Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
YELLOW FEVER.
The Arrival at New York Of Vessel
nepopnlated by Yellow Jaek.-.A Fear.
fnl Noyage-..New York ApprehenSl,e.

iut to9age-..NeW lork ApprehenStNe.
The schooner Hattie NJ Howos ar
rived IN New York ON SUNDAY night
last, after having lost nearly AL OF her
original crew, The story of her voyage
rs told to the health officers ~ the QJar-
antine, is y terrible one. The schooner
left Fort au Prince, under the command
of Capt. HoweS, On the 18th Of April.
She carried y cargo of loswood consisn-
ed to IL. Becker Il Co., New York, and
reached Mioagoane, Hayti, in good con-
ditlon. The yellow fever was known To
be raging all over the island, and n few
precautions were taken to avoid con-
tracing the disease. While At Mirage.
ane the HowcS lay along side an Italian
bark, which had been lying there for
over three weeks. The Italian vessel
hailed from Marseilles, France, and
while lying At Miragosne all her crew
took yellow fever. but, although some
OF the eases were serious, no deaths oC.
Cured. The crews of the two vessels
intermingled without restraint until the
Goth of April the second mate, Louis
EldudSc, became i'll. The next day,
April y, the disease spread, and Thos.
LacSnor, the steward, took sick. lie,
however, has since recovered. and is
now on duty. After nm NEGLECT
ual attempt to purify the vessel, the
Howes left Miragoane on April -, III
rough weather. The same day tho
mate, Emory w. Baker, was affected by
" pain i'll the head, and soon Frustrated
entirely by tit of vomiting. The fol.
lowing day, April 80, Capt. Howes HIM
sell took the fever. The condition of
things on the vessel was pilahlc, and
the remaining members of the crew did
not know what 10 do. The captain hay
raving in his bed and unable to give an
order. Finally the vessel was turned
about and run back To Mlragoane. ar.
rivnig there on the seth. The sick were
put III the hospital, but Baker, the mate,
died. On May the vessel again put
out TO sea, and on May 5 Charles Brock.
or and Clarendon Eldridge took the
fever. On the 9TH, amid the suffering
on board the scourge-strcken vessel,
Louis Eldridge died. The next day
Capt. Howes, finding that he WAS get
ting short-handed, put into the island of
Baracoa. No sooner had he done so
than Clarendon Eldridge died. The
terror Of the crew can be imagined
when, ON the 9th of May, two more OF
the victims expired Charles Lewis and
Charles Brocker. Their suilerings were
fearful, and the sight SO dishoartened
and ailrightcd the rest of the men that
thoughts were entertained of deserving
the vessel.
A new crew Of fresh, healthy men
was selected by Capt. Howes, and ON
May II the schooner again put to sea.
the day following, to the CONSERVATION
OF his men, the captain WAS again
Frustrated by the fever. Fearful that
the scourge would exterminate all on
board, the vessel was headed for the
island of lnagua on the Nth. The
next day, while lying ut the island,
w. j. Cummings, one of the men
shipped at Baracoa, took the fever, and
after intense suffering died on the 10Th,
while still lying Mt lnagua. Frank
Forsth, II sailor, also became i'll, but has
since recovered. lnngua was lett on
the 2nd Of June, and on the third day
out John Sullivan, one of the men, was
attacked by dysentery. When the
schooner arrived the only sick man on
board was Sullivan, who was taken to
the quarantine hospital, where he il
likely to die. DR.. Nandorpoel. the
health officer ut quarantine, assured nil
parties that there need be no alarm, ~
Sulliyan's was not n case Of yellow fever,
but of dysentery. He did not allow
the man to go to New York, being fear
full that the case might he mistaken for
one of yellow fever, thereby causing
needless alarm.
To reporter DR.. Vinderpoel stated
that the Hattie NJ. Howes was the
worst case that had come to port tins
season, and fully rs bad as any last
year. He said that the prevalence of
the scourge in such malignant form
in Hayt was placing this port in ex-
treme jeopardy, ana spoke Of vessels
smitten by yellow fever arriving
every few days. Two arc now lying
in the upper bay discharging their
cargoes. One j. the brig Louisa Price,
which arrived from Port au Prince
June z. She hud some bad cases on
board, but only couple Of deaths.
The other one is the schooner G. IL.
Eaton, from Hayti, which arrived
few days ago, and reported having
some severe cases Of yellow fever on
board
DR.. Vanderpoel says; /" j make no
attempt at concealment, but do not
publicly report such cases unless i'll
quiries are made. The facts as they
stand are grave enough without trying
to alarm the public. think myself
that unless rigid quarantine is kept
up there is a possibility Of the fever
making its appearance III New York.
The trouble Is that sea captains don't
know how TO treat the disease, and
when il spreads the men become 30
demoralzed that they are at its mercy.
If the captain himself takes sick there
is little hope for the rest unless port
can be reached, ~ all discipline ceases
and the men even become filthy in
their habits. Sometimes half a dozen
different medicines are administered
and the mixtures usually aggravate IN