The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-04
FLEEING FROM VIEW onL,ys
Tanic Stricken People Seeking Sarcfy
in the Up Country.

Tanic Stricken People seeking Safety
In the Up Country.
Every train going north over b
Southern railway is crowded with pas
sengers who are fleeing from the strick-
en- city-New Orleans.
Last night wien No. 50 arrived IN
Charlotte, a distinguished gentleman
was seen to leave the train and hurry
out in the open.
He seemed to be all excitement an.l
asked every passerby if they had seen
a messenger boy with a message for
him.
Great beads of p~erspiration stood on.
ON his forehead and the man showed
| the strain that ne was evidently labor
ing under.
A News man walked up to him and
asked il he could be of any service to
him. With the rue gratitude that is
Unborn in a southern gentleman, he
said:
Yes, | have been expecting a .eie-
| gram here and / am afraid the messen-
ger will not arrive in time. That dis
| patch means much for me. In fac:
| you cannot imagine how much depends
on my receiving that message"
Just at that time a messenger rcuGsi-
| ed the new depot and came in a Lead
run to where the gentleman was stand
ing.
&c. Z. Brand, Is G. z. Brand on this
traIn?'
The name had hardly left the tongue
OF the little messenger when the gen
l tleman who was talking to the re-
porters said:
Here am l. Come this way"
The envelope was hastily torn opeI
and the contents of the message were
eagerly scanned. The gentleman folded
the telegram and pushed it deep, down
in his pocket.
Returning to the train the reporter
commenced questioning Mr.. Brand as
to the conditions that exist in New
Orleans.
obi" said he, they are rotten, peo-
pie are fleeing from h city a. fast
as they can secure transportation. The
train | left New Orleans On had "a
coaches and every one was crowded to
its fullest capacity. o people on The
outside cannot imagine for an instant
the terrible excitement that exists in
New Orleans. 1t is surely a stricken
city and the worst is yet to come"
The reporter questioned Mr.. Brand
closely as to the reports sent out en-
corning the number of cases of the
disease. He was frank to admit that
the half had not been told. Continuing
he said:
81 am not speaking e~xtravagan,ly
when tell you | believe there are at
the present time not less than 500 cases
of yellow fever In the city of New Or
leans. Dur people are doing all in their
power to rid the CITY Of the terror. But
how helpless is human aid in the pres
ence of such a plague.
"While the conditions to my mind
are alarming in the extreme, l must
| admit that the h.roic stand he physl-
clans and experts have taken, has gone
a long way in subduing excitem7at!
But, in the face of this, all who can af-
| ford tt leave New Orleans, will leave
as quickly as possible.
"Aboard the train there are So mer-
| chants, some of the largest dealers in
| New Orleans. These gentlemen, luxe
| myself, have absolutely locked their
| doors, thrown business to the winds
and are now going far away, in order to
1 rio C0o1r mlHUS OI IuS CAClCCuiCAC oAu
| strain that they bave been under for
! the past three or four weeks.
"The first case OF fever was located
| in New Orleans the 18th of July. 1t was
| near the old French market and ,he
| victim died in "a hours after she was
| stricken. 1t was an Italian woman and
| in the same room in which she died,
| five others have since died. This is
merely an instance. l guess if the truth
| were known other such cases, if Lot
worse could be told Of"
Mr.. Brand and mis- fellow merchants
| were bound for New York city. They
| will remain away from New Orleans
until the fever situation vastly i'm
| proves.
This morning there were 95 passen'
| gers from New Orleans on No. &c. The
| greater portion of these went up the
Spartanburg and Asheville to Hender-
| sonville and other mountain resorts.
1t is claimed that every train u OF
New Orleans is crowded and that the
ticket Offices Of all the railroads IN
| the city are crowded from morning to
| night with people who are clamoTing
for tickets put Of the city.-Charlotte
News