St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-10
4 new PEST ship
Steamer Scandia Arrives at
Quarantine Direct From
Hamburg.
She Had Thirty-Two Deaths
From Cholera on the
Voyage.
Over 1000 Persons Come
Over on the Plague-In-
fected Vessel.
Seven Cases Transferred
From the Ship to Swim
burne Island.
Cases Break Out on a Ship
That Sailed From Liv-
erpoOl.
The President Directs That
Sandy Hook Be Set Apart
for Camn.
The President Directs That
Sandy Hook Be Set Apart
for a Camp.

QUARANTINE, Sept. 10.-At 1:l5 this
morning DR.. Jenkins received the fol-
lowing from Swinburne island. The
cable was signed by DR.. Byran:
''Have visited the Scandia this even
Ing and find the following: Total num-
Der of passengers. l,0S6; cabin, 2S;
steerage, 9S1; crew, II. On the voyage
there were 50 deaths. of which there
were % in steerage, 1 in cabin and 2
among the crew. am starting in our
tug Crystal Water to transfer seven
cases stricken with the plague to the
hospital on Swlnburne island.'
The Scandia sailed from Hamburg
Aug. 20 and was due here yesterday. 1t
has been variQuSly reported that she
had about nine hundred steerage pas
sengers, and it has been expected that
she would be the final coup for the
plague-ridden Hamburg company. AS
the report tonight shows, the worst
bCdlS Ill ulOIG llldu IedIlZeU.
No such mortality as that which Capt
hoptf has been compelled to report has
heretofore been recorded during the
present reign of the plague. The Ham
Durg-American company now has six
ships under the ban of the health officers
VIZ: the Moravia. Rugia, Normannia,
Nieland. Stubbenhuk and the Scandia.
The terrible report tonight certainly
luStlfies the fears of the health officer.
and also his great anxiety to provide a
safe refuge for the souls that as yet still
retain health aboard the vessels in the
lower roadStead.
2:15 a. m. - The Scandia has had
twelve deaths, and seven cases have
been removed TO Swinburne island.
What Was Feared.
The feelings Of those On the ships
that have been detained for a week this
morning when they see the transfer
ships going TO and fro between Swim
burne island and the ship may better be
imagined than described. To add to this.
the horror VIII be increased tenfold be-
cause they cannot know the exact truth,
What the daylight hour this morning
may produce none can tell, but that the
Scaudia has all that has been feared
none will deny. DR.. jenkins was
awakened to receive the news and give
II to the few newspaper men about.
others Ill bed were soon summoned in
haste to send the grievous tidings to
their papers.
Several days since DR.. Jenkins was
presented with cablegram by the
agents of the line stating that another
OF their ships, the Bohemia, left Ham,
burg Aug. 2l with GIT steerage passen-
gers. All had been isolated from five
to eight days; the steerage and baggage
were disinfected. In spite of this the
the Bohemia will now be an addI-
tional
Source Of Anxiety
and 1t is safe to say that, as she is an
old ship like the Moravia and the Scan
Ola, the health officer will not pass her
without the most rigid scrutiny. and an
extended detention will be observed.
Dr.Jenkins was clad only in his dress
Ing gown when he met the reporters.
and the lock that overloaded his face
when he said there was nothing he
could add by way of comment, showed
only too plainly his belief that it had
only begun.
Deputy Suine, who had also retired
for the night. when apprised of the fact
of thlrty-two deaths On the Scandia, ex-
claimed: This is perfect epidemic.
and apprehepd grave results" The
Scandal" he said, lis sister ship to
the Moravia and Rugia. now in lower
quarantine, as her list shows, carries
almost wholly steerage passengers.'
Late in the evening the health officer
was Informed of the arrival of the Sean
dla. 1t was at once boarded by DR..
Byron at Swinburne island, who pro-
ceeded in tug 10 the infected vessel.
The result of this visit was duly reported
by wire to Dr.. Jenkins, who gave out
the information to the reporters. DIR.
jenkins at once returned to rest. He
Will Go Dovyn the BAY
early in the morning, accompanied by
OuiiillN, anu a tllOlOu CAdIulllaIlOQ or
the infected vessel will be made.
The Scandia passed Sandy Hook
after dusk, having been sighted
off Fire island after dusk. In
his interviews with the reporter
early i'll the evening. DR.. Jenkins said
he expected no news from the Scandia
before morning, and, while his general
fears regarding this ship have been
well known, his looks and tones did
not Indicate that which has broken
his nights rest. The news came to
him like bolt out of clear sky. The
effect of the watchers at quarantine
is illustrated by the rush made
to the telegraph Office as the
reporters left the Doctors room
Up the way to the station, the quarar,.
tine boarding. officers rushed with such
force that several of them went
spraWling on the floor, SO grea,