The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-10

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steamship Spree. from Bremen, will be re-
leased from quarantine.
The Scandia left the plague-stricken port
of Hamburg August q, loaded with 1.Os6
souls. She had the enormous num-
Der of 9s1 steerage passengers, %
cabin and II members of her crew.
Before she had been many days
out cholera broke out. and before she ar
rived the pest was fairly raging on board
of her. Thirty-nine cases occurred in half
a week. Of these thirty-two succumbed
before she arrived at anchorage. One by
one. by couples and by threes. the bodies
of the unfortunate victims were dropped
overheard.
DR.. Byron boarded all the vessels at
midnight. He found all well on the Nor
MAMMA, Rugia, Moravia and Wyoming.
but when he reached the Scandia
he found this terrible disease and
trouble. There were still seven
virulent cases OH board, and
these DIR. Byron removed to Swinburne
island. The Scandia is the first vessel to
arrive thoroughly injected with cholera.
The Scandia has it from her bow to her
stern, from her main deck to her keelson.
The cabin passengers, crew and emigrants
all have it in their midst. and she will
probably be the hardest cholera importer
to fight of the lot.
As though the Scandia was not enough
for one night, another horror was added
to the situation. Yesterday the Wyo-
ming was only or the suspect list,
but at 2 in the morning she can
be classed as cholera ship.
Mrs. Pierson, mother of two little
children, Elias and Adelaide, who died
yesterday of suspicious disease, herself
succumbed to the dread disease. She,
with three more, was removed from the
Wyoming during the forenoon yesterday.
They were placed in the hospital and Mrs.
Pierson died during the night.
A man calling himself George A.
Weaver, European agent of the San Fran
cisco Tea Company" has been interviewed
at Memphis, Tenn, and says he escaped
from the Normannia in the New York har-
Dor by swimming No one named Weaver
was among the Normannia's passengers,
nor is there such name in the list Of the
crew. The story is false.
An appeal was today addressed to Gov.
Flower. signed by a committee of passen-
gers. first and second class, on the steamer
NOEIldHUtS, HtotS9thS ASaihot htDb
prisoners aboard that cholera infected
ship. The petition is signed by q CON-
mittee consisting entirely of ply
sicans, and among other charges
against DIR. jenkins is the allie
CATION that health officers only
visit the vessel every two or three days.
make no systematic and regular inspec-
ton. and that dead bodies remain on the
vessel dangerously long time before re-
moval. In conclusion, these physicians
saw: at seems inconceivable that so
heretofore healthy people should be quar-
antined on board an infected ship, and
that it is impossible to isolate them at q
place thus far not infected" They empha-
size this point so much the more, as from all
appearances the measures taken to disin-
feet the Normannia have been incomplete
and void Of the speedy. energetic and sys-
,ematic mode of proceeding which is
| necessary TO efficiently counteract the
| damaging influences to which all are ex-
| posed. In reference to these points they
| submit the following facts:
| Fir.t-At no time have there been facilities to
| remove the SICK Immediately after ths onset OF
| cholera symptoms. Even dead bodies have
| been kept on board twenty-four hours or more.
| n
| OF the ship been made, nor have any measures
| been taken with regard 10 disinfeetion, except
such as we're possible with the insufficient sup
| plv OF disinfccting material carried on board.
Third-The disinfecting material has not been
| furnished promptly, in spite of requests OF the
| shlp's authorities. Their demand made Oh
| saturday, September 3. 90 place on board al
| Official expert To supervise and execnte thor
| ough disinfection has not been complied with
Foursh-The water supply OF the ship has no.
heen taken care oil In proper way at ali. A.
/ though by Monday morning the TANKS wer.
/ clean and ready 10 receive fresh water, such Il
/ not on board az the present hour. supply o
| fresh water Immediately after the arrival OF .hs
/ ship should have been made main point o
sanitary importance II, therefore. IA spite o
| such condition OF things. passenger
| should be obliged TO remain in auarsniin'
| on board the Sormannia, the undersigned
| deem i. their duty to demand tho execution o
such sanitary measures under The s1pesyisioi