A committee which has been appointed by the: Senate of the United States to legislate on the subject of yellow fever, anfj, to suggest .measures for its prevention, b. ave> in their report to the Senate, recom mended that a sum of 200,000 dels be ap iWopfiated forfche instruction of a steel ship, fitted with refngerating machinery ,i n accordance with the nlans snbmitted by Professor John Gangee fchich ship is to be used at New Orleans ind other southern porta for the purpose of dis--wfeotmg ships by means of artificial freezing. Aperts all agree that cold destroys the germs ofhhe temble disease, which it ia no w feared will again afflict the South during the coming season. It is believed that artificial cold can be so rapidly produced that a 3000“»y be thoroughly disinfected of how the 2jJ} , b ?. CO “ dQ ?fc d from its reservoir in this steel ship to the vessels brought alongside for disinfection are not stated, but we anticipate that great difficulties will be encountered, and much expense involved, in the operation. The Bill appropriating &teon°i l Sl dola WM Paßaed ' by the
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Kumara Times, Issue 849, 20 June 1879, Page 4
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