![]() ![]() Many of the immigrants were sick of fever, most of them died already on the ships, some died in the hospitals and a few could be saved. “Ship Fever” describes the incidents that happen on “Grosse Isle”, it shows the suffering of the thousands of people arriving, already sick or even dead. So a big part of the immigrants arrived at Grosse Isle where the inscription of a memorial tablet reminds of the dead: “Thousands of the children of the Gael were lost on this island while fleeing from foreign tyrannical laws and an artificial famine in the years 1847-8. ![]() Because the Americans were afraid, the fever could be brought into the country and affect the American population, a lot of ships were redirected to Canada. A main disease was typhus also know as the ship fever, the passengers carried. ![]() Many people fell ill because of the bad conditions on the ships that were, for that reason, also called “coffin ships”. So did about 1.3 Million, mainly they stayed in the cities of the United States the ships arrived at, like Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. One way to escape from the disease was to emigrate and start a new live in America. Since the potato was the major food for the poor population of Ireland, many had to suffer from hunger and finally about 1.5 Million died. In 1845 the potato harvests were affected and destroyed by the blight. ![]() The story “Ship Fever” was written by Andrea Barrett and deals with the worst epidemic Ireland had to suffer from, The Great Famine. ![]()
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