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Foreign News
May 6, 1868
The Valley Virginian
Clifton Forge, Staunton, Virginia
What is this article about?
A letter from Cork, Ireland, dated the 5th ultimo, reports an unprecedented rush of agricultural emigrants passing through the city en route to America via Queenstown, with over 1,800 departing in two days, overwhelming local rail resources.
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RUSH OF EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA.--A Cork (Ireland) letter of the 5th ultimo, says:
"The extraordinary number of emigrants passing through this city on their way to the New World, by way of Queenstown, is almost unexampled. To-day nothing could exceed the busy animation on the various wharves where the emigrants are embarked at Queenstown, and where upwards of 1,800 people will leave this day and to-morrow. The railroad running from this city to Queenstown, suddenly found their resources exhausted, and were obliged to use first class carriages for the use of the emigrants. The emigrants almost exclusively belonged to the agricultural class, and had among them very few representatives of extreme age or tender infancy."
"The extraordinary number of emigrants passing through this city on their way to the New World, by way of Queenstown, is almost unexampled. To-day nothing could exceed the busy animation on the various wharves where the emigrants are embarked at Queenstown, and where upwards of 1,800 people will leave this day and to-morrow. The railroad running from this city to Queenstown, suddenly found their resources exhausted, and were obliged to use first class carriages for the use of the emigrants. The emigrants almost exclusively belonged to the agricultural class, and had among them very few representatives of extreme age or tender infancy."
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Emigrants To America
Cork Ireland
Queenstown
Agricultural Class
Railroad Overcrowding
Where did it happen?
Cork, Ireland
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Cork, Ireland
Event Date
5th Ultimo
Outcome
upwards of 1,800 emigrants to depart over two days
Event Details
Extraordinary number of agricultural emigrants passing through Cork to America via Queenstown, causing busy wharves and exhausted railroad resources leading to use of first-class carriages; few elderly or infants among them.