Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-22
ANOTHER VOYAGE OF DEATH.

srrfval Mt New York of the Steamship
Bohemia, from Hamburg with Record
of Eleven Deaths I'm Route-Eour fa-
tients Removed to Swinburne Isiand-
The Victims for the Nest Part Children
The Last of the Expected Plague
Ships.
New YORK. Sept. 16.-Another plague
ship in the port and another story OF
disease and death on the voyage.
Eleven more victims added to those
who have died between Hamburg and
New York This is the story OF the
Bohemia, which X5rived in New York
Thursday night and anchored IN lower
quarantine.
Her coming had been dreaded as much
as the coming of her sister ship and SIS
ter death-house-the Scandal. She left
Hamburg at the time when the pest
was at its worst, and her 6s1 Storage
passengers. gathered from the infected
regions of Germany and Russia, were
confidently expected to bring the
cholera with them.
The Bohemia sailed from Hamburg
on September =, and was due Thursday
morning. On Wednesday morning, $50
miles east of Sandy Hook she was
passed by the Trave, which arrived
Thursday morning. Knowing the
anxiety with which the health officers
waited for her coming, she was report
ed from Fire island, which she passed
at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, not from
Sandy Hook, which she reached at
o'clock Half an hour later she was
added to the cholera fleet, which rides
in the lower bay.
Capt. Schroeder was unwilling to
say much about the deaths on board
until he had made his report to the
health officer, but he admitted the es-
sential fac.s of the misfortunes that
had befallen the company.
The bohemia is Of the unlucky Ham
burg-American line. She has been
many years in the service. and since
the appearance of the fast express
steamers, she has been devoted almost
entirely to the immigrant business
She brings no cabin passengers. :.
The Rohemfa's Death List.
QUARANTINE. Staten Island, Sept IT,
DIR. Byron has visited the Bohemia.
He reports that there were eleven
deaths at sea on the steamer and that
four cases have been removed to Swim
puTHC lSidlu. ZIG IcpOECS tiidl thoSS
who died on the vessel died OF CASTRO.
intestinal trouble. The names of those
who were removed to Swinburne island,
are:
Max Feingold, aged years.
CEage Bass, aged . years.
Leo Hs1dfeldt, aged s6 years.
A small child from the steerage.
The Bohemia has on 653 storage pas
sengers, 10 cabin and 20 crew. all found
well. The ship condition as to cieanli-
ness is first-class.
The following is the death list Of the
Bohemia:
Sarah Dis!er. aged IS; September G.
Peshe Disle-. aged years; September 6.
Rwke Wessli, aged 25 years; September Z.
Jenkel Fawodn:ch. year old; September Z.
Marianne Rsaowsk. years DID, Septem-
Ter =
Sechauce Friedman, Sig years old; Sc ptem-
berS.
scheindel Bass, year old; September
Mosiche Weisbo-d, years old; September IL.
selig Lipsohn. year old; September Is.
Taube Mandelsohn, years old; September IS.
Loib Mandelsohn, years old: September 10.
When DR.. Jenkins came from his pri-
vate Office with the telegraph report of
DIR. Bryon's visit to the Bohemia he
said: II am mighty glad that this is
the last of the ships we expect serious
trouble from"
An Important Conference.
NEW YORK, Sept. IA conference
vas held at the mayors Office yester-
day between the mayor, President Will
son of the board of health Public
Works Commissioner Gilroy, Police
Commissioner Martin and other o fl
Gals. The cholera situation was dis
cussed and it was stated that the
mayor had decided to ask the president
to stop all immigration to the country
until ali danger was passed.
The mayor also notified Commits
sioner of Street Cleaning Brennan that
there was a sufficient supply of water
available for flushing the streets. In
the vicinity of the river fronts, the
mayor informed the commissioner, the
river water could be used and the fire
department would cooperate by furn-
ishing men and engines for this pur.
pose.
To Prevent Throug!, Immigrant Travel
from Entering the City.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-At conference
of health officials with the mayor yes
terday measures for preventing through
immigrant travel from entering the
city were discussed. It was decided
that if the co-opera ton of the railroads
can be secured, a distributing depot
will be esta blished ON one of the belt
lines. SO that all immigrants not bound
for Chicago can be carried around the
city.
Sent to willard Park Hospital.
New YORK, Sept 1.-THE four i'm
girls, who landed from the
Friesland and who were supposed to
have introduced the cholera into this
city. have been sent to Willard Park
hospital, where they will be detained
until the disease is stamped out.
An Unf0unded Report.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 17.-Reports Of
yellow fever telegr.phed from here are
The steamship May,
which arrived at quarantine on Sep
TENDER II, had six cases aboard. but
the vessel was ordered to Oh ardleur is
lands, before reaching quarantine.
The islands are twenty-five miles be-
low the city. The health of coast
towns is excellent.
Opening of Camp Low Postponed.
CAMP Low, SANDY Hook, n. j., Sept
l7.-The opening of Camp Low for the,
reception of passengers now quaran-
tined on Hoffman island has been post
poned. DIR. Hamilton says that he was