The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841)
Wednesday 7 November 1838
Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVALS. On Monday night, the Maitland, from London with emigrants. Typhus fever is raging amongst them, she -has therefore gone into quarantine.
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The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842)
Thursday 8 November 1838
THE MAITLAND.- This emigrant ship,
which came in on Monday evening, has been more unfortunate with regard to sickness than any emigrant ship before her. Shortly after the vessel left the land typhus and scarlet fever broke out, and spread rapidly. About forty of the emi- grants died on the voyage, and a great many are laid up at the present moment. On the arrival of the vessel on Monday night she came to an anchor in Watson's, Bay, where she remained until the next
day, when she was visited by the Medi- cal Board, and the result being unfa-vourable, she was immediately ordered into quarantine. All hands have been more or less afflicted with one or other of these dreadful diseases.