Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....BIDWELL, Alfred June 15, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00028.html#0006759 January 15, 2010, 8:27 pm Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003; The Atlanta Constitution; 27 June 1893 FEVER ON THE SATILLA—A Ship Captain Dies of Yellow Jack Up in the Interior. Brunswick, Ga., June 26.—(Special.)—A special received in Brunswick today from a lumber dock fifty-six miles from Brunswick on the Satilla river, announced the death of Alfred Bidwell, master of the American barkentine Anita Berwind, from yellow fever. The health officer, John A. Dunwoody, tonight gave the press the following official statement: The Berwind entered quarantine from Havana on June 15th. All were well on board and reported no illness on the passage. She was fumigated, entered and then went up the Satilla river fifty- six miles. The master of the Berwind was taken sick and was carried eight miles on shore in the country where he died. The vessel was loaded and ready to sail and was ordered, and has left for the national quarantine at Sapelo. All the crew and the vessel were thoroughly fumigated before leaving and those in the country who came in contact with Biddle [sic] have been isolated. No more danger is apprehended, every precaution having been taken and the distance from any house being a number of miles. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/b/bidwell9760gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb