The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-16
ANOTHER CHOLERA CASE.

ANOTHER CHOLERA CASE.
A New York servant-GirI III with tho Pest
Suspicious Gases at Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Sept 15.-This city has an
other well-defined case OF cholera, in the
person of Mary Connerty, q nineteen-year-
old girl, who came from Ireland SIX months
ago. who was found to-day at the tone
ment No. COZ Second avenue, suffering from
what has been pronounced genuine cholera.
The case was reported to the Health De-
partment by DR.. Kane. of No. 673
Second avenue. who was called
to attend her. Inspector Dillingham;.
of the Board of Health. declared the pa
tient had cholera. 1t is not known how she
got the plague. Wien the girl arrived in
this city she went to live with q family
named Lyons, friends of hers, on the third
floor of the tenement No. 682 Second avenue
Six or seven weeks ago she got employ yment
as q servant in Mrs. Marie L. Fenn's theat-
ricsl boarding house, at No. 22l East
Thirty-trst street She was in good
he Nth until Wednesday night. That night
BIO paid q visit to. the Lyons family, and
came home about 10 r. NJ. About md
night she was seized with violent pains.
which were followed with vomiting and
diarrhea. Mrs. Fem sent for Dr. Court
ney, who. however, failed to answer the
call After waiting few hours Dr. Kane
was notified. In the meantime Mary ex-
pressed q wish to be taken to the Lyons
apartments, and she was removed there.
DE-. Kane visited her at 9 A. NJ. to-day, and,
after an examination. diagnosed her
illness as cholera. The police were noti-
fed and word was sent tp the Bureau of
Contagious Diseases. DR.. Roberts sent In
spectOr Dillingham; ND to the house and he,
too, was of the opinion that it was aIcase of
cholera. This fact was telephoned to the
Board of Health, which was in session, and
orders were issued to have tho girl removed
at once to the reception hospital. at the
foot of East Sixteenth street.
No. COZ Second avenue IS tenement in
which eight families live. The house was
thoroughly disinfected to-day and the bed
ding on which the sick girl laid was taken
away and burned. All her clothing was
also burned. Employees of the Health De.
partment went to Mrs. Finn's boarding
house and took away the bed in which the
girl slept there. and whatever cloth
ing she had there. Everything was
burned to destroy the danger Of
infection. The boarding house was also
disinfectod. Mrs. Fenn's boarders, e,sht
in number, are professional psOple. They
were badlcy scared. A physician has been
detailed to watch the nouse from which
the girl was removed. How she got the
learned che has not visited any persons
who have recently arrived from the other
side. The only place she went was
f, to see the Lyons family. The health
ori gin of the disease. There was much ex-
citement around tho neighborhood when
the girl was removed. A large crowd had
gathered. and il took several policemen to
keep the crowd back. 1t is believed the
sion of some of the girlsvomlt for bacteria
logical examination. This is the first case
of cholera reported In this city in which the
patient was alive.
TWO SUSPICIOUS CASES IN BROOKLYN.
Two suspected cases of cholera were
found in Brooklyn to-day "a German.
whose name could not be learned on State
street. and Simon Colinksi. living in North
Seventh street, williamsburg. The Ger
man girl died N few hours. She came to
this country last Saturday. These cases
are being carefully investigated.
Immigrant passengers on the Friesland,
which arrived here Aug: 20. seem to have
brought the disease to little Minnie Lev
niger, who died Sept. IL. They are traced
back to Antwerp which they reached from
other cities of Europe, no doubt infected
with cholera. When the Friesland reached
quarantine there was reported no
illness on board, and after few
hours detention ard so-called fumi-
cation the passengers we're permitted
to proceed. From the steamship pier tho
passengers scattered over the city and tho
country. -Four young women went TO No.
All East Forty street. where little
Minnie lived. There is reason to believe
that Infection was in their clothing, and
that they innocently carried 1t about with
them. escaping its dangers themselves.
Mayor Grant las issued n proclamation
to the pubiic in which he says the health
department has showed entire competence
TO deal with the plsgue. He anticipates
no spread of the disease. and asks the peo-
adopted by the board for the safety
of the people. He also invites their
AID in enforcing sanitary regulations
for the maintenance of health.
The proclamation declares that reception
hospitals, with doctors and nurses. are all
equipped and ready TO receive and isolate
each case rs 1t is discovered: that ply si-
populated tenement districts: that the fed-
erai and State authorities have established
quarantine stations for those coming from
abroad; that the Chamber of Commerce ~
taking active measures TO lend assistance;
that no energy or needed expenditure will
be wanting, and that excessive fear on
the part of the public is not justified.
infectious nor contagious. within tho CON-