A hard wind blew from the northeast across the Mississippi River. It would serve as a bellows for the long, destructive night of May 17-18, 1849 - St. Louis' Great Fire. The firestorm added misery to the city's worst single disaster, a cholera epidemic that would kill at least 4,317 people.
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At the time of this fire, the city was also experiencing a cholera epidemic which would end up killing about 10% of the population (over 4,500). The town ...
Jul 18, 2023 · As the fire raged, a far deadlier event was ravaging St. Louis — a cholera epidemic that killed at least 6 percent of the city's population. It ...
Feb 27, 2018 · After experiencing a cholera outbreak and the Great Fire, 1849 was a difficult year for St. Louis. In addition, the city struggled to keep ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Cholera was ravaging the city, and the ship needed to be fumigated to prevent the disease's further spread. A master aboard the boat had moved ...
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Nov 23, 2018 · The cholera epidemic and the great Fire of 1849 were two events that had immediate and long-lasting effects on the rapidly growing city.
Jul 30, 2020 · In 1849, a ferocious cholera epidemic killed from 7 to 10% of the city's population and decimated the economy of fast growing St. Louis. In the ...
Sep 14, 2022 · In 1849, St. Louisans must have wondered what they had done so wrong to deserve suffering through two terrible tragedies.
May 17, 2016 · For the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church and its pastor, Rev. C.F.W. Walther, the cholera epidemic of 1849 first hit home when 15 ...
May 17, 2022 · Louis' Great Fire. The firestorm added misery to the city's worst single disaster, a cholera epidemic that would kill at least 4,317 people. The ...