Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . le upon the ocean,writes Elder Rasmussen, cholerabroke out among the passengers, andas we were entering the harbor of NewYork, quite a number of them werestricken with the plague and severaldeaths had occurred. The sick weretaken to the hospital, and left there,while the main company went on; butthe dreaded disease played havocamong us,during the long railway jour-ney of about ten days duration. I shallnever forget the heartrending
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . le upon the ocean,writes Elder Rasmussen, cholerabroke out among the passengers, andas we were entering the harbor of NewYork, quite a number of them werestricken with the plague and severaldeaths had occurred. The sick weretaken to the hospital, and left there,while the main company went on; butthe dreaded disease played havocamong us,during the long railway jour-ney of about ten days duration. I shallnever forget the heartrending and dis-tressing scenes that I witnessed on thatmemorable journey, when strong andbrave men, as well as weak women andchildren, succumbed to the terrible de-stroyer; and the bodies of the deadwere left to be buried by strangers atdifferent points along the railroad. Theriver steamer that carried us from , Mo., to Wyoming, Neb., wastwo days in making that trip, duringAvhich time the deck of the steamerwas almost literally covered with thedead and dying among our people. Fre-quently the steamboat had to stop andput the dead on shore for burial. While. staying two days at Wyoming, prepar-ing for the journey across the plains,and during the early part of that jour-ney, the mortality continued among usat a fearful rate, until about one hun- dred persons out of a total of betweentwo and three hundred, who left Scan-dinavia in the spring, had perished bythe wayside. My own brother andmother fell victims to the terrible dis-ease Aug. 16th and 24th respectively,and were, like the other dead, buriedwithout coffins, in shallow graves bythe roadside, after being sewn up insheets. The survivors passed on, nevermore to behold their lonely restingplaces again. We traveled in the Ill-fated train in charge of Captain AbnerLowry, who was ably assisted by ElderGeo. Farnsworth. of Mount Pleasant,Sanpete county. His name will ever beheld in affectionate remembrance byall the survivors from
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