The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-30
of the principal seats Of the English cotton
manufacturs, and Thousands of mill opera
fivoa live fhare

tives live there.
The permission gwen by tho health OFF,
steamer Corona, from Hamburg. promises
to have most serious resulta As an
nouaced yesterday, the vessel was placed
In quarantine after one of tie crew had
bean attacked by cholera but in the mean
time number Of the ships crew had de.
parted for their homes. Six of them went
TO Dundee, where they reside, while an
other OF the crew went to Aberdeen.
Among those who went to Dundee was .
Mr. Walker. the engineer of the Corona.
sick and died in q few hours. Tho physi-
clan who attended him says there is no
donbt that his death was due to cholera.
When 1t became known that Mr. walker
was dead the greatest excitement prevailed
In Dundee. and also Ia Aberdeen, where the
seventh member of the crew ashore had
gone Steps were at once taken by the
health officials to isolate the remaining
i've Of the crew in Dundee and the man in
Aberdeen until all danger of their spread-
ing the contagion Is pkst Another mem-
Der of the Gerona's crew. who went to
South Shields was found TO be suffering
from cholera.
A sailor arrived at Swansea to-day from
Cork. He was found to be suffering with
cholera. and was Immediately removed to
the cholea hospital. The appearance of the
disease in swansea awakened the port au-
thorities to the responsibility Of their po-
sitlon, and meeting was summoned to do
eide upon measures for the prevention OF
any further invasion.
Dr. Whitcomb, the sanitary officer at
Gravesend, who inspected the steamer
Gemma, which arrived thoro from Ham,
burg on Thursday last, and three OF whose
passengers subsequently, died from what
was said to be Asiatio cholera, denies that
this disease was the dreaded eastern
scourge. He attended oil three of the
victims In the hospital, and says that they
died from cholerine. The people, however.
think it makes no difference whether the
disease is called cholera or cholerine. One
seems to be as much of q pest as the other.
1t Is feared that should An outbreak of the
disease occur at Gravesend 1t would have
grave results. Gravesend 10 only twenty
miles from London, and is a fsvoritc holi-
day resort. Immense crowds of excursion
lists from London visit the place, and to
their trade much of Grnvesond's prosperity
10 due. The establishment OF cholera
hospital near tho town and tho constant
arrival of immigrants from Infected ports
will tend to drive this trade away. The
sanitary system of the town 10 antiq quated.
. and will prove an excellent factor in
spreading the disease.
The local government board tonight is
sued regulations requiring ship-owners,
under heavy penalties. to retain aboard
ship all foreign emi2rants who are unable
to inform the port medical officer of their
destination and address to enable the local
authorities to watch them until all danger
of cholera 10 passed. No emigrant in q
dirty condition will be allowed to land at
any British port until all the sanitary reg
ulations regarding bathing, etc., are COM
piled with. The order will be rigidly OK
ecuted. It will be the cause of considera-
and will probably result in the cessation of
the immigration of destitute aliens. at
whom the order 10 evidently aimed. 1t
will not interfere with immigrants in
transit across England en- route for Amer
lea.
In some quarters Ii is held that it is non
sense for the quarantine officials to act on
the supposition that it is only the poorer
classes OF passengers who can convey the
contagion. 1t - SAID that even frst-class
passengers from cholera-infected ports are
just as liable TO convey the germs of tho
disease as those who travel ia the steerage.
and that tho disease is not generated on
the steamer, but in the cities from which
the passengers come. and there is no possi-
bic way OF telling whether or not some OF
tho frst.class passengers may not have
only recently left q house III which some
person has fallen victim to the disease.
The people who argue in this way claim
thatthere should be no partiality shown as
foNsrsSnt class OF passengers should be land
ed from o steamer. and that to have an
effective quarantine all should be detained
for observ alton.
John Csrse a seaman on the infected
eteamenlp Gerona, uleo In MlOQleSo0rougn
to-day of Asiatic cholera. The Corona
seaman who died of cholera on Saturday
was buried In Middleshorongh to-day. The
coffin and body were saturated with disin-
fectants. The hearee took the body di-
rectly to the graveyard, and the coffin AS
lowered into the grave without prayer or
hymn. Nobody except the undertaken and
his assistant attended the funeral
The schooner Helene. saId to be destined
for America. and which had been detained
at Dover, is now being towed to Gravesend
with yellow flag flying from her mast.