Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-16
THE PLAGUE SPREADING.
Another Cholera Case Appears
in New York City.
BROOKLYN AND NEW HAVEN FEARS

Two Patients In Each city Believed to lie
Suffering from the Disease-The Iioho-
mia from Hamburg at sandy HOOK with
Eleven Suspicious Deaths Aboard.
New York, Sept 10 The health inspect.
ors have reported another case Of cholera
in the city The victim, Mary Comfy,
nineteen years old, residing ct COZ Second
avenue, has been removec.eo ST. Johns
Guild floating hospital at the foot CT East
Sixteenth street.
Mary Comfy came to this city from
Ireland six months ago. She remained
with family named Lyons living at coz
Second avenue, until she secured employ
ment seven weeks ago. when she entered
she employ Of Mrs. Maria Finn, who keeps
boarding house at POI East Thirty-frst
street. Airs. Finn has nine boarders, most
Of them In the theatrical profession
The Comfy girl frequently visited her
friends, the Lyonses, and called there last
evening. She remained untE O'Clock and
then went back to the boarding house.
She soon complained OF cramps in tho
stomach, and shortly afterward went 10
bed. She grow worse, purglng and vomit-
ing Adoctor was sent for but he failed
10 respond.
BY midnight the entire household was
aroused and excited at the girls condition.
Mrs. Finn did not wish her to remain there
and had her removed 20 the Lyons home,
whore DR.. Kane, who was called in, pro.
nounced her a sufferer from Asiatic chola~a
DR.. Dillingham;, OF the bureau OF CONTAGIOUS
diseases, visited the house and found tho
girl in the second stages Of Asiatie cholera
He caused her removal to the hospital. I'm
mediately upon her removal the work OF
fnmigation and disinfectim was begun.
everything with which she had come in con-
tact being destroyed. The same was done
at the boarding house.
How the girl contracted the disease Ia a
mystery and intense excitement prevailed
IN the tenement house from which she had
been removed. No other case was reported
from either the tenement or boarding house.
Two Cases In Brooklyn.
Two suspected cases Of cholera were
found IN Brooklyn today. A young German
girl, whose name could not be learned, ro-
siding ut 526 state street, was one, and
Simon Collins, Of North Ninth street, viii
hamburg, the other. The German girl
died IN fow hours. She had boon in this
country since last February. Both cases arc
being carefully investigated. Il is said that
rags from European ports are being landed
IN Brooklyn daily. Tho authorities hnyo
been notified and viii make an Investigation
at once
Mayor Grant, Of New York. has issued a
proclamation TO the public in which he savs
tho health department has shown entiro
competence 70 deal with the cholera. He
anticipates no spread Of the epidemic and
asks the people TO have confidence in the
provisions adopted by the board for tho
safety Of the people. He also invites their
aid IN enforcing sanitary regulations for the
maintenance of health.
The board Of coroners have decided 10 CO.
operate with the health board in combating
the disease, and all the coronors aud their
physicians arc requested TO he on duty every
day, so as 60 meet an emergencies.
10 was decided by the health board 10
sond all immigrants who arc sick on Ellis
island directly TO North Brothers island bv
boat, Instead Of through the city, as for.
merly.
Tho Hamburg. American Packet conpany
paid She bin for furnishing the vessel New
Hampshire and the steamboat Stoninpton.
which amounted TO Si2,0i614 General
Passenger Agent Boas says it has cost the
Hamburg company about $1,000 day to
iced the Normannia's passengers.
New York Not Alarmed.
Is is not yet known how cholera made TIA
entrance into tho city, but one guess is that
It was brought in by four Hungarian gifls
who wero passengers on tho Waesland.
from Antwerp, and who had been living in
the noighborhood where the first case an
peared
Down tho bay the news was cheering.
Thore were no deaths and no new cases on
any OF the quarantined ships nor on Swim
burne island. The cabin passengers Of the
Normannia viii be transferred and set free
at Hoboken today
The passengers Of tho Rugia will DO trans
terred to the old frigate New Hampshire
and thon landed ON Fire island
There Is no alarm or excitement of any
kind in the city over the few cases of cholera
brought 10 light.
Eleven Deaths Aboard.
The steamship Bohemia, twelve days out
from Hamburg, arrived at lower auaran.
tine and anchored in the midst OF the
cholera fleet IN the lower bay. She had no
cabin passengers aboard, but there were $50
ttrtt-AN AAA ANA nANNANhNs A. t snip WAS
hailed just outside Sandy Hook, and tho
captain reported that there had been eleven
deaths since leaving Hamburg.
The cause OF death, he said, in every case
was diarrhea. he asserted that there had
been no cholera aboard The victims, he
iaid, were all children under six years Of
age.
The captain declined to say whether there
was any sickness aboard at the present
ame. Some Of the passengers on the steam
ship shouted that they were all well ant
that there was no sickness on the ship
Other passengers who tried to talk wer,
austlod away from tho rail
Hamburg a Little Better on.
HAMBURG, Sept. 16.-There have beer
COS fresh cases today, or 20 more than YES
terday; 200 deaths, OF more than yester
lay; 33i burials, OF Is more tina,
yesterday. In the cholera hospitals am
barracks the number Of patients has fauel
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