The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-01


died, and his wife and child has been
seized with the disease. It is believed
that 1t will require every aid known to
science to prevent the disease spread
ing. The people Of this district are
loud in the denuncietiou of what thew
term the happy. go-lucky methods of the
health authorities and declare that if
only precautionary methods that would
avail anything-absolute prohibition OF
emlgrasion-had been enforced, the dis
ease would have not have appeared in
London.
Three persons suffering with cholera
have been landed at Falmouth from the
British steamer Clement, from Ham
burg. They were at once removed to
the hospital. Two of the crew of the
Clement were taken i'll at Hamburg and
were left there.
EvENING.-The infection continues
to spread slowly, but it is feared slowly.
Two deaths from Asiatic cholera are re-
ported to-day at Islington, northern
suburb OF London. The clothing of the
burned. at st. Pancreas, in the north
ern part of the metropolis, furnace
has been erected for burning the
clothing of the oholela victims, and a
station has been established for disin-
footing household goods.
HAMBURG, Aug. 31.-ISpecial Dur
ing the twenty.four hours ended at
midnight last night, ambulances con-
veyed to the hospitals sos cholera
patients. OF this number 26S have since
died. In Berlin there were three new
cases and one death; in Magdeburg two
| new cases and one death.
EVENING. is no questioning
the fact that the cholera epidemic is
the worse that has ever visited this city,
and every hour the situation becomes
worse. People are dying off like sheep;
the plague Is spreading. It was thought
early yesterday that the epidemic was
abating in virulence, the number Of
cases and deaths reporte for Monday be.
ing far below those of the day preceding
Unfortunately this was not the case. It
was only temporary haltin the onward
march OF the plague, and now it is
again marching forward, moving down
It's victims by the score.
A fearful feeling Of apprehension
hangs over tho whole city and the be-
lief that the doctors are helpless to
fight the scourge grows in strength.
People feel they arc helpless in the face
| o. the terrible visitation that has come
upon them, and many Of them have
given up all hope Of escaping the dis
ease. This, in itself, is calamity,
for courage is one of the essential fac
tors in fighting the epidemic. The rep
reseptative of the Associated Press here
has seen in the military drill shed the
bodies of 400 victims awaiting burial.
Owing to red tape it is impossible to
bury all the dead under the usual regu-
lations. for the law requires the produc-
tion of papers OF Identification before
the body Is consigned to the grave. Now
when whole families have been carried
of by the scourge the greatest difficulty
is experienced in getting the papers.
Unless the frightful mortality abates it
will be necessary to shortly set aside
the law and bury the victims as hastily
as possible. 1t is believed the infection
has boon spread by the dead. Bitter
imprecations are being heaped upon
the au thorities for their pigheadedness
in letting victims lie unburied to scat
ter contagion among living while they
hunted for papers to show tho age, &C.
cupation, etc., of the dead persons.
A reign of terror prevails and every
person who can possibly do so is fleeing
from the city. Exception must be made,
however, to this assertion. Those whose
duty calls them to attend the sufferers,
physicians and those who have nobiy
volunteered their services, are doing
work that requires the extreme of hero
Ism. Among the hospitals they take
their lives in their hands without hope
OF fame or reward and do their utmost
to alleviate the awful suffering of the
plague stricken victims. The ordinary
form of burial will soon have to be
abandoned and trenches filled with
quicklime will have to be resorted to.
the grocers, bakers and butchers have
been closed by the police, the owners
and their statesmen having been stricken
down while attending to business
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-lSpecial1-
The arrival of the steamer Moravia at
New York, from Hamburg to day, after
having had % deaths on board from
cholera, was fruitful topic of discussion
this afternoon among the officials Of the
Government charged with guarding the
nations health. Assistant Secretary
Spaulding said it showed how necessary
and timely were the quarantine precau-
lions taken.
Speaking OF the suggestion that Con-
gress be called together TO enact law
suspending immigration, Spaulding said
the suspension of immigration would
materially decrease the danger. though
1t would be possible for cholera to get
here even then.
1--WE are doing all that can bed one,"
said her I'VE have established close
quarantine to protect this country at
every port. Vessels will be detained
just as long as health authorities think
1t necessary in each case, whether it be
one day or twenty. No vessel will be
permitted to land until the authorities
are satisfied that there is no possible
danger. II it is decreed by divine
providence that we shall have cholera
here we cannot prevent It, but 1t Is as
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