The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-11-04
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/ ION the other hand. there was IN
aged woman. all Of rs years. ! quietly
left her crackers and water for several
days, and she had no nursing, for
nurses at SO or more q day, blacks
or whites. were a luxury, but she re-
covered. I noted particularly that the
very aged and the children were most
likely to be immune while the scourge
swept away in Its path those; Of mid
die age. the healthy and robust-ths
active bread-winners.
"One of the saddest incidents among
the clergy was the double death and
also double funeral of Father Martin
Walsh and his cousin, Father Michael
Meagher. who was visiting hiEa from
Nashville. They were stricken down
in adjoining rooms Of the rectory and
died within twelve hours of each 9TH
er. 1t was a solemn double funeral,
and the only mourners were the sex
ton, the undertaken and the house
keeper, Bridget Cavanaugh. She was 4
an immune, and in after years was
housekeeper for the late Archbishop
Feehan, Of Chicago, and is today. )
believe, living with her family in that
city. 1t was not an unusual sight to-
see collins piled as high as the sec.
ond story outside Of the infirmaryr
and there was no thought Of a hearse.
No. as quick as death was reported
the body was wrapped in sheet, put
in a plain box, nailed and carried out
to an express wagon. which did not
start right away. Oh no. it was gem
orally held for few hours to
get load-that meant several. more
bodies-and then no time was lost In
burial, sometimes as many as 100 in II
the same pit. There were at least
two and sometimes three burialss and /
no public funerals, and have seem
as many as 800 buried in day.. It ]
was said that many corpses were un-g
tremendously dumped into the Mis-
sissippi river, but that cannot say
However, it was exceedingly sad. tor
see relatives returning after the epi-
demic and not being able to find the
least trace Of. father, mother, husband,
wife, brother or sister,"
Medical skill awaited nothing with
yellow Jack" and the unfortunates I'M
their delirium and on the very eve o.
their death, SO Fir. Quinn asserts, were
wont to sing hymns and speak lam
guages never known to them in good,
health and rational daily life. The penn
of the most prolific write.. the palette
and brush Of the most realistic painter;
fail to effectively reproduce the path
etic and heart-rending scenes he witt.
messed on every side. h
Il will never forget a certain even-i
ing, and it was one Of my last callss3
Of hundred or more that day. IT.
was at the humble but costly fur
nished cottage Of devoted couple
who had been married less than a.
year. He was an athletic specimen Of
manhood and she handsome young
woman, both stricken down and oc-@
cupying the same room that had heeh
their bridal chamber. At their earnest
and joint request administered the /,
last sad rites to both and left them.
The next morning when called there
death, a smile seemed to wreathe their
countenances-they had died in each
others arms.
Probably there never was better
or Drawer man or physician than Dr.
Blackburn, who came down from
Louisville, KY, as volunteer and
did noble, self-sacrihcing work for his
fellow beings. recollect the Sullivan
family particularly, for not only did
the mother and father die, but also
nine children, leaving but one out
of family of twelve children, and
that was Mollie, years old. Df.F
Blackburn, who was afterwards Cow
ernor Of Kentucky, adopted her as his
daughter, had her educated in the
SoANCaAl u l4S S1Sl0rS OIL GNdZaEeCuk
and she is among the society matrons
I'm one of the leading Western cities
today" g.. :$
Not only did twenty-one priests die.
but also forty Dominican Sisters, the
mother superior and two Franciscan
Sisters and the mother superior Of the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Like
Father Quinn himself, six Sisters 81 I
St. Joseph-aH earnest volunteers
escaped safely as immunes and were
sent back safely to the mother house
I'm st. Louis.
After leaving Memphis Father Quinn
| was assigned to Nashville, and was
rector Of the Cathedral in that city. Id
1883, when he was obliged to seek
change Of climate and pastorate, COM
/ ing North for his health. He has since.
done active duty in Fall River, In the
Assumption parish at Elmwood. Proyi-si
dence; at Bay View Academy, Easta
Providence; at st. Maria's Home for
Working Girls, Providence, for seven
years. and at st. Joseph's Hospital fnrs;
eight years as an invalid. until he rs.s@
Gently went to Pawtucket, as the guest:
Of his osd-ttme friend. Rev. II. casrriis.,