The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-10

was carried out last night and the par
ish have not appointed anybody to
bury it, but only set watch there all
day and night, that nobody should go
thither or come thence; this disease
making us more cruc, to one another
than we are to dogs.
august 81. Up, and after putting
several things in order to my removal
TO Woolwich, the plague having a great
increase this week, beyond all expec-
tation, of almost 1000, making the
general bill 1000 odd 100; and the
plague above 6,000. Thus this month
ends with great sadness upon the pub
lie, through the greatness of the
plague everywhere through the king
dom almost. Every day sadder and
sadder news Of its increase. In the
city died this week 1896, and of them
6.102 of the plague. But 1t Is feared
that the true number of the dead this
week is near 10000; partly from the
poor that cannot be taken notice of
through the greatness of the number,
and partly from the Quakers and 9TH
ers. that will not have any bell ring
for them.
October 16. l walked to the Tow
err; but, Lord. how empty the streets
are and melancholy, so many poor sick
people in the streets, full of sores;
and so many sad stories overheard as
I walk, everybody talking Of this dead
nd hof ialy L.,
this place and so many in that And
they tell me that in Westminster
there is never physician. and but
one apothecary left, all being dead;
but that there are great hopes of
great decrease this week. God send It
October %. In the streets did over
take and almost run upon two women
crying and carrying mans coffin be-
tween them; suppose the husband of
one Of them, which, methinks. is sad
thing" =
The epidemic, although diminishing,
continued to claim its victims for more
than a year thereafter. 1t scarcely
had been stayed when on September 2,
1866, the Great Fire broke out. This
disaster proved in some measure a
disguised blessing, for in the flames
the lingering seeds of the disease were
destroyed, and London never thereafter
was devastated Of its people by so
grievous an affliction.
Flames Scorch the Thames.
Regarding the fire Pepys entered in
his diary graphic first-hand descrip-
ton. This is what he wrote:
September 2. 1866, Lords Day.
Some Of our maids sitting up late
last night to get things ready against
our feast today, Jane called us up
about three in the morning to tell us
a great fire they saw in the city. So
rose and slipped on my night-gowne
and went to her window, and thought
1t to be on the back side of Market
Lane at the farthest; but being unused
to such fires as followed. | thought
1t far enough off. and SO went to bed
again and to sleep. About seven rose
again to dress myself, and there
looked out at the window and saw
the fire not so much as 1t was and
further off. By and by Jane comes
and tells me that she hears that above
300 houses have been burned down by
the fire we saw and that it Is now
burning down all Fish street, by Lon.
don bridge. So made myself ready
presently and walked to the Tower
and there got up upon one of the high
places, Sir j. Robinson's little son GO
ing up with me; and there | did see
the houses at that end of the bridge
all on fire, and an infinite great fire
on this and the other side the end of
the bridge.
So / down to the water side, and
there got boat and through bridge,
and there was lamentable fire. /.
Everybody endeavoring to remove
their goods, and flinging into the river
or bringing them into lighters that lay
off; poor people staying in their
houses as long as till the very fire
touched them, and then running into
boats or clambering from one pair Of
stairs by the water side to another.
And among other things, the poor
pigeons, perceive, were 10th to leave
their houses, but lowered about the
windows and balconys till they were