Public Ledger

Primary Location

Memphis

Event Date

From Noon Saturday To Noon To Day

Outcome

numerous deaths reported, including adults, children, and infants, many identified as colored, with ages ranging from infants to 80 years old.

Event Details

List of deaths: Miter Gere d; Wm H Mynatt, age 22, 235 Alabama; Jimmy Ryan, age 21, 138 Alabama; Thomas Mulligan, age 19, Winchester; A Wesche, age 71, 60 Jackson; Sarah W Stewart, age 17, 103 Hernando; G A Cheek, age 32, 464 North Court; C Ballenger, Fort Pickering; Mrs Wescher, age 70; Fred Bunyan, age 35, 39 Madison; Max Heman, age 40, 39 Madison; H W Bukle, age 35, 39 Madison; Will Hitzfeld, age 20, 233 Second; Bob Brown, colored, age 35, Ruth; Mrs Dr Dawson, age 22, 741 Greenlaw; P B Stewart, age 21, 103 Hernando; M D L Brown, age 20, Chelsea; Caroline Kerley, colored, age 18, Front; Joseph Massei, age 28, 10 Howard Row; William Miller, age 51, 456 Dunlap; Mrs P P Brown, age 37, 694 Beal; Eliza Robinson, age 45, 300 Beal; C T Stewart, age 29, 103 Hernando; Annie Finley, age 3, 98 Front; A Barnes, age 40, Monroe; Unknown colored woman, 323 Jefferson; E Eblen, age 15, Randolph road; James Downs, age 65, Raleigh road; Silas Burton, colored, age 26, Main and Linden; Mary Davis, age 4, rear 391 Main; Aug Eddington, age 16, 4 Causey; Willi Temps, age 18, 179 South; Bradford Scruggs, colored, age 35, Tennessee and Linden; Heater Smith, age 2, Church Home; Jehn Davis, colored, age 39, 98 Wellington; Sallie Johnson, colored, age 40, 99 Market square; Hannah Sandus, colored, age 50, 6 Dunlap; Antonio Griffin, age 31, 78 First; Jas Hogden, age 12, 14 Market; Thos MeCarty, age 16, Market street infirmary; Isaac Baysted, age 47, Peabody Hotel; Unknown, 232 Main; Harvey Fliggin, colored, age 50, Brinkley avenue; Lou Yancy, colored, age 2, Elmwood; Berry Lee, colored, age 46, near Humboldt Park; Unknown, 285 South; Bernard Termoth, age 13, Beale and Charleston; Billy Thompson, age 25, 43 Poplar; Mrs Pachtell, age 30, Poplar; Theo Judge, age 42, 18 Exchange; Miss Laura Flack, age 24, 111 Elliott; H S Brethey, age 28, Market street infirmary; Unknown, Randolph road; Jacob Beilte, age 46, Randolph road; Sol Jackson, colored, 25 DeSoto; Al Jackson, colored, age 38, 154 DeSoto; Jossie -, colored, age 45, Adams and Manassan; Mollie Webb, colored, age 40, 66 Beal; Miss T Bardinollo, age 10, 182 Beal; Sam Mayes, colored, 23 Madison; Henry Burr, colored, age 55, 175 Madison; Infant child, Canfield asylum; Richard V Hanes, age 11, 364 Union; Ida -, age 20, Thomas avenue; Henry Brown, age 34, Market street infirmary; Fred Reseler, age 34, 20 St Martin; James C Ward, age 46, 270 Beal; Anna B Duneay, age 9, 114 Hernando; Henry Steinkuhl, age 22, Avery place; Eugenia W Knowlton; George Magg, age 42, Walker avenue; L S Knowlton, age 61, Alabama; Wm Heilab, age 10, Church Home; Martin McKeogh, age 20, corner Vance and Walnut; Mrs Maggie O'Neil, age 35, Hernando road; James W Dickerson, age 28, 164 De Soto; Miss Alice A Fenoritz, age 20, 83 Fifth, Chelsea; Mary Joyner, age 36, 390 Lauderdale; Jacob Fenster, age 5, 31 Echols; W C Thixton, age 40, Bolling avenue; M Dreyfus, age 18, old Raleigh road; J C Jacobi, age 53, Wilson Station, M and C railroad; Ed R T Woraham, age 33, 150 Second; G Onetti, age 54, 17 Dean avenue; Lena Miller, age 32, Poplar; C Reisig, Raleigh; Dr Thos W Menees, age 27, Texas, Infirmary, Court and Third; Michael Clarey, age 40, Carolina; Miss Rose Lunn, age 17, 506 Vance; Angie Courts, age 14, 205 Tennessee; Mrs Bullock, St Mary's, Poplar; Henry Clay Weller, age 25, 249 Main; Willie S Waggener, age 13, 272 Shelby; A Kaiser, age 28, corner Butler and Tennessee; J F Fischer, age 61, 173 Orleans; Ferdinand Leibert, age 67, Humboldt Park; Horace H Briggs, age 36, Kerr avenue; W D McCallum, age 30, over German National Bank; Mollie Horsley, age 3; Martin Scott, age 28, corner South and Rayburn avenue; Mrs George Maag, age 40, Walker, Board house west of Sixth; Leonora Perry, age 16, 114 South; Josephine Souhr, age 11, Andrew avenue; Thomas Lunn, age 10, 506 Vance; John Garrett, age 9, opposite brick church, Chelsea; George Maag, age 42, Walker between Fifth and Sixth, Fort Pickering; Farris, Court and Third; Dr Nugent, Court and Third; Sichueider, age 10, 182 Linden; Peter Schumacker, age 37, 414 Shelby; Matilda App, age 9, 231 Second; Kate Welsk, age 40, Dunlap; Welsk, age 40, Dunlap; Charles Winter, age 22, Randolph road; Horatio J Ward, age 30, Bartlett, Tenn; Al Plummer, age 26, 163 DeSoto; C Reinig, age 30, Raleigh; Hope, age 37, 61 Commerce; Henrietta Anderson, age 45, 21 Fourth; B F Plummer, age 54, 163 DeSoto; J W McDonali, age 26, Madison and Second; Herbert J Mahaffy, age 3, corner Wellington and Gayoso; John G Lonsdale, jr, Bellvue avenue; W G Firth, age 35, Main; Ed B Foster, 381 Prospect; John Roberts, age 20, 425 Linden; George N Becker, jr, age 2, 272 Shelby; Jeff McCallister, colored, age 45, Walnut; Anderson Clarke, age 52, near corner Clay and DeSoto; Cheek Hampton, colored, age 40, 423 Linden; Caroline Fenster, age 12, 31 Echols; Dr McGregor, 12 Linden; W Willis, age 40, 38 Court; Charles Erck, age 42, near Raleigh road; Wes Thompson, colored, age 50, rear Southern Oil Works; Wash Williamson, colored, age 50, 167 Second; George McCann, age 37, 69 Fifth; Sims, colored, age 6 weeks, 163 DeSoto; Willie Hicks, colored, age 9, 94 DeSoto; Car Whiteside, colored, age 11, 321 Carolina; Miley Family, age 13, Seventh and Broadway; Bacher, age 54, LaSalette; R Tilton, age 55, plank road; Isham Powel, colored, age 24, 101 Fourth; W G Rowen, age 54, Springdale; E Pelegrame, age 18, Washington; Wm Buckner, colored, age 50, factory lot; Andy Bolen, colored, age 75, foot of Jackson; G Richmond, colored, age 55, 212 Alabama; John McFreely, age 30, 177 Second; Fred Randle, age 35, Gayoso House; Barbrey Pinder, colored, age 45, corner Fourth and Keel; Henrietta Harton, colored, age 40, Clinton; Henry Bowens, colored, age 50, Fourth and Alabama; Thos Airs, age 40, 431 Shelby; Frank Campbell, colored, age 28, Humboldt Park; Fred Gardner, colored, age 31, Orleans; H Kilburn, age 20, 77 Beal; Andrew Walch, age 30, 18 Stewart avenue; Nery Gray, colored, age 46, 73 Georgia; Fred Darges, age 9, Tennessee and Clay; Cebron Walker, colored, age 80, Cow Island road.