Show THE YELLOW SCOURGE A Quarantine Officer at Brunswick Ga Stricken Dowji WASHINGTON Aug 12 Startling news comes by telegraph from Brunswick Ga to SurgeonGeneral Wyman that yellow fever has appeared in that city and that its first victim is a man who was sent there to guard against the scourge l information concerning the matter known to General Wyman are the following follow-ing telegrams received by him tonight from Brunswick Surgeon Branham detailed to enforce quarentine regulations at thit port is very ill at a private residence Local physicians say he has yellow fever People greatly alarmed Signed DEVEAUX Collector Assistant Surgeon Branham has yellow I yel-low fever Precautions being taken Can you send us Carter Signed J A Dunwoodey Acting Assistant Surgeon Sur-geon I Another dated Savannah Ga reads I j Dunwoodey wires that Branham has yellow fever Precautions being taken Have seen a private telegram stating that people are leaving the city Signed W T Brnnner health officer I Dr Wyman took immediate steps to prevent the disease from spreading Surgeon Sur-geon Carter wtyo arrived in Pensacpla tonight to take charge of quarantine was orderedUto proceed immediately to Brunswick to see that the United States sanitary regulations are enforced I Surgeon Hatton wno f54d a large experience ex-perience in the Jacksonville yellow fever epidemic of 1888 arrived in Washington today from Detroit and he was ordered to Brunswick Officers of the Marine hospital service are not surprised to learn that yellow fever has appeared in Brunswick Bruns-wick Some time ago the bark tme I Anita Berwind on which vessel the captain died of yellow fever was I permitted to pass quaantine and the crew I landed in Brunswick Surgeon Carter who investigated said the Brunswick quarantine regulations were very loose in fact only local quarantine officers supervised the inspection of vessels the 1 state of Georgia having no board of health The port Js nowin charge of the I United States marine hospital service |