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October 8, 1878
Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
What is this article about?
Historical account of yellow fever outbreaks: first noted in Barbadoes in September 1647 by Ligon, severe in Port Royal in 1793 killing 6,000, and devastating Gibraltar in 1804 with nearly all 14,000 residents attacked.
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The earliest notice of yellow fever is that of Ligon, in his "History of Barbadoes." He there states that it broke out early in September, 1647, and that before the expiration of a month "the living were scarcely able to bury the dead." Thereafter it did not attain any very remarkable severity, until 1793, when it destroyed not less than 6,000 men of the garrison of Port Royal in the course of a month. In 1804 it was brought to the south of Spain, and visited Cadiz, Malaga and Carthagena. But its greatest force fell upon Gibraltar, where out of the civil population of the town, amounting to nearly 14,000 persons, only twenty-eight escaped attack.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Fever
Epidemic
Outbreak
Barbadoes
Port Royal
Gibraltar
What entities or persons were involved?
Ligon
Where did it happen?
Barbadoes, Port Royal, South Of Spain, Cadiz, Malaga, Carthagena, Gibraltar
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Key Persons
Ligon
Location
Barbadoes, Port Royal, South Of Spain, Cadiz, Malaga, Carthagena, Gibraltar
Event Date
September 1647, 1793, 1804
Story Details
Earliest notice of yellow fever in Ligon's History of Barbadoes in September 1647, killing many; severe in 1793 at Port Royal, destroying 6,000 garrison men in a month; brought to south of Spain in 1804, devastating Gibraltar where only 28 of 14,000 escaped attack.