DEATHS FROM TYPHOID FEVER.
Excitement Caused in St. Andrew's Parish by Several which Have Occurred Recently. Within the last few weeks a number of persons connected with St. Andrew's Catholic parish in Northeast Baltimore have died of typhoid fever. This has resulted in a rumor which has traveled all over the northeastern section of the city, to the effect that the deaths were caused by the drinking water at Pennwood Park, where the members of the parish went on an excursion on July 16. Considerable excitement has resulted.
The first member of the parish to die of the disease since the picnic was Miss Carrie Ayd, aged eighteen years, daughter of Dr. John Ayd, corner of Washington and Monument streets. She died August 10. Her sister is now ill. The second death was that of Miss Annie Willingham, aged twenty-one, residing on NOrth Chester street. She died August 23. On Wednesday last Miss Emma Claus, aged twenty-two years,whose home was on North Broadway, died, and since then Edward Buchanan, who lived on North Broadway, has died. News has also been received at the parish of the illness of Miss Katie Kidd, whose home is on St. Ann's avenue, but who is now at Winchester, Va.
Rev. Peter M. Manning, pastor of St. Andrew's Church, stated last night that the cases did not develop until three weeks after the picnic, and he is certain the water at Pennwood Park was not the cause of the disease. Father Marshall, assistant pastor of the church, said there had been nine cases of typhoid in the parish, five of which occurred before the picnic.
