The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-22
THE IRUN-C1AD FEVER SHIP.


Tne Humancia Declared To he an s1n}
tected'' vessel-several New Gases Of
Fever-Has She Been Agreunds VI
ing spanish ram higate Numancia, now lying on
the Southwest spit, Il likely to remain in the port
OF New York for several weeks to come. In order
10 De thoroughly I'D Of the yellow fever malarias
win Wnicn sne Is now impregnated. Health oNpce~
Vanderpoei mas satisfied himself that the veaaA, "a
what 70 known IN the tecnntQeof the Ineoics1 mo-
iession asan "hiected" snip, and he has accorE
ngly decided that she shall remain unt,, ~ 80.
are beyond all reasonable probability Of BEING az
tackled by the plague at sea after setting ont ~
her homeward voyage. The Numancis d Ahog1
eight years old, and has passed about ve years a
her existence in commission In tropical seas cruea
Ing chiefly among the Greater Antilles and in tha
tropc attitudes on the west coast Of South America
China ana India. She has been previously
affected With yellow fever on two occaI
sfons, and has never had since then any
extended cruise In cold latitudes. An "infected'h
vessel in the medical acceptance Of the term is one
that has become impregnated, as 1t were with the
germs Of the fever and such vessel IL liable at any
time In low ATTITUDES, or In fact In any latitude,
where yellow fever ever asserts ITSELF to-
develop these germs into an actual OUT
break Of the disease ITSELF even though
no member Of the ships company has
contracted the disease by contact with persons
affected In BRIEF an infected vessel will hatch the
disease II she happens to be in sufficiently warm
ana Otherwise favorable temperature for its prop
is the condition OF the Numancia and
within the past few days she has de-
way No additional deaths are REPORTED nor has
the contagion developed itself in its worst or most
acute form. The Doctor gives it as his opinion
that the epidemic has been fairly checked, but will
wi
any new case or cases being developed. She wiz
then be permitted to go to sea-
informed that the Numancia will not take in her
but win, perhaps take it board at 1the Hook,''
as as It is or, deemed safer Err. that she should
OF coal On one boar 0 apa " DOT
t tdt Y; spanis feet Of water The Spanish
dredths Of the English foot, which gives the NJ
mancia draft OF about twenty-eight feet two
inches II is not at all likely that she win take on
nearly. il not quite, twenty .nine feet, and
safety The vessel will certainty not to
which Is doubtless Quite foul nom long &c cruising in
the West indian seas-can be cleaned In the Lower
Bay by divers, and all her supplies can be put
quite; Quite sensation was running around among
hhppg and ssang me- IN the
aground on Sunday night at her present anchor
at low water. The. Spanish Consul stated
that he had no Information Of such an
occurrence, and when he last had offcial
intelligence from on board, dated on last
Sunday morning, Captain Revira expressed HIM
self well pleased with his anchorage. The only cir
cumstance which lends color to the report Is tho
fact that during the present moon there has been
very high and tho low tides very low.
It Ia just possible that at q very low
tide the Numancia may have touched on the
westerly end of the Spit All attempts to ascertatu
whether she actually had grounded or not proved
futile, and 1t may be that the report was grounded
on mere rumOr
There were no new arrivals Of yellow fever yes
sells yesterday, and all the patients from the mer