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Foreign News
December 26, 1800
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Reports from Cadiz describe a severe fever epidemic, with 10,000 deaths in two weeks. Population 73,000 as of September 4. Many merchants fled, communication stopped. Eyewitness saw numerous dead bodies daily.
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The following articles respecting the unfortunate situation of Cadiz, were handed by captain Tutson of the ship Polly, from that port.
The greater part of the merchants had left the city, and the governor had stopped all communication with the adjacent ports, it being generally supposed that the fever raged worse in them than in Cadiz, at which place ten thousand died in the course of two weeks. I have frequently met in the streets three or four carts loaded with dead bodies, piled up so as to require two horses to draw them from the King's hospital; and have seen in the yard of the Cathedral, (where the bodies from the different houses were deposited every day, to be carried out of the gates in the night) from one hundred to one hundred and fifty. This I was a spectator of for fifteen days.
Situation of Cadiz on the 4th September, from the account of the governor's secretary.
Population, 73,000.
Convalescent,
Died, up to the 4th September,
Sick,
Left Cadiz for adjacent towns,
Total
Out of every six hundred deaths, according to the calculations, there were no more than twenty-six females.
The greater part of the merchants had left the city, and the governor had stopped all communication with the adjacent ports, it being generally supposed that the fever raged worse in them than in Cadiz, at which place ten thousand died in the course of two weeks. I have frequently met in the streets three or four carts loaded with dead bodies, piled up so as to require two horses to draw them from the King's hospital; and have seen in the yard of the Cathedral, (where the bodies from the different houses were deposited every day, to be carried out of the gates in the night) from one hundred to one hundred and fifty. This I was a spectator of for fifteen days.
Situation of Cadiz on the 4th September, from the account of the governor's secretary.
Population, 73,000.
Convalescent,
Died, up to the 4th September,
Sick,
Left Cadiz for adjacent towns,
Total
Out of every six hundred deaths, according to the calculations, there were no more than twenty-six females.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Cadiz Fever
Epidemic
Deaths
Merchants Fled
Governor Quarantine
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Tutson
Governor's Secretary
Where did it happen?
Cadiz
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Cadiz
Event Date
4th September
Key Persons
Captain Tutson
Governor's Secretary
Outcome
ten thousand died in the course of two weeks; out of every six hundred deaths, no more than twenty-six females
Event Details
Greater part of merchants left Cadiz; governor stopped communication with adjacent ports due to worse fever there. Eyewitness saw carts with dead bodies from King's hospital and 100-150 bodies in Cathedral yard daily for fifteen days. Population 73,000 on 4th September.