I have no idea if yellow fever affected populations this far north, but 1897 was a bad outbreak year for the mosquito-borne illness in the south. Someone had asked about fires, floods &c [Elmira?] but I'd already deleted when I recalled this. Kaye in Texas __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/