SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.
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A London paper of the 18th of September
states, that the inhabitants ofDevenport have
been thrown into the greatest CONSERVATION,
by the appearance of a contagious disease
among the art,fcers in the dock-yard.-
Within the last fortnight several men, who
had slightly bruised or accidently cut them
selves III the progress Of their work have be-
come alarmingly i'll, modification had ensu-
ed, and seven ship-wrights and two sawyers
have died. These melancholy events were,
by MANY medical men, attributed to atmos-
pherical influence, but to ascertain the prob
able cause, DIR. Bell, an eminent surgeon,
opened the body of George Nicoll, ship
wright, who had died on the proceeding day


In the course of the dissection, he unfortu-
nately happened to scratch one of his fingers
which passed untouched at the time. But
on that afternoon he became alarmed, as on
examining the scratch, he feared he had i'm