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New Hampshire Statesman
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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Severe yellow fever outbreak on Thompson's Island has killed two-thirds of about 30 marines and similarly affected sailors, leaving only three marines fit for duty. Lt. Com. Topper is near death, and a vessel was dispatched to inform Com. Warrington before the disease wipes out the stationed personnel.
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Thompson's Island
Event Date
Five Or Six Weeks Previous To The Date Of Our Last Accounts
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of about thirty marines, two thirds were dead, the rest very ill; only three remained fit for duty. the sailors had suffered in the like proportion. lieut. com. topper was left at the point of death. a vessel had been sent to apprize com. warrington.
Event Details
Thompson's Island is dreadfully sickly due to yellow fever. Of about thirty marines who were on the island five or six weeks previous to the date of our last accounts, only three remained fit for duty—two thirds were dead, the rest very ill. The sailors had suffered in the like proportion. Lieut. Com. Topper was left at the point of death. A vessel had been sent to fall in with Com. Warrington to apprize him of this state of things, before the yellow fever should have swept away the whole of those stationed at or on the island.