New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-14

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befare, and at ths same time my wife had another
attack similar that Of Monday night. In the morning
called Dr. Baiey attention to the matter aud ne -au
again that intense heat and the sudden change OF
weather the only cause OF trouble. FROM .ae'
time great many guests In the hoelthere were prvo
ably about 500 the early part Of Juy-compsned
OF being troubled In the same way. The proprtetor o.
anS ALARM that the weather was to blame,
and at time he accounted for the sickness
rue middle OF July, he and DR.. Bailey admitted tina:
thew hal fdud some trouble In the water-pipes. in1y
did not fully explain. but said that there hssn COW
cred 80 by former proprietor. had notlceu ~ ~
culiar taste the water but had seen RvI u fIev
ment in IL which had a greasy appearance Wnen ~
ba disenvsred this well which Mr.. Eamsay, the esssS
OF last season, was asserted 10 nave "a mt
eb .Ssy s h sn sh,, Thew explained that
impurities from the kitchen reached that wo- - other
when the water in IT was raised by heavy raino
water which from the Like in pipes. anu sa
used for drinking and cooking. This had beon recu
they claimed. My wife had continued 10 be ~ eve,
second third day while the doctor adhered TO his state
meut that there was no local cause Tor ner .
Mrs A. f. Fitch of this city, friend OF Mrs LORD cams
the hotel days after II was claimed tnat the
trouble had been made right and either on De nsto
those Of Mrs Lord, although not ~ so ~
form She left The Lake on the 1sh OF July ano Wen h
the Catskills' where sne sun remained sSs psrt
OF August One Of my coachmen was IA
with the trouble when he came to New.dofK 0p
July a. He sent 10 Boston. where he had reisEes
week after and was stu very sick 10 the
when last heard. THESE cases were DrObouu.cu
low fever of typhoid form, produced by taxing
poisoned water into the system Mrs. Lord deu hus'
Mien OF No. "a West Tnlriy-third,st was he, her
physician, and she was also attended Dy DTS sau
Buren,. Reyes Tneband. and K Wen OF tas gy
House that Miss Lord was not sick when sne eIt tno
Gregory House. but she sick from the thru gay OF
her stay there and prove by medical man What
ner condition was when she reached the city from Lake
MahoPoc July % In tSe early part Of AngSs
be the manager at the Lake or the interests OF ne
Lake Mahopoc Improvement Company when 0wnS and
others-I may name Mrs. Thomas b. Kerr anu t ne
daughter OF Mr. Henry Paret of this city-were yng III
at Long Branch the effects OF being polsoheu AT
the Gregory House, and claimed that l was MS auS
to publish full account OF what had been alseoEelS
with regard TO theeause OF the disease ne qiu os @
swer but the health Of the place was declared 70 De per
feet in the mary advertisements which were alter~aIu
printed and circular letters were sent 20 various % ~
Mr. HIdyeth Of the West End received one IN whcn u
was STATED that certain persons were cirenlAt1g
malicious reports In regard 20 the health or the dregO
House. and IL was denied that there had been any cpl
demic trouble but it stated that tue waerplpes
had been cogged with grass for only day or Two ana
the difficulty was Immediately remedied sent tee-
graphic dispatch saying that no more sncn Blhg
letters ought to be sent. as persons We're MOI hot
circulating malicious rumors. but those who hal
been greatly injured were telling mere truths ms
After my we's death Dr. Reynolds tue partner OF Dl
Thebaud at No West TDrteenthst, told me that one
of his patients, young lady named Felt VINO was ~, ~
the Gregory House early Ia August, was seyerey III.
Dr. Res nOds said that lie found her symptoms similar
to those OF Mrs. Lords while her pulse was TO-
aud the temperature OF the SKIN 40 degrees above nor
NAL She was sti very Ill when L saw Dr. Reynolds,
although apparently eOnvalesoing
MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
DR. Charles Mcmillan OF No. "a West Thirty-third-st
makes the following statement in regard TO cases of
illness coming from the Gregory House and brought
under his care
The cases OF Mrs Charles Lord. OF Mrs. Thomas b.
Kerr OF Miss Annie Paret aud Of Mr. Lords eoachman
were all brought under my notlce ID the iast par rom ~
Lake MahOpac and they were under my care from tna
Time. All mad the same genera symP oot os .
of strength and nervous power, sieeplessnesS'
nnitus aurium and deafness, pointing to some power
ful Oppressive agent, poisoning the nervous system
through the digestive organs Darrhea was present IN
all cases of the KIND more specially SHOWING pIosod
until cOnvaescence set In In these cases except Ms
to,ns and the diarrhea was followed by tOlerably
steady but slow cOnYalescence In her case, aIter
the twenty-frst day. the unexpended balance OF tne
poson seemed explode the cerebral system, acute
derum setting In. and in this condition she diei on tue
morning Of the wcny-fourthday Ia cirthcate wnlcn
fever the result OF the ingesHon Of sewage matter INTO
the digestive canal canslnR systemic poisOnhg' IthG
general symptoms resembling what tne Germans cal
nerben fiber.
FATAL ILLNESS OF MRS. ESGLEHART.
Another lady who sick at the Gregory House. and
who died after leaving Like Manopac Mrs. J. L.
Engehart of No. 6j West Forty sxth-st, The adopted
daughter of Jonas Heller Mr. Heller makes the follow
ing statement.
Mrs Fnglehart her sister my wife, and myself went
TO Lake Mahopac Wednesday, July l. In eight or ten
IA
ing and diarrhga. DIR. j. " Mott OF NewYOrk who. at
that time, was staying at Thompson's neignboring
hotel, was called In. He made the remark, " IL
appears that there great many persons
staying at the Gregory House VINO have TINS trouble
and think there must be something the matter with
the waterpipes something Of that SORT as the otner
hotels do rot have OF this disease Mrs EnRe-
hart seemed to recover from Der rst illness IN hye DAYS
week. Mrs Heller Miss Elsienirt ana ~ sen H.,
an attack OF the trouble Us that or Mrs Engena
enough TO make US take to our beds Dgs an OF
us got IL in about a week had dlarIhea ale
some fever and cramps across tine aPdops
Tie three ladies taken with second attack Two or
three days after they recovered from the nf anu OOu
Mr. Englenart and Mrs Heller were confined 10 ther
beds. This attack did not however iast ore than Io
or five days but the 2Sth OF July Mrs Elglehar was
long spell OF sickness Dr. Mott advised he1 , 70 20
home, which she did On Thursday the Sgth ~ ~
of town Dr. Gneke pronounced Mrs. Elgieharts SICK
come from foul air or bad water. We immediately
thought II must have come from bad water. because
and vomiting at the Gregory House before we wea az
there aud afterward too. Men VINO went up there 10
grew worse, and on sent 2 she died. Drs
jacob and Knockowizer and Prof. Aonzo Clark were
STATEMENT OF DR.. jacob.
Dr. A. jacob OF No. ITO East Thirtyfourth-st gave
the following medical statement about Mrs Engeharts
illness She had been sick altogether about SIX or seven
weeks 1 asked in nv office, 10 prescribe for her
while she was at Lake Mahopac. AS early as that
time SUSPICION nad Deeu aroused IN rtRart "
the water. 1 told that there was large
number OF cases OF illness IN the Gregory
House at the same time that ~ Mrs. Engenart. /
gave advice that IL her Illness did not cease that II
would be- better for her to return 10 NewYOrk was
told aferward that she became sicker, and was adj
vised by DIR. ]. " Mott to leave the
place, but that another doctor there advised her
to stay. She sick in town five weeks, until
she died Dr. Guehe attending her, and calling in Drs-
Krackow1tZer and Clark. was out OF town and did not
until "A hours before she died The history OF the
case and nature OF the symptoms are unmstakabiy
those septic fever. depending on Inflammation and
extensive liberation OF the whole intestinal canal. The
OF the disease Is found IN the large mites
tnes the stomach and upper portion OF the intestines
being affected than tue lower The local LESSONS we're
very In some instances so that perfOraOns OF
the inestnes resulted from them. The high FEVER ana
ma mi al