The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-09-14
PENSACOLA is MENACED.
New Fever Cases Increase and Cause
Alarm-The Situation at Other
Infected Points.


Fridays yellow fever record in
Pensacola, Fla, showed a big IN
crease Of new cases over any pcevi-
Gus day since the outbreak.
Reports of physicians up to o
o'clock p. M. gave eleven ne" cases
and one death. All Of the new cases
are traceable to the original foci or
infected district, but are scattered
about the city.
The situation is now regarded as
serious, as number of doubtful cases
haye also Leen discovered. The one
death was that of G. p. Winters OF
Harrison, Ohio, who was formerly
soldier at Fort BarraHcas, but who
secured his discharge a week SINCE
and came TO the city.
Vicksburg Fumisates.
There were no new cases OF yellow
fever nor deaths in Vicksburg, MISS
Friday. From 10 a. m. until a laie
hour in the afternoon almost every
business house in the city was closed,
the day having been set apart Tor
general fumigation. This work was
through, nearly 100000 pounds OF
sulphur having been burned.
New Infection at Natchez.
Two new fever cases in Natchez
show that secondary infection has
arpeared. The patients are white
boys living in the same neighborhood
as the original infection, though three
blocks apart. One Of the boys was
taken sick and instead OF gcing home
went to the emergency hospital. This
makes three cases under treatment.
Fever Situation in Mississippi.
The Mississippi yellow fever sum-
mary up to Friday night was as fol-
lows: Gulfport, five new cases, no
deaths: Mississippi City, no new
CASES, no death; Natchez, three new
cases, and two new sub-foci, making
! total of seventeen cases and five
foci to date. Vicksburg, Pearlington
and Handsboro report no new cases.
Alabama Bars Florida.
State Health Officer w. H. San
ders of Alabama authorizes the an
nouncement that he has put on an
Alabama quarantine against the en-
tire state Of Florida, which goes into
effect at once.
The state health officers action is
taken, ne says, because of the largely
increased number of new cases down
IN the report from Pensacola.
Refused Permission to Land.
A Tallahassee dispatch says: The
steamer Tarron, plying between Pen
saco!a, Apalachicola and Carrabelle.
Fla, has been refused permission 10
land at the two last named places.
Moved by a telegram from State
Health Officer Porter, apprisirg him
o. the fact, Governor Browerd wired
tho authorities of the two towns that
the Tarpon had not been in Pensar
cola harbo- since August 29, referred
them to the law forbidding the quar-
antining Of rhe town within the state
against another without permission Of
the state board of health, and asked
them to act with the state health
authorities.
Increase at New Orleans.
There were forty-four new cases
and four deaths in New Orleans Fri
day. There is no accounting for the
Jump in the record, except possi-
bly, the fact that physicians have
lately been reporting more positive
cases and less suspicious cases. The
only new roint of infection in the
country reported during the day was
by DR.. Brady, who discovered a nest
Of twelve cases ON Woodlswn plan
tation, 20 miles below New Orleans,
and another case two miles below.
Other couorry reports were:
Jefferson Parish - kenner, hVe
cases; Hanson City, two cases; Bayou
Nicholas, Barataria county, one case.
St. Mary Parish-Patterson, eleven
new cases, cne death; Bayou Boeuf,
four cases; Riverside Plantation has
had $50 cases to date and seven
deaths. Tallulah, seven cases; Lake
Providence, seven cases.
St. Charles Parish-St. Rose, two
deaths; Patterson plantation, one
case.
Mississippi - Gulfport, five new
cases; Natchez, three new cases; An
guilla, near Rolling Fork, one new
case.