The Times 1781 - 1790 Sept 05 1787 - Smallpox Deaths in Wigton

Sept 05 1787 - Smallpox Deaths in Wigton

The Times, Wednesday, Sep 05, 1787; pg. 3; Issue 841; col B A very fatal instance of the ravages sometimes committed by the small-pox, has occurred within the last eight days, at Wigton, in Cumberland. Mrs. KNUBLEY, wife of Edward KNUBLEY, Esq. and three of their children were seized with the disorder; Mrs. KNUBLEY was, at the time, far advanced in her pregnancy. Whether her illness accelerated the birth, in any considerable degree, we have not heard, but she was delivered of a female child, whilst in a dangerous stage of the disorder. The infant expired soon after the birth; that circumstance was followed by the death of two of the other children; and Mrs. KNUBLEY died on Sunday morning. This calamity, it is necessary to observe, includes all the family, except the father and one child, a boy, who is now out of danger; and, except for this last circumstance, one can hardly suppose a scene of domestic distress more deplorable than that in which the unhappy husband and parent is involved; a situation too painful to the ordinary feelings of humanity to be farther expatiated on! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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