New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
THE NEWS IS REASSURING.
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=, ou,et Mace she would get we'll Through che
srorts Of Dr. Robertson we attempted to do this hut
we're stopped, as you already know, by DR.. JehlnS,
N fact, he told us all that were most unsra'ciu
set Of passengers. and that If we didht sop COM
planning he would keep US there the twenty uayS any
way. ,,, - ,s,,
The chief thing, however, about whlch my HUE
nation was aroused was in regard TO 'he manner III
which the storage passengers were Uoa'eu ny '"e
steamship people 1t is blot on humanity, and untH
shev ore looked upon as human beings and re~ed as
arch I do not see how it is possible to Keep any
CONTAGIOUS disease out of the country. The boat
which WAS used 30 carry away the dead was brought
alongside the different ships without any pre'ehce
Of hiding from anybody their grewsome burdehs'
II was Il boa, about thirty five feet long, with small
front deck and an equally small alter ueCh' anu
little cabin In between.
"The first day this boat we noticed thal
the men pouring some liquid on the after oecA'
which afterward proved to be corrosive sublmate'
Then three dead bodies were carried. uncovered from
our ship, placed the deck and covered Win Il
canvas. The sick then taken on the 'front.'
deck OF this same small boat, and no matter what
the complaint was, they dragged down with
the rest and then driven, a!ling and Sick three or
four miles TO Hoffman Island where they couau
plainly see the smoke from the crematOry rom e"ih-
lurne Island. After reaching Hoffman Island theSe
poor creatures stripped OF the only clothing 'hey
had and obliged to remain naked, oftentimee uh
I'll their clothing disinectsd and washed lhis
clothing was again put them before il was dry, ana
these muoh-tortured beings were then driven back
again through the cold and again placed on board the
Normannia.
lone picture alone that saw shall never LOT
get A poor mother, herself moaning Win Pun' SAT
with one sick baby in her lap, while she FuODeu N
checks of another child TO keep life IN It's body'
while only five feet from her lay another Wohau
In almost the last stages OF disease nave
sad all along and still insist that these peoVie
should have been as carefully looked ai'eI AIN
separated as the richest on board ana la' 'He
SICK should have been kept on the vesse whee ,e1
could have received proper treatment, ana luc W. We
ones, cabin and steerige, removed 10 sep"rH'e P"~'
Of safety. A., obj, nassen-
gers. Of course not begin until they were u'gn
eiouinSton We found it reehng with dirt Inc
hunks were the only clean places a. nanfy Of un.
cooked food ON board, undeDstood pul 10 ga Nc G
Was only one little oil stove to COOK ths loou ,o
,;to passengers we were pras uGsty "lthoul any P
visio,ts Three four hampers "hon i'iu - " ~
sent down from home made use Oh 10 iJeN dIa
not 90 very far. Women, who had been useu "
InviHr everything heart could WISH Wodu eoi Iii
il1 rN we're CRYING for something 10 eat mat
might the women divided up the Dunhs nto % thrn
Ives and the c4npcd anywhere nlo9t VI , , :,
IN trunks. The captain was volunteer With .
picked OF eight men. .,o. ov. m,nutes would
be gwen get ready to be he Women 1 Uttered
Cephels bound ior h1 he aey could, and 500 pase
Sars were hurried on board the Coney lsIiiH o1 %
sot h,g enough 10 hold one-haf of them. we Hau
no rilot and both captains insisted lhat II +, " ~
an tnpossiblity TO get across tle par as 70 a%ood
axoeedinCly rough but Or. Jcnlps salu, w ~ w, -
xiE send woNi and you must stop ana pen uP u
nllotn This was the trouble thioufhoui ~ ,he
RnS absolute power and he used it, lie hc,eN "ie
inrd Almighty without consideration for any on ~
was only a trip FOR nothing. for as you hi W.
&c reiurned TO the stonngtOn tAat nAsHt., w.
found that during our absence the crew nav 80
drnk. and thrown out all the bedding ana 'le N1o'
OF us sat up the entire night; A. Cor,ope again
Monday morning TO make our seconu UP l" ,innr
IsIond our slIferngs almost uneeafabe; -hanS
~ The women passengers were horroly sea SIM "aa
"a we were packed In like sarclneS lhere wa" ~ ~
nossilality of any cleanliness being Kept anu 'Ie p +,
arrangements had at last failed 10 aci III S hs
Jfre island we stopped rom tuIu i.,i tar
mob on shore The men on board pesEeH s,nce
come food for the wOmen as we had Iad hothihs SUI
1no-,,,ng N eat but the only answer We got was ~
% hack where we came from. Gay lille NacIS =
Handsomely dressed and women on poaiu s"t ~
hv ms constantly, and If you VIII believe me. r w
women waved their hendkcrchief. 10 Us anu ~.
.Oh how do Won do ont There DON you "N' 90 10
,oI, cnI,ld come of from therel But YOU can't 'oou
''@One man put loaf of bread on the enc oil a
et,ck and waved II toward us with laugh an. a.
-. ~ ado ~ ,hn boat and said: DO YOU mean 10
,u me tiat YOU were born Of American parents ana
CON 500 women and little children suffering lor loou
mi only met with curses In return. , $500. -,
III" q We'll we were safely landed finally ana most VI
NC o~e now al home. hut II Is horrible cxpnrieuvc
which will try forget. No one VIII ever ~ "
o,,r experiences again. because those thai COM w..
~. Win have rroftod by what We SUFFERED i.u" ~ ~,
mo SOW 10 end with that the women were brave an"
the men were ten times Drawer