New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-20
A CASE OF YELLOW FEVER.
DIR. DUNCAN, OF THE COLON; DOWN WITH
THE DISEASE IN BROOKLYN.
CASES OF CHAGREs GEvER' ON THE
srEAMER-oNE PASSENGER DIES ON
THE VOYAGE AND ANorHEB
IN THIS CITY

IN THIS CITY.
A case Of yellow fever from which DR.. r. W.
H. Duncan, surgeon OF the Pacific Mail steams
ship Colon, Is suffering, reported TO tho
Brooldyn Health Department. yesterday, DrS
Duncan is staying with a friend named Thomson,
at No. 73 Hnncock-st, and the house was quar-
antined yesterday DR.. j. B. Bogert, who has
been attending the patient since Friday, was also
quarantlned in the house, and warrant for his
arrest for violation of the health ordinances IN
failing to report the case was issued.
The Colon arrived in this port on Friday from
AspnwalL Several Of the passengers had been Ill
on the voyage, and the disease was diagnosed ar
" pernicious malaral fever.' One of the patients
died. On the arrival Of the vessel at her pier!
Dr. Duncan was taken in a carriage to the Bridge
entrance and then travelled in the Bridge cars
ond on the street-cars to his friends house Dr..
BOgert, who called in, recognized strange
features in the case, but did not decide that u
was yellow fever until Tuesday, when Dr. Pease,
Of the Ncw-York Health Department, and Deputy
Health Officer SanbOrn, of Quarantine, called to
see Dr. Duncan. They pronounced the case truo
yellow fever, but it was not until nearly mid
night that DR.. Bogert informed the Brooklyu
Health Department. Health Inspector Convery
was at once sent to Dr. Duncan and decided
that there was hardly doubt Of the case being
pronounced the case true yellow fever. DR.. Bogers
stated to him that girl who had been a passenger
on the Colon suffering from the same disease 40
the Windsor Hotel, New-York
Health Commissioner Griffin found that 10 would
not do TO remove the patient to the Quarantine
Hospital, and so quarantined him in the house
where he was, policemen being placed at both
the front and rear approaches. and every precau-
tion being taken TO prevent the spread of infec-
ton. 1t is feared, however. that DR.. Bogert may
have conveyed tine germs OF the disease to other
patients whom he has attended
DR.. Duncan was much better yesterday; and
last evening, by direction Of Health Commissioners
Griffin, he was removed 10 the Quarantine Hospital
for contagious diseases, on Swinburne Island, in
Government tug Several families in tho
vicinity Of the infected house will go to the
country at once to escape contagion.
The fact that Drs. Pcase and Sanborn took
no steps TO communicate with the Brooklyn Health
Department after visiting DR.. Duncan and dis
covering the nature Of his disease was sharply
critic. .se yesterday.
A letter from the Brooklyn Board of Health
WAS received at Sanitary Headquarters in this city
fever had been removed from the steamship Colon
TO the Windsor Hotel DIR. Cyrus Edison sent q
suffering from yellow fever. Later, Dr. Edison
sud that the inquiry referred 70 Augusta Alvarez
laIucTOn, age Ten. VINO arrived on the colon with
her parents on Friday and went 10 the Windsor
Hotel Mr. Caderon is wealthy Spaniard. HIS
daughter, who had not been well during the
voyage, WAS attacked with fever at the hotel
DR.. Joneway. formerly Health Commits.
SiODer, was called 10 attend hc-, and
he decided that the girl WIS suffering from bilious
remittent fever, known as the Chagres fever
The case was n ferr,d 10 DR.. Edison on Monday,
when the girl WAS removed from the hotel TO
private house in West Forty-P ghth 81. Expert
physicians who saw th' patient said that DIR.
Janeway had diagnosed the disease correctly.
The girl died on Tuesday morning and an autopsy
set at rSt all doubt 10 the cause Of her death.
Her body was placed in the Marble Cemetery, in
Cha --cS fevc- was the cause OF her death.
Several Of the officers ~ the Colon, who were
seen by Tribune reporter last night, denied In
the strongest terms that there had been any yell
low fever board the steamship. The quarter.
master characterized the report published In IAN
evening paper aS "a loI OF bosh.7 He said thas
the man who died nj sea was Ill with q bad case
OF Chagres fever, and that that was the disease
from which DR.. Duncan is suffering.
Beside Nr. Caldcron and his family, the Misses
Maria - and Sofia Campanza, of Lima Miss
Matte Augusta, Chill; NJ Amcenna and wife. and
" Occa2ran and wife, of Mexico. all passengers
Of the Colon, registered at the Windsor Hotel on
Friday, when the vessel arrived They remained
there one day. and said nothing about the yellow
fever cases which were said TO have manifested
themselves during the voyage OF the Colon from
As.inwall TO Ncw-IOrk.