New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-15
is THIS MORE TYPHUSf
EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
1RrEEx urxnRrn AND rn1RrY.EIGHr INN.

THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHr IMMIs
GRANTS DETAINED-oNE woMAN SICK.
The Health officers of the port had busy time
OF it Yesterday. They had made up their minus
that every immigrant should be carefully examined
before being allowed TO leave the ship, and thas
the mishap of landing the typhus-tainted steerage
passengers of the MassiIia should not he repeated
Late on Saturday the City of Berlin, from Liver
pool. arrived at Quarantine with l6 hstclass.
65 second-class and 203 stceraGe passengers or
the latter. forty were Russian Hebrews. Shortly
afterward the steamship Russia, from Hamburg
also anchored off Quarantine. having on board -
cabin passenger, and $40 steeragc, of whom 32o
were Russian Hebrews. At o'clock yesterday morn
ing the steamship Belgenand, from Antwerp.
came up with first-class, 40 sccond-class ana oso
steerage passengers. Of whom % "eio
Russian Hebrews. Much TO the disgust OF the
first and sccondclass passengers. all three shlpo
were detained. ..,.
DIR. Jenkins had as assistants DR.. Andrew omitn
and Dr. Winsl0w w. Skinner. Each OIL 'he,n
took charge o. one of the vessels Dr Onii'"'
who was examining the City of Berlin louhu
woman, Daria LmenkOs aged fortN-eight years
Russian Jewess, in the ships hospital. one hao
been admitted there on February .. The case
looked suspiciousy like typhus; so he summoned
diagnosis. It was learned that the woman came
from the Province of Tambov, one OF those
afflicted by the present famine, and where typhus
fever is prevalent.
The doctors could not decide that the woman
was actually suffering from typhus, but the
SYMPTOMS all pointed that way. Ihey there aho
,hen decided that every Russian Hebrew. man.
woman and child should be sent to Holman
Island and detained there for twenty-one days, lor
observation As for the sick woman, she was
sent to Swinburne Island. The remainder
Of the immigrants We're detained on board
rho several vessels. and it was not
decided last night whether they also should pe
sent tn Hoffman Island or allowed to pass. lheie
was no sickness on board either the Russia OF
Relrenland but Notwithstanding this, IL was de-
termined to include their Russian-flebrew passen-
GERS with those the City OF Errlln Tor 10 was
learned that nearly all of them came from the
famine and fever,stricken districts. And what
miserable looking lot of beings they were. Livery
one of them gaunt, thin, dirty and halfstarved'
| they looked 10 he ideal specimens OF humanity
for typhus fever to fatten on.
The other steemge immigrants seemed to take
their detention stoicany, but that was not 'hc
case with the first and second class passengers
They however. after Eeing thoroughly fumigated,
and having all their belongings also lumlsa'ed'
were at 30 D. m. put on board the transfer
steamer William Fletcher and brought 10 the
city. The steamships were detained at Quaran-
tine and will not be allowed to come up TO their
piers until they are thoroughly fumgated and
some decision come 10 about the Immigrants sun
| on board, who number 9o3. 49,,
| The steamship companies are FURIOUS ao ths
detention but the Health officers are deSriihheu
| 10 take every precaution against admitting any
more typhus fever cases into this CITY,