Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-20
DREAD YELLOW JACK.
Surgeon Duncan Dying with the
 Fever in Brooklyn.
THE CITY Is ALARMED
For Not Reporting the Disease Promptly the Physician in Attendance ts Cases Reported.

BROOKLYN, June 20. - Dr. R. w. H. Duncan, surgeon of the steamship Colon, has come back from Aspinwall with yellow fever: He lay most of yester- Thompson, 173 Hancock street, in the most fashionable part of Brooklyn. At night he was removed seriously Ill to quarantine station.
 The Colon arrived from Aspinwall on Friday, Dr. Duncan was sick then, but the nature of his illness was not known until Tuesday night. Dr. J. B. Bogert, of No. 225 Greene avenue. who attended him, supposed at first that 1t was a case of malarial fever. Tuesday afternoon he discovered symptoms of yellow fever. At the same time he heard that two other passengers on the Colon, who also arrived here sick, had been declared to have yellow fever. Notwithstanding these facts he did not notify the health authorities until nearly midnight. For this neglect pr. Bogert has been placed under arrest.
 Dr. Young, deputy health commissioner of Brooklyn, received the first official in- formation of the presence of the disease by telephone from Dr. Bogert. He im- mediately assigned Dr. Connery, who has had experience in yellow fever cases, to take charge of the patient.
 Captain Thompson was for many years
 
 family consists of his wife and two daughters. One of the Misses Thomp- son is engaged to be married to Surgeon Duncan, who made his home at her fathers house during the stay of his ship in New York. After his arrival at the house on Friday he was under Miss Thompson's constant care, and she de- voted herself to nursing him with gener- ous disregard of the danger to herself. Dr. Connery went at once to Captain Thompson's house and remained there all night, Yesterday morning he made an official report on the case to Health Commissioner Griffin. In that he de- clares Surgeon Duncan to be undoubtedly suffering with yellow fever. He says that the patient was taken sick with headache and high temperature when five days out from Aspinwall. Two pas sengers were also taken sick at the same time and 1t is believed they were all suf- fering from 'pernicious malarial fever" Upon the arrival of the steamer at the Pacific Mail Steamship company's pier Dr. Duncan was driven to the bridge en- | trance in coach, and he rode 10 the house in a car.
 The officers of the Colon will not admit l that there were any cases of yellow fever on the vessel, and the story prevalent in Brooklyn that one of the passengers was l taken to the Windsor hotel with the dis ease is vigorously denied. The Colon lies at the foot of Canal street. Iboarded her yesterday afternoon and saw sev- eral of the officers, who, without excep- | tion, declared that the Brooklyn story was untrue.
 l ''It is sensational newspaper report, " l said First Officer Alexander Kuhleman.
 I've have had nothing so serious as that
 on this ship. It was reported that a l passenger had died on the voyage of yell l low fever. Here, let mo show you our l og. You know If we do not record these 1 hings we are liable to be punished" l All the city of Brooklyn is much | alarmed over the case.