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South Branch Intelligencer
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia
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Cholera outbreak strikes Versailles, Kentucky, killing 25 of 100 inhabitants between Sunday morning and Monday noon, including some respectable citizens; 12 more deaths by Monday evening, totaling 42 by Tuesday 3 PM.
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The Cholera has made its appearance in Versailles (Ky.) in its most appalling form. Of one hundred inhabitants, twenty-five died between Sunday morning and Monday noon. Of these some were the most respectable of the inhabitants. Twelve more deaths occurred before Monday evening, and on Tuesday, at 3 o'clock, P. M. the deaths were forty-two.
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Versailles (Ky.)
Event Date
Between Sunday Morning And Tuesday, 3 O'clock P. M.
Outcome
twenty-five deaths between sunday morning and monday noon; twelve more before monday evening; total forty-two deaths by tuesday, 3 o'clock p. m.
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The Cholera has made its appearance in Versailles (Ky.) in its most appalling form. Of one hundred inhabitants, twenty-five died between Sunday morning and Monday noon. Of these some were the most respectable of the inhabitants. Twelve more deaths occurred before Monday evening, and on Tuesday, at 3 o'clock, P. M. the deaths were forty-two.