New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-02
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disease that will produce such frshtiui NOR
tality. and that is Asiatic cholera. Nobody here
thinks that it is anything else but # you ask Inc
20 cav what it is officially. ] cannot answer
you for we have nothing as yet on WHICH u
base a professional diagnosis
Doctor Abbott instructor OF oac'erio,oss ="
the LOomis Laboratory, said suDs'ahti".S .o
same thing. The talk about cholerlne mus H'''o
sympathy with these experts ana tney oiShn''
ths subject without taking the uouoie u a's"'
about it.
A RIGID INSPECTION OF VESSELS
tn. unnrofessional observer who visits Quar-
antine cannot help believing that 'he 4ua,'"'ii''
,,rulations are being wisely and carefully en-
t.nc~d No vessel from coastlng schooner
4. an OCEAN liner. is allowed to pass the STATION
-..hnut q rigid inspection, and no one, except
h..Ith officer is allowed to leave or board any Oh
the ouarantined vessels. Early yesterday morn
fnn a great fitet of quarantlned steamships
atrotcbed along the upper bay ana the Narro"s
The big Lain, with her two yehow iuhn'i',
the the German flag flying from her Stern, ma
arrived on Wednesday night and anchored en-
actly opposite Quarantine, about quarter OF Il
r,,le out. Her imprisoned passengers crowded the
decks and looked longingly at the land. Inc
Health Officers boat, the Crystal Stream, whlcI'
Ia taking the place Of the regular bost' WHY"
ia disabled went out TO the big steamship early
vesterday morning and the ply slclan ooardeo ne'
The result of their investigation was a""i''N
with much interest, and there was se"''",
feeling Of relief when they returned anu ,, Lind
that there was no sign OF disease oi any I'm
aboard much less cholera. About 4 0 cioon ti"
barge came alongside and TOOK On Tue ro.ont
passengers The ship viii remain al hci p yet
sncborage for several days. how long h'e noV a
been determined Her steerage passengers "''
still aboard of her. ,;,, yoondom
North of the Lain lay the steamship ,'er Sav
que, c'o' I,ut her messengers had been fumigi'tca
early in the morning, and looked OF Anefara an
remarkable state %, ban bulk of the Gaia
SWING 70 tho tide. She had arrived cary ,, sT
terday morning and the health cncers staaraye
her soon after daylight ohe mas 20 30 SIGNS of
nassenrers aboard but there were no sig1S so y,
cholera or any suspicious disease on BOARD lneiS
were however Line cases of measles anu V"V She
chickenpoA, which were promptly srS l'OI Her cabin
will be held for two or three DAYS Hci II; I''i
vassanoers were brought to the city last niiht.
DETAINED STEAMERS RELEASED
TIL. Circassia was allowed to go to her pier AZ
half-past 10 o'clock in the morning anu ne
,,rogress I'D the bay created more interest among
en-. Messengers of the ferryboats than an ocean
steamer does ordinarily. The City OF MaS as,
ton, from Havana yellow lever po,;; and also
10y t re her ner The steamship Teutonic, which
WAS detained on Wednesday, also left 9uarah'ine
in the morning ana weh' 10 H, .hn ,m@ of the
E,ate Board of Health, the state OIL NeWn au A.
vent down the Bay and stopped al NE S" Hal
tine pier In her bow she carried TWO huee esb D
casks each 0 with n. w word POISON The
barrels contained Gisinfectants. ana were III III
tended for Swinburne Island. me tug nbu u,
board Quarantine Commissioner Allen, VINO Soa -
sctine for the State Board of Quarantine COM COM
rrisaoners, and al4o Quarantine ConinisSsiono I
Nicholas Muller Mr. Allen has exclusive charge c.1ss
Of Swinturne Island On TINS ,sa aSins ANY Will be
mt Mr. Muller is in control OF all me aIra o.:
Irnen,s for Hoffman Island, where the dlslnfecung
Of baggage and the bathing en o. nn Swinburne
Island vet. but the preparations ior ;Iend nre
patients arc all completed ON ms s-a h,n %,g
the hospitals and aIs1 t E rfs,N the supern
infected articles. John Buter Is "'c ""p
tendent there
EXAMINING HOFFMAN ISLAND
Mailman Island ia in a state of hustle ana en-
element and everybody there is busy oisin'ecN
ing and cleaning baggage aud clothing ana 0a'i,-
ing the unhappy owners Of the articles III ''''
water. A.. .,o
The State of New-York, after landing the TWO
Commissioners at Quarantine, where they hao
oon.ultation with the doctors there, took them TO
Holman Island. The big pavihons were Hisl.S I've
and inspected and found 70 be IN Satisfactory c.h
dtion The pavilion on the left Is used lor u,ie
bathing and examination Of the female nl MI
grants on the right the buildings USED ior tne
men and also the pavilion where the fumieatlon
is done. The tug took to the isiand GaIPehh n,s
and material for the construction OF Dig chule
so that the baggage may be sent quickly from fhe
second story Of the fumigaton 6ulia el,
after it has been thoroughly disiniecteo; I nl
Will materially facilitate the work and make pos
tible the handling of large amount OF oaggaFc
The fumig alton consists III filing the room contain
ing the articles with steam heated to 22O dc
frees or the articles are washed in a strong sou-
ton Of bicblorIde Of mercury wherever perhllsSl
BILE The Superintendent is Barnard Owens
Seyenty-two coffee sacks being used on the
island in the fumigation process. The property OF
the immigrants Is put INTO tnem, checkeu anu
labelled, and then fumisated This saves the
Rasides the pavilions and hospitals on the
islands. the old quarantine hulk. the j. G. Carrie
ton, is already 20 be towed To the Lower Quar-
is now lying at Manning's Basin in South Brooklyn
and she has been thoroughly overhauled She has
capacity for about $50 people.
CLEANING THE IMMIGRANTS.
Yesterday morning the 765 immigrants on the
veendam were transferred to Hoffman Island with
their baggage and underwent thorough cleansing
and disinfecting Each person, regardless of age,
was stripped to the skin and put into one of the
rooms Each room contains five bath tubs. with
running water drawn from the sea. Attendants
watch the PEOPLE in each room to see that they
wash themselves thoroughly Many Of of, the m mi
but the times were like war and they bad to
submit whether they would or not. While they
were bathing, their clothing was being Iuihi-
gated and disinfected, and at the same time
the steamship was undergoing a thorough over
hauling and fumigation. After the immigrants
were cleaned they were sent back on boari the
ship The baggage forwarded directly 10
New-York The fumigation Of the Veendam :
passengers was completed before noon. Previously
The Circassia's passengers had all undergone the
process and at 10 80 o'clock in the morning the
vessel was allowed TO pass Quarantine and go
up to her pier. The veendam will be held as
q precaution for a day or two.
kor0 nsan transferring
10 and from the ships and the quarantine islands
avs not the same barges used for the transfer of
Immigrants at Ellis Island. They are Old oarges
they are thoroughly disinfected and washed down
with a strong solution of bchloride of mercury.
WILLING TO AID THE AUTHORITIES
err.NsuIp AGENTS DISCUSS THE SITUATION