| Index Entry | Drums, in Messina, beat in streets to locate inhabitants after plague |
| Location | Messina |
| Citation | SCG-C.743.039 5 Dec 1743:11 (506) M. Grimand, the Governor of Messina [recently afflicted by the plague] writes word, that only 50 men of his garrison remained, which consisted of 1500; and that he has caused a party to go through the streets, beating their drums, to engage the inhabitants to shew themselves at their windows, but that very few appeared; that he had caused some of the houses to be broke open, where whole families were found dead. . . |
| Generic Title | South Carolina Gazette (Timothy) |
| Date | 1743.12.05 |
| Publisher | Timothy, Peter |
| City, State | Charleston, SC |
| Year | 1743 |
| Bibliography | B0046101 |