The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-13
AGAIN KNOCKING.
VIII the Cholera Secure a Foot
hold on Our Landa
Is the Question Which is Being
Asked on All Sides,
Another Infected Ship Arrives
at New York.
THE scandal, OF THE HAMBURG
AMERICAN LINE.
THIRTY-TwO DEATHS DURING THE
THRTY-TwO DEATHS DURING THE
PASSAGE OVER.

Grip on the Almost LOO People on
Board-As Yet No Gases Have Been Dis |
covered in New York City-The Situa-
ton Will Cause the Health Authorities !
to RedOubIe Their Heretofore Strenuous
Efforts to Keep Out the Asiatic Plague.
Progress of the Disease the Other |
Side.
QUARANTINE, S. l., Sept. 12.-Cold
facts, not words, suffice Saturday morn !
ing to tell that the cholera plague, baf-
fed In its attempt to gain foothold on
our shores, knocked at the quarantine
gate again Friday night with vigor in
creased a hundred fold over any previ-
GUS effort. Up to the shutdown Friday
a summary of the record of the scOurge
on the Moravia, Normannia, Rugia and
Wyoming, while at sea and since arrlV-
ing in port approximately was as follows:
Total deaths at sea, 81; total deaths in
port, 10: sick in port, 43; total number
cases, 3d. This doesn't include those
who are isolated as suspects under DIR.
Byron's charge on Swinburne Island.
The much expected Scandal, also Of
the Hamburg American line was off Fire
Island at o'clock and soon after dark
came to anchor in the lower quarantine
grounds No report was expected till
Friday morning, because of Mr.. jenkins
statement at the evening talk that he
expected to hear nothing till morning.
When therefore, at l o'clock Saturday
morning, DR.. Bryon reported the fact
that he was advised that there were
thirty-two deaths in total of 1886 souls
on board and that he was going to the
ship from Swinburne Island to bring of
seven additional cases, there was intense
excitement at the health officers home.
When DR.. Jenkins gave out the facts
as received, this made the grand total
for the five ships under surveillance as
follows: Deaths at CD; deaths in port,
20: sick in port, 50; grand total, 1873.
The mother of the Perssen children
who died OF the Wyoming while she lay
at upper quarantine, and who with two
fehildren was transferred to Swinburne
Island when the ship arrived at the pes
| thence roadstead, also died at Swinburne
/ hospital during the evening and her
demise is included in the above sum
mary.
During the morning frequent tele-
! grams were, received from New York
demanding definite advices as to the con-
| dition of affairs aboard the Scandal, but
owing to the lack of facilities, it was
impossible to obtain any definite in
formation and none was expected after
DR.. Jenkins statement
Shortly before l o'clock those on
watch at the quarantine telegraph sta
ton saw one of the operators go by a
circuitous route to the doctors house,
and when lights were turned on there
was a wild scramble for the porch. In
response to the clamor for admittance,
the reporters were admitted, and as the
operator received the report ON the wire
the facts were given out. In brief, the
story was thirty-two deaths, divided as
follows: Twenty-nine in the Storage,
one in the cabin and. two in the crew.
Total number of souls on board, 1886,
divided as follows: Storage, 9S1; cabin.
2S; crew, u. The rush for the tele-
graph office was a madden race than
that to the health Office house, and soon
the wires were hot with the dreadful
news.
The only yellow flag flying at IL
o'clock Saturday morning is on the Ham
burg steamer Scandal, which arrived
from Hamburg Friday night and is an
chored among the pest ships in the
lower bay.
The situation ON the pest laden steam
er Scandal was even worse than report
ed early in the morning. On returning
to Swinburne Island about II o'clock
from visit to the Scandia, DR.. Byron
reported two deaths and eleven new
cases on board that vessel, making a
total of thirty-four deaths and eighteen
cases. The eleven new cases were re-
moved to Swinburne Island.
The first death on the Scandia oc-
Cured on the third day out and from
that time until her arrival there was no
cessation of deaths The bodies were
buried at sea.
The work of fumigating the Scandal
was begun long before daybreak Satur-
day morning at DR.. Byron's order. Dr..
Jenkins visited the Scandal Saturday
morning and examined every person on
board. The task was an arduous one,
immigrants alone numbering 9S1, more
than were ever brought here by any OF
the Hamburg liners.
Much uncomplimentary criticism was
called for by the fact that the Scandal,
which is q small steamer. carried so