Glynn County GaArchives News.....THE CITIZENS ARE MAD, BRUNSWICK INDIGNANT OVER THE FALSE REPORT OF A YELLOW FEVER CASE. August 8, 1889
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The Georgia Enterprise August 8, 1889
     The Advertiser and Times of Brunswick, Ga., both appeared Thursday 
containing strongly worded editorials condemning Savannah’s action in regard to 
quarantining Brunswick on account of the fever rumors. Further investigation 
proved that false rumors were started by a wild drummer who left here some days 
ago, and without any regard to truth circulated the report that a man name 
Nightingale had died of Yellow Fever. A dispatch from Washington states that 
owing to the prevalence of rumors of suspicious cases of fever at Brunswick, 
Ga., the marine hospital bureau ordered Sanitary Inspector Posey to proceed to 
that place and make an investigation. The following telegram from Dr. Posey, 
dated at Brunswick, Ga., was received at the marine hospital bureau Thursday: 
The cause of death of B. Nightingale, which occurred July 24th, was hemorrhagic 
malarial fever, confirmed by an autopsy held by Drs. Dunwoody, Burford and 
Hazlehurst. No cases of fever here of a suspicious character.


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