The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-12
KEPT OUT By AN ACCIDENT.

The Cases That Developed on the Wy
omlng After Being Release.
The fact that there were only two new
cases at lower quarantine yesterday, says
Saturdays Tribune, made the day COM
paratively easy one for the officials after the
hustle and excitement ocoasioaed by the dis
eovery OF illness on board the Wyoming was
over. Bub while that trouble lasted, tnings
were lively at upper Quarsnt.ne. Here was
ship which had been lying in the narro VS.,
under DR.. Jenkins eye, since early 10 the
morning Of Sept. &. She he1 been inspected
by the health officer. fumigated, her pas
sengers examined. and gravely pronounced
call right" She had been again examined
on the two succeeding days, aud nothing
was found on board thas was suspicious. 81
she was Cleared, and told on Thursday even
ing that she might 60 to her pier Her cap
tain gave the order 70 weigh anchor, but
there was some delay. and when the vessel
was at lass ready to proceed Il was dark and
the captain decided to lie at anchor until
daylight. That delay has perhaps saved
New York city from an invasion OF the
chOlurs. II the disease which broke out In
the steerage during Thursday night proves
to be cholera, and DR.. JENKINS has not de-
uied, but has merely refused to ackno wledge
that 1t is, the citizens Of Now York will not
have him, but providence, to thank for
their escape.
Two children we're the victims. They
were brother and sister, Elias Pepper Pers-
son, 8 years old, and Victoria Eleador
Person, years old. They had come from
Sweden by way Of Liverpool, and for a
few days previous to tho sailing Of the
Wyoming had been living with their pa
rents Ia one of the cheap Liverpool lodging
houses. The work OF the disease was swift.
The ships surgeon was awakened during
the night and found them suffering from
what had all the appearance Of cholera
Asiatica. Despite all efforts to save the u
they died within a few minutes OF eao h
other. Before morning three other persons,
q mother with her two children, became
seriously ILL and their symptoms also were
those OF the plague. DIR. Jenkins was told
at daybreak, but there was some delay, and
when he boarded the ship the revenue out
ter Washington had put two custom house
officials aboard. As soon as DIR. Jenkins
discovered that the disease looked so dan
gerously like cholera, he ordered
the ship back TO lower quarantine
In such hurry that the two
custom house officers. George Orr and
Thomas Rodgers. did not have time to leave
the vessel. and she steamed through the
nerrows and down to lower Quarantine
with her two unwilling and dis9usted
passengers. There was nothing for ii. how
ever. except 70 grin and bear it. and the
two custom house officers did the latter, il
they did not do the former. They wore held
on board till the revenue cutter steamed
back to the CITY and brought two suits of
clothing from the barge Office. Then the
two men were taken OF the ship. they ex-
changed their clothes, and those which they
had worn were fumigated at the quarantine
pier before they were allowed to 90 up TO
New York.
The Wyoming was anchored near the
MoraviR, Rugia and Normannia. and DIR.
Jenkins ordered that the three immigrants
on her be sent at once to Swinburne Island.
They have been only three weeks out OF
Russia. IL was decided also that all who
had come IN contact with them would be
sent to Hoffman Island for examination.