The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-04-16
DR.. Magruder Typhus Victim in Serbia

DR.. Ernest P. Magruder, son of
Caleb c. Magruder. Clerk of the Court
of Appeals of Maryland, and a native
| of this town, who voluteered his SER
| vices as Red Cross surgeon at the
outbreak of the European war. has
fallen victim of the scourge of ty-
plus which is ravaging Serbia. A
telegram was received Friday an
nouncing the death of DR.. Magruder
in a hospital at Belgrade.
DR.. Magruder. who had been practic-
ing medicine in Washington for the
last three or four years. was detailed
to Serbia by the Red Cross when he
volunteered He reached that country
under difficulties and had labored hard
to stop the epidemic of typhus. He
was stationed with Red Cross unit at
Gevgeli He was seized with the dis
ease there and removed to Belgrade.
where he died April 8. The announce
ment of his death was received from
DR.. r. M. Kirby Smith, in charge of
the Red Cross unit at Belgrade.
DR.. Magruder was 40 years old He
was regarded as splendid surgeon and
for years was superintendent of Emer-
gency Hospital, Washington. At the
time he left for Europe he was profess
sor of clinic surgery at Georgetown
University Medical School. He has
two brothers living here, M. Hampton
Magruder, and c. C. Magruder Jr.
AS soon as the Red Cross headpuart-
ers received the news of DR.. Magrud-
er's death it was telephoned to Judge
Henry Stockbrldge. head of the Red
Cross in Maryland, who was asked to
break the news to his family in Mary
land.
There is tinge of romance to DR..
Magruder's marriage. About five
years ago he left Washington for a
tour of Europe. While in Scotland he
decided to locate the clan of Magruder,
from which the Maryland Magruder's
sprung. He found that the head of the
Magruder clan in Scotland was Sir
Malcolm McGregor,. an admiral in the
British Navy. DIR. Magruder also met |
Sir Malcolm's daughter on this visit. |
A friendship developed between the |
Marylander and Sir Malcom's daughter |
which eliminated in their marriage.
DR.. Magruder's wife and one child |
are at her parents home at Edinship,
Scotland. where they went at the time
DR.. Magruder left for Serbia.
DR.. Magruder's death is the second
among the American surgeons who
have been struck by typhus in Serbia.
DR.. James F. Donnelly. of Brookly, N.
Y, died in March from the same dis
ease. The dreaded plague has played
havoc with the American Red Cross
workers in Serbia. When the war
broke out six surgeons and IL nurses
we're detailed to that stricken country.
Of these five surgeons and nine nurses
nave contracted typhus from the pa
tents they nursed. The tree surgeons |
and nine nurses are convalescing and,
according to last reports from Serbia,
hey will recover.
Miss Rebecca Watson, of Baltimore.
If the American Red Cross, who was
n Paris at the time the typhus scour-
age broke out in Serbia, went to that
country to help nurse the Americans.
Mr.. Caleb C. Magruder received a
:ablegram IN Annapolis Friday morning
informing him of the death of his son.
Mr.. Magruder was greatly shocked by
~ the news. Immediately after re-
sewing the cable message Mr.. Magrud-
er left for his home in this county to
INFORM other members of his family.
Under the strict quarantine restrictions
DR.. Magruder's body cannot be moved
from Serbia for year.