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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1858

Page

3

Mob Attacks New York Quarantine on Staten Island

An organized mob of about a thousand men attacked the Staten Island Quarantine complex at night. They burned hospital buildings for yellow fever and smallpox patients, destroyed walls, and forcibly removed the sick as harbor police and doctors fought to defend the premises. One harbor employee was wounded, and efforts to quell the mob failed as fires raged through the facilities.

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Yellow fever panic dampened by cable fuss in 1858

Philadelphia Ledger reports rising panic over yellow fever in New York and Washington street cases linked to the ship Rattler from New Orleans. One patient died and another is hopelessly ill. Brooklyn and a returning steamship add to fears as Health Commissioners seek to quiet contagion rumors amid quarantine debates.

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Tragic Playground Accident Claims Boy and Girl

On William Street four children played near a fence when a pair of steps collapsed trapping a boy and a girl. A nearby worker freed the girl. the boy lay missing until morning, found dead with a crushed head and a broken leg beneath the steps.

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