Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1899 — FEVER ATTACKS VETERANS. [ARTICLE]

FEVER ATTACKS VETERANS.

Ten Death* and Thirty Sick at National Soldiers’ Home. Yellow fever is raging among old soldiers at the National Soldiers’ Home, which is located midway between Newport News, Va., and Old Point Comfort. Ten deaths have already occurred. Over thirty cases have developed, and the wildest alarm prevails. For several days Dr. Pettus, the quarantine officer stationed at Fortress Monroe, has insisted that the malady was yellow fever, but until Sunday, when the disease was diagnosed, it was not definitely known that it was the genuine death-dealing pest. This conclusion was arrived at by consultation between experts from Washington. The disease is spreading rapidly, but every precaution is being taken to prevent its spread. Quarantine regulations are rigidly enforced, arid Gov. Tyler wired that stringent measures be adopted everywhere on the coast.