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September 2, 1847
Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
A report from Grosse Island, Canada, details 4,572 emigrant deaths from disease over 75 days starting May 10, including hospital, shipboard, passage, and tent fatalities, estimating one-fifth of arrivals perished.
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Mortality at Grosse Island, Canada.—The number of deaths is really astonishing. The Medical Superintendent at Grosse Isle, published on the 24th ult., a statement of the number of deaths which had occurred on this Island from the 10th of May inclusive. The number which died in the Hospital during that period was 1,458; on board the vessels, and buried on the Island, 721; on ship-board during their passage across the Atlantic, 2,366, and in the tents on the east end of the Island where the healthy emigrants are usually landed, 27; making a total of 4,572 deaths in the space of seventy-five days. We have no official account of the number of emigrants which arrived at the Island during that period, but judging from the arrivals of the previous two months, we are led to conclude that one-fifth of the whole have been swept off by disease.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Disaster
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Emigrant Mortality
Grosse Island
Disease Deaths
Atlantic Passage
Medical Superintendent
What entities or persons were involved?
Medical Superintendent
Where did it happen?
Grosse Island, Canada
Story Details
Key Persons
Medical Superintendent
Location
Grosse Island, Canada
Event Date
From The 10th Of May Inclusive, Over Seventy Five Days
Story Details
The Medical Superintendent published a statement showing 1,458 deaths in the hospital, 721 on board vessels and buried on the island, 2,366 during the Atlantic passage, and 27 in tents, totaling 4,572 deaths in 75 days among emigrants, with an estimated one-fifth dying from disease.