Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-09
The i L Cholera Mt New York.

New York, Nov 3.-The steamer Atlanta
fr9my4 iondonlqrrived last night and was Or
dered to the lower quarantine in consequence
of sickness among passengers It is rumored
at Staten ISLAND that eight deaths occurred
on hoard from cholera. "''ts '70ft th h'tH7ISt
Dr. Burdettc, Quarantine Surgeon, reports
that fifteen deaths by cholera out Of fifty or
sixty cases on board the steaj1tr ATLANTA, oc!
CURED on the passage from Brcst There
are also q few cases Of small pox or board
the steamer ATLANTA {EN "a aa@m ~
The Commercial says: Though the dis
ease. has been imported to our shores at this
time, we donot think any special alarm need
be felt at present. 1t behoovcs us to prepare
Immediately for the reception Of this scourge
Not q, day to be lost s'5 'f"" sag'0 w. "a r
Later accounts state the passengers Of the
Atlanta numbered 552, and were principally
Germans, excepting the cabin passengers, of
whom there were 4S. The vessel had nearly
allIthe latter on board at London, and part
Of the .stearage passengers, bbt she stopped
ut Havre, where more passengers were recei-
ed.n The persons,who broughtthe cholera on
board came from 1Iavre. On the first day
ont, at seq, one ofthem, child, was attacked
and died ch the following day A Others took
sick Immediately, but the disease was confin.
ed entirely to The stcarage. None of the cab
in passengers were in the least degree affect
ed by it The cases of sickness numbered as
is reported elsewhere: from SO to co.. and
there were fifteen deaths. 1891 '''t ,'!4
The steerage passengers on tho Atlanta
did not knew, till they arrived at this port,
that the disease that was among them was
cholera. Some of the most intelligent among
them suspected, but the physician carfully
withheld positive information from them,
fearing the effect of the excitement IT is
thought this accounts for the fact that only
ID of the. 800 persons who were exposed to
the disease died otit The passengers mani
Tested very little anxiety. They did not seem
to be muchialarmed, even after they learned
the nature Of the epidemic from which they
were suffering. The dead were buried soon
afttr.they breathed tlieir last They were
not, in any case, kept more than an hour
The assistant health officer was conducted tc
the steerase of the atlanta betwcen'9 and 1C
O'Clock last evening. There was no light ex
cept that which came from lantern and
only one of the passengers could be seen at n
time They were not separate, but were in
berths as they had been placed when taking
passage. Nine or ten were sick, and two O.
the number were in state of convaescence
Others were in the first stage of Cholera
There were no unusual sights, but few per
sons were groaning This afternoon the as
sistant health officer ordered the Atlanta tc
the lower hay, where she now is, fifteen mile.
from this city. The hospital ship known as
the Florence Nightingale has been ordered IL
her station, and patients will be removed tt
her, and treated on board Later intclligenc,
is from Dr. Walzcr, who has charge of the pa
| tients on The Atlanta The number of death
up to three o clock this afternoon is nineteen
The number OF cases on board ut this tin,
was more than twenty. 'if''@' T".