Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-10
CHOLERA MICROBES
A Shipload of Them Arrives
at New York.
THE sOANDIA A REGULAR PEsTsHIP

Thtrty-two Deaths on the Voyage One
in the Cabin-The Worst Record of
Any Vessel So Far-President Harri-
son Says Sandy Hook Can BE Used as
Refuge-war Department Reasons
Why 1t Should Not Be-Ex-Mayor
Hewitt's OTer-Abating at Hamburg.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. - The dreaded
Scandia has arrived, reaching quarantine
at 1880 this morning. and DR.. Byron re-
ports as follows: "Have visited the Scan
dia and find the following: Total number
of passengers ,0S6 cabin, 28, steerage, 9Sl,
crew, u. On the voyage there were 50
deaths, of which there were 20 in steerage,
one in cabin and two among the crew. 1
am starting in our tug Crystal Water to
transfer seven cases stricken with the
plague to the hospital here on Swinburne
island"
The Scandia sailed from Hamburg on
Aug. %, and it had been expected that she
would be the final coup for the plague
ridden Hamburg American company.
The report shows the worst fears are more
than realized. No such mortality as that
which Captain Kopff has been compelled
to report has heretofore been recorded dur
ing the present reign of the plague.
Woe for the Detained Ones.
The feelings of those on the ships that
have been detained for a week when they
see the transfer boat speeding to and fro
between Swinburne island and the
Scandia may better be imagined than de-
scribed. The moving of the tug tells a
story the horror of which is increased ten
fold because they cannot know the exact
truth. Dr. jenkins was awakened to re-
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newspaper men about. Others in bed
We're soon summoned in haste to send
the grievous tidings to their papers. Sew
eral days since DIR. Jenkins was presented
with cablegram by the agents of the
line stating that another of their ships,
the Bohemia, left Hamburg Aug. 81 with
GO steerage passengers, all having been
isolated from five to eight days; that the
steerage and baCga ge We're dlSlnfected.
Daily Mortuary Report.
The Wieland arrived early yesterday
morning, bUt all her passengers were well.
The Wyoming, which had come up TO the
upper station. was found to have had two
deaths on board, and was ordered to the
lower station at once. Her fatalities We're
two children of months and years, and
it is uncertain what they died OF. Their
mother, however, is i'll with undoubtei
cholera. Following is the record: On the
Wyoming-Deaths, two Perssor children;
new cases, the mother of the above and
two Russian children. On the Normannia
Dead, Carl Blessing, IS years old, one of
the crew; new cases, Adolph Weiss, aged
81, one of the crew.
LATER.-The mother of the two dead
children died this morning.
Complaints Declared False.
Speaking of the situation DR.. Jenkins
said that it was decidedly encouraging. 1t
is grave enough, he believes, however, to
Justify the enforcing of the most stringent
quarantine regulations until it is mani
festly safe to release any vessel. In regard
to the appeal sent to Governor Flower
charging negligence on the part of the
health officials, DR.. Jenkins said that they
were false. 1t was particularly false that
dead bodies with the knowledge of the
physicians had been allowed to remain on
any ship. 1t was contrary to instructions.
which We're in no instance violated, and
the bodies were removed as soon as pos
sible.
Getting the Refuge ships Ready.
The steamship Stonington and the
United States training ship New Hamp-
shire are now being fitted up for the re-
ception of the detained passengers on the
Rugia and Normannia. Early yesterday
the Stonington arrived from New Lon
don, where she had been lying for the
past year, and she left for quarantine to-
day. The New Hampshire has also
reached Hoboken, n. J., where she is be-
ing fitted up. She will have to be sup
piled with cots, bedding and various other
furniture. The Great Western line has
offered to charter propeller with accom-
modations for $50 persons for the same
purpose