The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-02

served One of the large lifebuats belong
ing to the Gaelic was lowered and the port
nearest the laZsrette Oh board the steamer
opened. The men with their baggage were
placed in the Doat. which was then towed
10 the wharf by the Governor Perkins, ana
the sick men, with one attendant, climbed
up on the wharf One of the Chinese pre-
sented horrible sight as he sat In the boat.
with nothing but mat to protect him froin
the sharp. cold wind that was sweeping over
the bay His face was swollen to twice Its
normal size and looked like piece OF raw
beefsteak. The only white man among the
lot was Charles CeltoD, fifth engineer OF the
steamer, but he has the disease only IN
mild fern.
The hill overlooking the quarantine sta
tioD was lined with soldiers who watched
the procession of five with anything but
pleased looks on their faces until the sick
men disappeared inside the door of the Pest
house. The transfer took place without
single person other than the ono attendant
coming la contact with the affected men.
As soon as he had seen them turned over to
DR.. Mcintosh DR.. LawlOr gave orders that
everything left on board the steamer that
had belonged to. or had been used by the
sick men, should be burned, and the furnace
of the donkey engine was used Tor this pur-
pose To-day every steerage passenger on
board the ship Will be landed at the station
and the work of fumigating the vessel and
all on board her will commence. This VIII
take at least 36 hours; the steamer will be
then released from quarantine and the
cabin passengers allowed to land. The
crew Of the ship will still be under quaran-
tine and under no circumstances Will they
be allowed on shore.
The disease first made its appearance on
March II. before the steamer reached YOko-
hama on her homeward trip, and the sick
man was landed at that port.
As tue days went by and no new cases
were reported 1t was hoped that The danger
was over. In this those on board were dis
appointed, however. as on the 23d IL broke
out again. and the patient was at once iso-
lated. On the Goth another case was re-
ported, and still another on the 30th, when
Cotton, the engineer, was discovered TO be
suffering from the disease. Yesterday
morning another Chinaman was removed to
the ships lazarette, making four cases in
ali. How many more OF those on board the
steamer have the germs of the disease in
their systems time alone can tell, but the
chances are thstqute number of the men
will be sent to the Pesthouse before the
quarantine is raised.
The Custom-house steamer Hartley, with
Varncy Gaskill and staff OF inspectors on
board, went out 10 meet the Gaelic as she
came in, but when he saw the yellow flag
Varney remembered the City of Rio and
only asked for two volunteers to 60 on board
the steamer.
The mails were brought to this city late
last night in tug sent over for that pur-
pose, and as soon as the ship Is fumigated
the work OF landing the silk. of which there
are 1900 bales on Board, will begin. The
silk, which Is valued at over 81, 800, 900, will
be brought 10 the Mail dock in lighters and
at once sent East in special trains. The cost
Of feeding and caring for the large number Of
steerage passengers will fall on the owners
of the Gaelic, and, if the people are long on
the island, Will amount to a large sum.
The total number OF steerage passengers on
board the Gaelic is 2S2, OF whom 2l1 are
Chinese, 68 are Japanese, and the other
three are white men. two Of whom are sail
ors sent home from one Of the United States
warships in China.
The Gaelic brought cargo of 4067 tons,
275 OF which Is tea. She also brought treas
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