst
maay from iansitag SroFu tie steamers
when they reached hefc. SaFne of cheese
people have rose back on Ire ssags hssats
which brrsghf them. others have some
over 20 nyvs. fven ticaad enes fn tais
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have tefl fer other ntsces
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