The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-24
EXPERIENCES OF QUARANTINE.

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EXPERIENCES OF QUARANTINE.
EDITOR BULLET1N:-W Without any
wish to publish sensational article
on the miserable treatment to which
those citizens are exposed who fall
into the hands of the Board of
Health and its officers, l beg to offer
u plain and unvarnished statement
of the trials and indignities to which
Frank Gertz, Samuel Maneton, Otto
Loesche and | on. Davis), were
subjected, during our quarantine,
from the Sth to the 10th of Feb.
on the Reef or Quarantine grounds.
And / do say, in conjunction with
the three gentlemen who were my
companions in misery, that although
we thoroughly recognise the right of
the Board of Health to use all
proper precautions to protect the
community from infection, yet we
feel that we were treated in worse
manner than the prisoners in Jail,
and that no care was taken even to
supply us with roof to cover us, or
to furnish any of those absolute ne
cessaries of life and it's surround
ings, even though we were anxious
and willing to pay for any and all of
them; and further that when we are
aware and able to prove that the
other passengers experienced much
better treatment and many more
privileges, we feel that we have
been cruelty and unjustly treated.
Without further preamble L will
state how we got to the Quarantine
grounds, how we Jared, and how we
got out. 1 would not wish my
worst enemy to go through similar
experience.
Under the orders of DR.. Emerson,
President of the Board of Health, l
was permitted to 90 into quarantine
on my own premises, on the Sth of
February, on my agreeing to pay
all expenses. From the 8th to the
l l1th inst, was IN quarantine with
out any complaint, and l know that
| adhered strictly to such quaran-
tine rules as l was acquainted with,
but here state that | never saw OF
was told of any rules until the It'll
inst, when printed card was giver
to me by DR.. Emerson.
On the 18th inst, | came dowr
to dine with Mr.. Maneton, from the
upper room to the lower one, with
out any hindrance from the guard
and dined there, seeing or oommu
nicating with no one but ourselves
After two or three hours Mr.. Rey
nolds came. He seemed satisfied
with the state of things and left.
Soon after DR.. Emerson came anc
informed me that | had broken th,
rules: that | should have remained
in the rear house. But / explained
that as / had received no rules O
instructions, and as the guard ha,
offered no objections to my movint
from one room to the other, m,
error was done in ignorance, ant
the fault, if any, must rest with hin
OF his paid officer. He then on tn
18th inst. gave me printed card O
rules. AT 6 p. m. that evenin,
Reynolds returned with an order il
writing from DR.. Emerson, to re
move me and Mr.. Maneton to til
Quarantine Station, otherwise know
as the Reef.
l refused to go there, but sal
that my friend and / would go to an
respectable hotel or cottage, wher
we could receive the comforts of lif
to which we were accustomed, an
for which we were willing to pay
Reynolds said the "Dudoit House
was full and that there was no plac
for us but the reef, and that hi
orders were to take us there. In
der those circumstances we went
/ enquired of Reynolds how we wer
to live? lie said all that was neces
sary for our comfort was there, an
that he could live there himself.
When in the gloom of night W
reached there, we found a grea
barn or room 80 feet by 25 feet
without a glass window therein
most of the outside shutters bein
broken out and the sea air with it
thousands of mosquitoes BLOWN
right through the building, with tw
stable lanterns to render tn
desolation and discomfort of th
scene most painfully apparent
The roof was of rough shingle, an
through the holes therein the moon
light shone in several places. Th
doors could not be kept shut as tn
fastenings' were broken, and tn
wind kept blowing them open