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Advance Guard of the Plague--Three Horrible Invaders—Cholera, Sinai] Pox, and ‘Typhoid Rever in one Emigrant Vessel ! The S. 8. England, Capt. Grace, 12 days from Liverpool bound to New York, with 1202 passengers and 100 crew, put into this pore yesterday for medical resistance. ‘She cap tain reports that on Tuesday last a case of cholera appeared, and since that the there have been 149 cases of sickness on board, out of which number 49 died, and 3 are now on the sick fist. We are also informed that five deaths have occurred since ther ‘arrival here. Three separate forms of disease are reported to have broken out among the unfortunate passengers, viz. Cholera, Smallpox, and Typhoid Fever, and from the large number who have fallen victims, these must have ap peared in their most virulent form. In being reported thhat medical aid was needed, Dr. Garvie of this city offered his services to go in the ship to New York, and render any as sistance required. Luis ofer was accepted by the authorities, but the captain stated that he was unable to proceed, on account of the sickness of his engineers. This looks like an excuse, as the engineers who brought her in were probably able to take her out again. We are informed that under here circumstances peraiseion has been granted by the authori ties to transfer to the receiving ship Syra* mua, as many of the passengers who have not yet become infected, as she will accomodate, and to land the remainder in Meagher's 2e30h, where tents will be provided to shutter then The ick ace il remain on board until they become Gavaiscent. Most of the passengers are Gertan and Trish emigrants, and it is support (as che era was brought on board by tre ferme, Ly may seem ard to send a ship net with so many passengers in such v0n ‘non; but it may also be a question, ‘which would be the more humann course, to order ‘nee proceed on her voyage or that she would be allowed to remain and locd her passengers here, where there is no proper ‘hospital accomodation, and when the qua rantine station is in each close proximity to the city, bnt the danger to which the in habitante of the whole Province are exposed, is frightful to contemplate. Notwithstand ing (the large amount of issuing which has been done in the City Council, and the numer ous warnings that have been give through the press and in other ways, not a step has yet been taken to improve the sanitary con dition of the city, and if Halifax should now be visited with chalers, We fear that it would be found exceedingly dificult to control its ravages. The England will probably not be the only Visitor of his reecuption that we still have this season. Every plague-stricken ship crossing the Atlantic, will arrive to make the nearest port after disease makes ita appear ance on board. Steamers are now leaving the other side of the Atlantic from Liverpol, Glasgow, Bremen and Havre, at the rate of nearly one day, most of them crowded with passengers, and it is vain to hope that these ships will all escape the fate of the one that entered this port yesterday.’ With the approach of warm weather the cholera must be expected to appear among their passen gers under the most careful management; and when it does so, we must expect in the future cases as in the present, now that the pre cedent has been set, that Halifax will be used as an outwork of defence to protect the cities of the United States from the plague. The arrival of this vessel should compel the health authorities to treat tafe matter age grave and pressing emergency ; such not an hour should be lost in enforcing the strictest sanitary regulations, and in tak ing every step that prudence can dictate to prevent the spread of «zcotagion, General Doyle reviewed the Volunteers to St. John and complimented them highly. —A large wolf was caught at Parrsboro’ lately, and another was a convined in that vicinity. —A boy wes run over ‘by a timber team In St. John the other day, and so badly crushed that he cannot survive. —The first minder of the Amborat Gasette lies on our table, and makes a very creditable appearance both in @ye and clatter. Is a editor has been prostrated already with Wor cester’s big Dictionary, and is, therefore, formidable equipped. We wish the new ven ture success. “ Drowsep,—A man named Petrick Treanor, belonging to Johnston’s River, left this city about 12 o'clock or, Saturday night last, to return home; and when a short distance from the head of Queens Wharf, on the Southport rack, fell through an opening in the ice. His piercing criets for assistance soon attract ed a crowd of persons, who endeavored all they possibly could, by means of planks and rapes, 10 save bin, but in vain. As the ice was bad, the rescuing parties were compelled to cleove planks ahead of them ,as they pro ceeded, which necessarily consumed a good deal of time, so that on nearing Treanor sufi ciently to throw him a rope, he appeared to be too much extinated to take hold of it. One of the resguing party they endeavored aod succeeded in grasping Treanor’s wrist just as he was sinking; but, in consequence of his bad foothole, the rescuing party was forced to let go his grip to save himself. The informnate Treanor was about an hour strug gling in Cae water before he finally sank, ad durieg all the ime he continued to make the most Larrowing appeals to be saved, and save his mune anst place of residence to the Lhure-back spectators, who endeavored to dhes,nim up wullss the above means were being adapted to save him. Trouuor was a quiz, industrious and inoffensive farmer, and, we believe, leaves a wife and femily to mourn his tragic death. His body has not been re covered.—Charlottetown, Lerald,
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Halifax Citizen
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA
Tue, Apr 10, 1866
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