New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-16
FEVER ON SHIPBOARD.
A THOUSAND PASSENGERS EXPOSED.
. CHILD DIED FROM MALIGNANT SCARLET
pEvER-THE GARRIcK REPORTS YELLOW
FEyER-DEATHs FROM GRIP
crffr rNCpEASING.
STILL INCREASING


Lilly Hancock, eight years old, was ianoeu i,on'
,be steamship Fresland, from Antwerp, yes'eiurS'
sick. She was placed in the hospitai az .ne
Barge Office, when the doctors 1ounu 1ns "" .,'s
suffering from malignant Scarlet fever. How 1ne
csse was allowed 10 pass Quarantine is q mystery
Tn. child was taken on the crowded barge from
che steamers pier to the Barge Ofhce, anu pLoo
ohlv everv steerare passenger was either aV si'"O
time or previously exposed to con'aeioh' nv.
over I ooo persons with their baggage wenV ouO
from the Barge Office yesterday caIlSins WV wv
uossibility of an epidemic OF scarlet e'ei' e
Fr,esland landed LAO immigrants at the barge
omn. ons nassenrer died on the barge whiie
heing transferred from the steamer ao 'ei''S
Citv 70 the Barge Office. His name was '"oo"
de Boer. He was ffty-two years DID, ana MS wiie
and Ave children were with him. IL hao oeeh
the dream Of his life to come 10 hine'i0S',
snd for years he had workeo anu
saved In order to get money enough 70 es'aoriSn
a home in khe new world lie came iloln ~"
usstvoid\ in northern Holland and was going
y. Ksns;pnton. Ill. where he had friends. His
S,o,ber was a second-cabin passenger on the same
.hin The cause of De Beers death was Brights
disease complicated with heart trouble. Ihree
aoatbs ocourred on the Friesland during tne
vovare. Catherine Slange fifteen years old' oleo
an Anril of heart disease. and was buried at SEA-
inst as land was sighted on Tuesday, her prouner'
Henry. seventeen years old, died OF the same us
...e Francisca Teber child, six years old'
sea on Auril of scarlatina. All these deaths
we're in the steerage.
The steamer Garrick from Brazil and st. Luchia,
mas detained at Quarantine yesterday Two cases
=, vellow fever were found among her crew soon
stssr she left st. Luchia. The patients recovered
.rs no new cases developed. The steamer VIII
he detained for observation however.
aThe finer the weather is, the worse Uhe
endemic of grip becomes" said one OF Ohe
nbvsiciaps in the Health Department yesterday
During the twenty-fou hours ending at noOn' @oo
asatbs were reported in the city, only a few less
tSan ON Tuesday, and thrty-two were from the
Srin and its complications. -Four deaths were
ssst down as having been caused by "lnnuenza
alone 1t is probable that the mortal cr IL big5 &
mortality of last week. and the end OF tne epiuev
cannot be predicted yet. The disease is one over
which the Health officials have absolutely no
control -. c,,ol,rox yvere
fegt'' II was decided by physicians YESTERDAY that
Charles Palmer. of Oyster Bay, l.. L.. was suiIer-
ina from typhus. He has been removed 70 tIe
barn of A. Fayne, and every precautlon Is as Gelns
taken to prevent spread OF the disease s. ralner
WAS Formerly employed on the Beekman properly
and went TO his home in England some montns ago
On his return on the steamer Circassla IL Is sup
posed that he contracted the FEVER roH "lnoh ne
Is now suffering. ,A .,,ouo
DR. Finity, of Long Island City, says that there
are one or two cases of typhus at Wo0dslde;
Judge Albert Hoffman, of the Hudson County,
N III Court of Common Pleas, is dangerously
m at his home in Hobol<en from typhus fever.
II was reported yesterday that he could not re-
cover.
DEATHS FROM SPOTTED FEVER IN TENS.
= Ca lLouisy sApn1t 15.A-A dlspsrcn rom hesquhe'
xt. says that the spotted fever that broke out NJ
that vicinity last week is spreading rapidly. snce
Monday there pave been fsur more oeatns lroih '''
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