When was it published?

August 13, 1834 in Morning Star

Foreign News August 13, 1834

Morning Star

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Kerr, Mr Benj. Beaubien, Mr Holmes, J. Doyle, Robert Watson, James Hawker, Wm. Eydom, Lieut. S. Waters, R. N., Mr Cha's Cummings

Q: What keywords are associated?

Cholera, Montreal, Epidemic, Mortality, Merchants, Interments, Deaths

Limerick, York County, Maine

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What is this article about?

Cholera epidemic in Montreal has worsened, claiming lives of several prominent merchants and others. Report from August 1 notes 243 interments in prior five days, two-thirds from cholera.

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Cholera at Montreal.—A correspondent of the N. Y. Daily Advertiser, under date of Montreal, 1st inst. states that the Cholera has increased in mortality, and several of the most respectable merchants had died of it; among others Mr. Kerr, of the house of Mc Donell, Holmes and Kerr, Mr Benj. Beaubien, an aged lawyer, Mr Holmes, architect, Messrs. J. Doyle, dry goods dealer, Robert Watson, James Hawker, Wm. Eydom, Lieut. S. Waters, R. N. and Mr Cha's Cummings.

For five days ending 31st ult. there were 243 interments, nearly two thirds having died of Cholera.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disease Or Epidemic

What keywords are associated?

Cholera Montreal Epidemic Mortality Merchants Interments Deaths

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Kerr Mr Benj. Beaubien Mr Holmes J. Doyle Robert Watson James Hawker Wm. Eydom Lieut. S. Waters, R. N. Mr Cha's Cummings

Where did it happen?

Montreal

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Montreal

Event Date

1st Inst., Five Days Ending 31st Ult.

Key Persons

Mr. Kerr Mr Benj. Beaubien Mr Holmes J. Doyle Robert Watson James Hawker Wm. Eydom Lieut. S. Waters, R. N. Mr Cha's Cummings

Outcome

243 interments, nearly two thirds having died of cholera

Event Details

The Cholera has increased in mortality, and several of the most respectable merchants had died of it; among others Mr. Kerr, of the house of Mc Donell, Holmes and Kerr, Mr Benj. Beaubien, an aged lawyer, Mr Holmes, architect, Messrs. J. Doyle, dry goods dealer, Robert Watson, James Hawker, Wm. Eydom, Lieut. S. Waters, R. N. and Mr Cha's Cummings.