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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Friday Morning
October 13, 1876

The Yellow Fever
Special to the Constitution

Savannah, October 12

Among the deaths to-day was that of
J. R. Ellis, a young man highly respected and
much thought of.  He was in the employ of
Muer & Duckworth.

James H. Garrard[?], signal observer, died to-
day.  He has only been here several months,
but appeared to be a polished gentleman, and
had formed quite a circle of friends.  He was a
major in the United States volunteer army during
the war.

Capt. J. F. Wheaton is quite sick to-night, also
C. W. Thompson of the firm of Thompson &
Walton.

W. F. White, a reporter for the Morning News,
is down with the fever.

In the mortuary report to-day, is given one
death from smallpox.

H. Z. Davis, one of the most energetic workers
of the benevolent association, is down with the
fever.  The ____ ____ ____ every other day
now, ____ no report can be given of the number
of new cases to-day.

Total interments to-day 16 of which 7 were
from yellow fever.

The weather is still disagreeable and bad for
the sick.

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Savannah
Savannah News, October 10

The progress of the yellow fever, as
indicated by the mortuary report for
for the twenty-four hours ending at six
o’clock p.m., yesterday, shows a slight
decrease from the day previous, the total
interments from all causes of death
being nineteen, of which thirteen were
declared yellow fever cases.

The weather has moderated considerably.

The following are the figures which
indicate the mortality for the week
ending six o’clock yesterday afternoon:

Date              Yellow fever       Other     Total
October 4              17              7         24
October 5              18              9         27
October 6              19             10         29
October 7              13              9         22
October 8               8              3         11
October 9              15              7         22
October 10             12              6         18
                      102             51        153

In answer to numerous inquiries we
would state that Col. W. T. Thompson is
still confined to his room, but is slowly
recovering from his illness.

Mr. Frank Dowd, aged 65 years, died
yesterday.  He was well known by all
classes of the community.  He served
in the Mexican war as a member of the
Irish Jasper Greens.

Sister Mary Blandina died yesterday,
at the convent in this city of yellow
fever.  The deceased was a native of
Augusta, Ga. was eighteen years of age,
and had entered on the second year of
novitiate.  Her name in the world was
Miss Kate Lysaught.  "Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord."

George D. Thompson, a printer, lately
employed in the composing room of
the Morning News, died in this city
yesterday morning of yellow fever.
The deceased came to this city about
three months ago in search of employ-
ment.  He was a native of the state of
New York, where he has relatives living,
and was twenty-six years of age.
New York papers will please mention
his death that his family may know of
his and fate.  His remains were interred
in the printers’ lot in Laurel Grove
cemetery.

Messrs. Hudson & Sullivan received
a letter yesterday from S. M. Scoggin, Esq.,
a dealer in fish in Baltimore, notifying
them that on Friday last, a sale of fresh
fish was made in that city by which $200
were realized for the yellow fever
sufferers in this city, and that the
money was turned over to the mayor of
Baltimore to be forwarded to this point.


The only person left to transact business
in the custom house is John H. Deveaux,
the colored clerk.  The collector
is sick and out of the city.  The deputy
collector, Mr. John Reilly and Mr. Johnson,
a clerk, are sick in the city.  The rest of
the force, with the exception of Theo. Busch, who
now superintends the surveyor's department are
absent.

INTERMENTS FOR OCTOBER 10.

White-Harriet D. Aiken, aged 64[?] years, yellow fever.  
J. J. Ward, aged 41 years, yellow fever.
Infant Ray, aged 1 month, inen____[?]
George D. Thompson, aged 50 years, yellow fever.
Ida B. Stokes, aged 5 years, yellow fever

Colored-Rebecca ????, aged 55 years, yellow fever.
???? Botten???, aged 8 days, lock jaw
Alfred Murrell, aged 72 years, yellow fever.



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