Show BEATH FROM SMALLPOX jane dorsey of terrace subdivision dies from the disease midnight funeral at which few were present son of deceased now in pest giouse with disease in worst form jane dorsey an old lady who has been suffering tor the past 10 days from smallpox yesterday afternoon at the corner of grant and bernard avenues from the disease and was burled last between 11 and 12 the old lady had the disease in the most malignant mall gnant form known as confluent smallpox and during the time of the quarantine bad to depend almost entirely upon the quarantine officials for aid and attendance she waa a widow her husband patrick dorsey having died bome years ago airs dorsey was an old resident here having come to utah in 1847 she has a eon who la now at his home in this city suffering from the same disease having been exposed to it at butte some weeks ago and then ccone home it was from this james that the old lady contracted the disease mrs doraey la 65 years of age and for many years has resided in the neighborhood where she adlea she had a number of relatives in this city but of course on account of the aa ture of her disease they were unable to furnish the care and aid that was necessary and the tact that her son was and quarantined prevented him from aiding her one other son besides james and three daughters survive her the midnight funeral was a sad and pathetic ending of her life the remains were prepared for burial by the quarantine officers and at 11 p m were passed mt through the window and conveyed to their last resting place pla ce no mourners were allowed to follow to the grave and the last rites wore performed only by those designated by the city for these duties the acene of the midnight funeral was lonesome and saddening the body had been borne to the plot near the pest house where the bodies of the unfortunate victims of contagious diseases are la berred in the ambulance used in carrying patients to and from the pest bouse A grave had been dug and after a few words of burial service in conformity to christian rites the body was lowered into the cavity and the earth hastily shovelled shovel led in the death of the aged woman at her home the isolation from relatives and neighbors and the lonely midnight funeral forms one of the most pa phases of tle epidemic now upon s and forcefully brought a very realizing sense of abo danger to be feared to tho minds of those who knew of the event |