The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-25


CHOLERA AT CORK AND BELFAsT-ALARMING CoNDI-
TIoN OF AN AMERICAN SHIP, SUPPOSED TO BE THE
KossUTH-EIGHTEEN EMIGRANTs DEAD.
The Dublin correspondent of the London Times writing
upon November Sth, saysThe following distressing II
not alarming statement, appears in the Belfast Ncc1er
of yesterday. 1t is with deep concern hare to
the following facts the accuracy OF which be
relied on. "A large and splendid emigrant vessel the
Guiding Star, 2000 tons burden which left Liverpool on
morning. after being nine days in the Channel in dis
ablee state and with Aeiac cholera type
rife among her passengers Prior to this vessels depr
ture from Liverpool Of her passengers died under
suspicious circumstances Shortly after leaving the
Nersey she experienced violent gies lost her mantop
mast mainyard and ssvsral Of her and sails and
finally obliged to enter Belfast Lcugh to reft Be
fore dropping anchor off Cura, six further deaths had
occurred board rom cholera cholerac diarrhoea
and during the day Saturday two more had dice making
nine deaths in all.
On the intelligence ol her arrival under these circur.,
sances in lough, Captain De Courcey, the govern
ment~ emigration officer, accom- panied by DR. Niece,
mayor and DR. pirrie medical officer ot the Mercantile
Marine Board, visited the ship Ir Firre, his retnrr
repared that eleven persons ,yng i'll board, Of
whom ten had been seized with cholera and that OF
tLse several in the collapsed Stage Measures
a. takn fer the nterment shore of the dead and
for the separation OF the sick f,om the healthy. Tue
captain Of the ship sailed Saturday evening" for Liver
pool, for the purpose Of bringing powerful
tug to sSe the Gniding Star back to her port fne
ship has medical officer beard who, we have been
informed, has been unremtDg in his Of the saas
We have been assured that all proper precautions
adopted to prevent the spread OF conagon
IT, as some believe the epidemic be really Contagious
since Saturday night five OF cholera occurred
board the vessel AccoraBg to in normaion Teceiyee
late hsur last night, learn that the total number
Of deaths has been thirteen viz. at Liverpool six
at sea, ard fix in Belfat Lough.
The dead bodies Remaining board wcys yesterday
evening conveyed TO the burial ground Of the Belfast
workhanse and there inferred The sick. IN number Il
1s have been renewed to the workhonso The
shp left free from disease We and srstand that
6xidng Star left Liverpool with exactly $50 souls
bara, principally Irish English, and Scotch enigrants
Msfortunes seldom come single. The Cork Eromipzr,
which has just come TO hand Announces the arrival
Queenstown injected
pettilence. The. particulars annexed -
Last night large weasel was making signals OFF
the haroor hat nt such distance that they not
very clearly made ont at the coast guard station a,
Queenstown but this morning she entered, when IL
found, to the CONSERVATION and dismay OF the nhabt
ants Of the town. that sire had cholera board to most
ALARM iag extent She large American vessel and
bound rom Liverpool with smigrants for America She
was een days out up to the time of her putting into
hAIbor this morning. during which TINA cholera made Its
appearance board and Of the most vrusnt and fatal
character. Already there have bsea htty peuons At
and out OF these sghtssa have died, and the
bodies thrown overheard. 4 number Of the smgrAats
yer: Gs:msns On scs Arrival IA he aa.bo. sAa tax ~