The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-02
CHOLERA SCOURGE.
Steamer MoraYia Sent to Quar-
antine.
NO NEW CASES YET DISCOVERED.
Strict Precautions Being Taken to Prevent a
Spread of the Disease-Ihe Presidents Cir
cnlar-Repor;s from Infected Districts.

New YoRK, Sept. 1.-The two women on
board the Moravia still sick, are on fair
way to recovery. The passengers will be
given bath this afternoon. The steamer
will remain at lower quarantine till all
traces of the disease are removed.
The health officers profess not TO expect
any further outbreak on board, but from
the fact that expert nurses are called for
to serve month, it seems certain that
they are prepared for such happening.
DR.. Jenkins this morning said he is not
prepared 10 say whether the disease on the
Moravia was truly Asiatic cholera until
completed. No one could say positively
what the disease was. He admitted that
some of the symptoms were such as are
not known to exist except in cases of the
Asiatic scourge, and few doubt it is that.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF REPORTERS.
The sanitary department. will ASK that
a special harbor police be appointed to pa
troll the bay with orders to shoot anyone
attempting to board any of the quarantined
vessels. 1t is believed this is aimed at in
Quisitive reporters.
INSPECTING ARRIVALS.
All the big trans Atlantic steamers
scheduled to arrive today have been heard
from. The health officers say ell are clear
and the passengers healthy. The steamers
Lain and Gallia are objects of suspicion,
as many OF their passengers are known to
have come through infected localities.
The Lain has 264 saloon passengers and
4S3 immigrants, mostly Germans with some
Russian Jews. Most of the saloon pas
sengers are returning tourists from
Europe who have passed through
places in Europe now infected
with the disease. The captain of the
Moravia went ashore on Staten island last
night As soon as the fact was discovered
he was ordered back on the vessel. He
had not been in contact with the infected
part of the ship and it is not believed any
trouble will result.
There were riding at anchor in quaran-
tine this morning, the steamers Circassia,
Vendam, Teutonic. Lain, Gallia, City OF
Washington and Olmda. The last named
comes from Oporto and other Mediterran-
can ports by way of Boston, where she
was subjected to quarantine. The City OF
| Washington comes from HAVANA. Gallia
is small Cunarder chiefly devoted to car
rying immigrants. She left Liverpool
Aug %, prior to the outbreak of the
cholera there It is not believed that any
disease is brought by he-.
The board of health this morning ap-
pointed fifty special cholera inspectors.
The department of public works issued
orders for full force of inspectors Of
nuisances in the Crotch water shed to
begin at once, and thorough inspection
patrol of all streams, reservoirs. lakes and
ponds tributary TO the city water supply.
this morning. Inspection OF the steamer
Lain this morning showed that all the
passengers are. in exceptionally good
health. The captain was instructed to
fumigate the vessel thoroughly ana remain
in quarantine until given permission to
leave.
On the Gallia health officers found nine
children suffering from measles, and two
with chicken pox. The officers then went
10 the Circassia and Teutonic, and finding
all precautions had been taken, allowed
them to proceed to the docks.
a report from quarantine at 3 p. N.
states that the results of the examination
of the soiled linen of the Moravia's pas
sengers failed to reveal the presence of
cholera bacteria.
No more cholera ships are expected until
the arrival of the Normannia with 400
IMMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG,
who left several days after the epidemic
broke out there.
Trading is dull and prices lower on
stock aud produce exchanges today on ac-
count of the cholera scare.