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Domestic News
October 14, 1845
American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper
Baltimore, Maryland
What is this article about?
In Reading, Pa., 7-year-old son of Wm. Yohn died Friday from hydrophobia after a dog bite in August. Town council had refused citizens' petition to muzzle dogs running at large.
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Distressing Death From Hydrophobia.
The inhabitants of the borough of Reading, Pa., have been considerably excited in consequence of the death, from hydrophobia, of a son of Mr. Wm. Yohn, aged 7 years. It appears that during the past summer the citizens had almost unanimously petitioned the town council to pass an ordinance prohibiting dogs from going at large, unless muzzled, and that the council refused. In August the boy was bitten by a dog, but the wound healed up in a few days, and nothing more was thought of it until Tuesday last, when he was seized with hydrophobia, and died an awful death on Friday. The practice of permitting dogs to run at large in towns and cities is highly censurable: and nowhere is the complaint against it more general, and less heeded, than in Baltimore.
The inhabitants of the borough of Reading, Pa., have been considerably excited in consequence of the death, from hydrophobia, of a son of Mr. Wm. Yohn, aged 7 years. It appears that during the past summer the citizens had almost unanimously petitioned the town council to pass an ordinance prohibiting dogs from going at large, unless muzzled, and that the council refused. In August the boy was bitten by a dog, but the wound healed up in a few days, and nothing more was thought of it until Tuesday last, when he was seized with hydrophobia, and died an awful death on Friday. The practice of permitting dogs to run at large in towns and cities is highly censurable: and nowhere is the complaint against it more general, and less heeded, than in Baltimore.
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Hydrophobia
Dog Bite
Reading Pa
Child Death
Muzzling Dogs
What entities or persons were involved?
Wm. Yohn
Son Of Mr. Wm. Yohn
Where did it happen?
Reading, Pa.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Reading, Pa.
Event Date
Bitten In August; Seized Tuesday Last; Died Friday
Key Persons
Wm. Yohn
Son Of Mr. Wm. Yohn
Outcome
death from hydrophobia
Event Details
A 7-year-old son of Mr. Wm. Yohn was bitten by a dog in August, the wound healed, but he was seized with hydrophobia on Tuesday last and died on Friday. Citizens had petitioned the town council to prohibit dogs from going at large unless muzzled, but the council refused.