New-York tribune., 1872-08-15
YELLOW FEVER IN THE BAY.
THE INFECTED FRIeATE NUMANCIA-PRECAU
TIONARY MBASURES-THE DANGER PRACrI
CALLY OVER,

THE INFECTED FRIGATE NUMANCIA-PRECAU-
TIONARY MEASURES-THE DANGER PRACTI-
CALLY OVER,
There is no special cause for alarm in the
Of the fovernected Spanish 7rgatc Numanoia
in the Bay Sanitary precautions certainly needed
but these observed by Health Officer Vanderpoel ana
Assistants Mosher ard Thompson. The occurrence OF
yellow fever or board vessel from the American ioPo
is usual this Of the year; and when the arV
Of the Numancia was made known to Dr. Vanderpoe vi
Monday evening, he was quite prepared 10 hhu 'i"'
there had been cases board. There was not'ns %
traOriinary in the fact and no cause Whatever 'V'
aggerated fears Of the possibility of toe diSeasc
TO the city This statement is the resNlI vi '"ol "
quiy1es made yesterday by a reporter oil lltL ih ~ On
Staten Island and TO Assistant Health Oihcer hosher
The Numancia is anchored below stape'oh anu "Vou.
mile from either shore; and in the opinion OF Asss'ah
Health Officer Mosher the people on ether si'lo ao ~
sale from infection If the ship were ahchoreu at III"
vana When the vessel visited 10y the heah ouceis
they found her 10 In excellent stae' lho CIe"
were comfortably accommodated ana the dlsclphe eV-
oont,v Good The vessel started from Havana Aug T.,
and arrived here on Monday four deaths having oc-
curred from yellow fever during the voyage. On Mon
aov evepinq the fifth man died. and since then another
making six deaths all out Of total of % cases such
of the patients as required hospital treatment were con
viewed by the ambulance steamer Fenton 10 the West
Bank Hospital and the Others were carefully separated
the healthy portion or tIlc crew OF
and duly treated on board that vessel The visits Of Dr.
Vanderpoel and the Assistant Health Officers TO the in
feced ship are constant and late hour last evening
the reporter Of THE TRIBUNE informed by DR.. No
sher that practically all danger well over. The pa
tients on board the vessel may be said to be IN fair
way for recovery are those who have been re-
moved to the West Bank Hospital The Spanish Consul
at New yesterday visited Staten Island and was
much gratiHcd by this intelligence.
Considering theextreme heat Of the past few days that
alarm exists at the presence Of Of the most terrible
diseases the tropics is not surprising. The people v-
ing near sape0n are divided in their hopes and fears
The more reasonable express alarm, and evidently
feel none while the tmid give way to apprehens0ns,
and say that the NumauCa ought not to be IN her pres
anchorage although that Is claimed TO be unaVOd
bic. Allegations are made OF lax discipline on boaId
the Spanish Ship but they unfounded The Health
Officers prohibit all communication with the lahd except
the island which the hospital Is built, ana tDS Spdnsn
officers aid the enforcement OF the order
When the vessel started from Havana Tor spain, tne OF
fcers aud crew numbered z32 souls commanded by Capt
Senor Don Eduardo ROvira BellOn. Her burden IS
742O tuns and she carries LOO tuns of coal Her ram
proW extends feet, and weighs about 20 tuns; hcr
sides about % inches in thickness and above the
wateT-lne have an iron plating inches timex, with
thinner plating inside; her armament is Is guns 10
inches calber and her propeller is worked by double
engines put into this port for supply OF coal ana
provisions, her commander being thus Instructed al
Havana.
Health Officer Cochran OF Brooklyn was waited upon
Yesterday afternoon by deputatOn Of citizens III rel
erence to the yellow fever patients on the spanish
frgate NumanCia, in the bay. The officer decided TO
hold immediate consultation with the Health OileeT
of the Port.