The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-26
YELLOW fever!
A GENUINE CASE AT THE WHARVES
IN GALVESTON PRODUCES
CONSTERNAIIOE.
The Case Occurs Oh a Steamship
Which Had Been Quar-
tined Five Days.
The Steamship Rio Grande, Cot
ton Laden, on Fire
at sea.
An Angry Mob Attempts to
Lynch Negro Outrager at
Colorado City.
A ENSATION.
The People Galveston Startled by a
of Yellow Fever.

The People Galveston Startled by a
of Yellow Fever.
Special to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, November 23.-YelloW fever
rumorS were flying around thick here to-day.
On the 18th inst. the British steamship Vivian
hoe, Clark master, arrived in the outer harbOr
in ballast from Kingston, Jamaica. Her Cap
tain told the health officer who boarded her,
that on the 9th inst, three days alter leaVlng
Jamaic ,one of his sailors had died from fever
and was buried at sea. The same day Captain
Clark said the sailor had began TO complain
the first day out from Kingston, ana died after
an Illness of three days. He feared that sailor
had died from yellow fever but could not state
positively as to the nature OF the q SeaSe. DR..
Blunt, quarantine officer, placed l,; Wlvanh0e
in quarantine, where she lay until the 18th,
when she was released from quarantine by
State Health Officer SweaIlGgen. from
Austin, who had been - apprlsed Of
no further signs of fever on beard ship, she
came in and btrtued al new wharf last Monday
evening. Next day she beg N loading with cot
ton: GA the 18TH IN t., zen DAYS alter h i'd ar
fever. Tie physician III attendanco treated
hi q for ordinary fever, but the patient grow
ina no better, on Saturday last captain ,lai
concluded to call III the health officers Ac-
cOrdingy, on Sunday, Or. Blunt and city ply
sjclan Cook proceeded quietly to the steamer
and thoroughly examined the sick M an NO
one knew OF this examination until to-day,
when it got nOiSed abroad that both the eXpe-
rienced physicians agree that the patielt was
suffering from well developed case Of yellow
fever. and Was in a precaIiOiS condition. AS
SON as these facts became known the
vessel was unmoored and all communication
with he prob bited. Owing to the low water
In the bay, the big steamer could not reach
tn quarantine grOundsuntil to-day where she
now lies with thu yellsw flag floating from her
mast head State health officer SwearioRn
was i.ot fed this evening and will arrive to-
mOrIow.
The sickn, So and death of the seaman at sea
was known by newspaper correspond hts
here as early as November md, but 10 hing
was published In the local press, or sent Dut
because of doubt eXlS ing as to whether the
seaman died from yellow fever or some other
disease, but when the result of SUNDAYS tx
animation became known all doubt was DIS
PEELED.
The WivanhOe is a large steamship. She
sailed from Cardiff october %, with cargo of
coal which she dsch lrged at Kin sStOn, yin e
at that port about ten Gays, during which time
her crew mixed with the natives, from whom
the disease was Of course; contracted. There
are fifty Ocsan steamships In this part now and
as many large schOOnerS and barks and should
the fever break out among the sailors it would
play sad havoc. The Iateness of the season
IS strong guarantee that the city Is safe from
The ScOurge Of Ye low Jack, but many Vars ago
the fever ragged here in November and even in
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