Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — YELLOW FEVER IN RIO. [ARTICLE]

YELLOW FEVER IN RIO.

Dreaded Scourge Breaks Out in the United States Ship-of-War Newark. Yellow fever is increasing in Rio de Janeiro. There were sixty deaths from that disease Friday in addition to fifteen deaths from other fevers. The captain of an Austrian war ship in Rio waters is dead. Numbers of other cases have been found on board the same ship. A Portuguese war ship is also infected with yellow fever and the situation is growing serious so far as foreigners are concerned. The American warships only communicate with the shore by means of a hired tug and the greatest precautions are observed on board all the American ships. Admiral Benham has been in conference with the commanders of the American vessels and nothing will be left undone which can lead to preserving the health of the American sailors. The British warship Racer has several cases of fever on board. The merchant vessels are reported to have several members of their crews sick under suspicious circumstances.