A plague ("magefa" in Hebrew) in Lubaczow in the summer of 1855?

On Row 37, Grave 15 is the grave of a “young man” who on July 24^th 1855, according to the text on the stone,  “died  in a plague / of a contagious disease” – “magefa” in Hebrew.

What kind of contagious disease? According to the deaths listed below, this seems to have happened in July and August 1855.

Date of Death	Name of Deceased	Name of Father	Notes
Feb 3rd 1855	Malka Jetta	Yehuda	Row 20, Grave 10
Prob. March 26th1855	……..(Male)	…..	Row 29, Grave 2
Around July 1855	Yitzchak Ajzik	Peretz	Row 37, Grave 16
July 16th 1855	……. (Male)	………	Row  20, Grave 14
July 24th 1855	……. (Young man)	………	Row 20, Grave 15
July 27th 1855	Moshe	……….	Row 23, Grave 9
July 31st 1855	……. (Female)	………	Row 29, Grave 8
Aug 15th 1855	Simcha HaLevi	……..	Row 23, Grave 8
Aug 22nd 1855	…….	Zeev Wolf	Row 37, Grave 16

Does local history confirm such a plague in the summer of 1855?