The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-31
City Intelligence.


SICKNESS AMONG EAiIoRA>rs-1hough there are nine
buildings devote TO ho pita purposes Staten Is.a
and the United states stores have been added they ar.
all crowded with sick cnsrans that II was necessary
yesterday to rmoyc forty of thcm to Wards Islani
sunday os il was There still LOO in the hospital
htfi tiarfhra, tening to cholera, prevails in the
buildings at the Quarantine. formerly occupied ned
states stof,s owing to the want of ventila.n want
~ tEh bttween the hoors, and their dampncS, being
sitpattd On the edge of the water These buildings arc
totally un' for hospital purposes and the Commissioners
Cf fnigiatiop ought 10 erect other buildings on the
grourd adjacent that belongs to them But then they
are about 100000 in debt
Darn h, DISEASE rms WEAHr-Coroner Gccr hold
an inquest yesterday at the Fifteenth ward police
station, on the body Of Bridget Mcnnis aged 4, years
native Of ireland who to her death by disease Of
the heart The deceased. y seems, had been at work
uniiis the day. al No. 10 Naycrley place and
her return home when she suddenly taken ILL., at the
corner Of Ninth street and broadway conveyed by
the police 70 the station house but before they arrived
she ,Ap'rd Verdict accordingly.
o,Fn DoSE LArpa~uM.-Coroner C;.cr held yes,cr-
q; inquest, nj No. Watts street on the body of
M"iA De" aged q years, born IN Scotland who
M dea' ~ m ever dtsc OF auanun. II appears by
the violence before the that the deceased wa
seen ~ one ~ the inmates of the house saturday
afternoon about = o'clock. apparently writing. AMI at
1oecck On Sunday morning. she called up stairs by
The wife Of DE- who said her husband dead
bod. On examining the room by the wind rs was found
an empty vial which had evidently contained liuian nun
No eNGencc however appeared that the deceased took
AuJanrm !! he own hand or whether 1t had been al
m'nstticd % him ly others The jury rendered a yrr-
di,t that The deceased to bis death by over
doe Il laudanum.
DrAru rfir IIosrirAt-Thc Coroner yesterday hc!i
an nqucst n the City Hospital the body Of Patrick
NJ fnt. eged - years born in Ireland who came his
death ~ consequence o having hi foot accidentally
tnhshtd hl the falling ~ stone, At building.
ern'r 81 farcay and Washington streets, the 10Th OF
Mrfch: Tie injured man conveyed to tae hospital
Mhfi nc iscred un'a sunday morning 10 O'clock aad
then o.ed Verdict accordingly.
A7rrMrT 70 cosArr sticrpr On SATURDAY afternoon.
woman the naIrc Of Cecilia johnson conveyed
before Jusce L1.hrop the police of the First ward hay-
iig fund her in Hhiteha street quite stuphcl BY IN,
.ccs a aulanrm which shc declared she took tn.
purl"se ~ destroying her life The magistrate com
mrttd her to the Kind anil skilfu treatment Of Dr.
Covllc physician 4 the City Prison.
hFrTY kFErrR TrormE.-A deputy keeper. io-
ca'd at me o the city prisons has been cited appear
before Tire Ten Governor. 20 give explanation Ia
i,irpcc - sCmc alleged charge brought against him
tnuching ~ oihcial duties. The accusation may pos
sily be proven fake the investigation We there
iorc dfr giving the names II the parties ut present not
whhuig u injufc man Who has heretofore borne an
une AccpiiUnabIc character