Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-06
MORE VICTIMS
OF THE PLAGUE
Three Deaths and Five New
Cases at New York
Yesterday.
QUARANTINE OFFICERS WORN OUT
WITH HARD WORK.

Two Vessels Due From Hamburg This
Week Are Almost Certain to Bring the
Plague with Them-Police Called Upon
to Keep Boats Away From the Cholera
Ships - DIR. jenkins Congratulated by
Secretary Foster.
NEW YORK, Sep. 6.--There were three
deaths and five new cases of cholera
yesterday on the plague feet. Following
is list of the Victims:
Otto Engle, of Hamburg, aged 90 years;
steerage of the Normannia; new case;
died after a few hours.
Johanna Buss, Hamburg, aged 81 years;
steerage passenger on the Rugia; ill three
days.
Selmat Horne, months: died on Swim
burne Island.
Hendrich Sterr. of Stuttgart, 5 years;
Storage on the Rugia; removed to Swim
burne Island.
Joseph Pjekoskaf, aged 80 years; steer
age passenger on the Rugia; removed to
Swinburne Island.
William Queens, of Hamburg, 10 years;
steerage steward on the Normannia; re-
moved to Swinburne Island.
Theodore Zennizek, aged % years. deck
cleaner in storage of the Normannia; re-
moved to Swinburne Island.
An unknown Russian, too ill to give
his name; steerage passenger of the Mo-
ravia, who had been placed on Hoffman
Island; removed to Swinburne Island.
At the health officers quarters all was
quiet at midnight and the fleet at anchor
off the upper boarding station was being
slowly enveloped in a mantle of fog which
was lazily waited from the lower bay
like pail from the pest feet at anchor
within the boundaries of the sanitary
roadstead. When the lights aboard no
longer twinkled there came sharply to
the ear the tones of the fog-bells struck
by the anchor watch. Like funeral bells
tolling for the unfortunates of the in
fected ships seemed the warnings from
the fleet, the strokes rapid withal as if
to emphasize the desire to be free of the
restraint and an anxiety to be safely
moored at their respective piers.
For an hour the voices of the night con-
tinued and then, as if the mournful pro-
cession had passed, their doleful music
ceased and the outlines of the floating
homes of hundreds of weary
watchers within the motionless halls,
came into sharp relief on the
surface of the tide rushing inward
through the Narrows.
At daybreak lights were extinguished,
and smoke curling from the tugs at the
Quarantine dock served all too forcibly as
reminder of the sorrowful round of in
spection that would make the Sixth day
since the arrival of the first infected
vessel.
AS the Quarantine officials began their
rounds each face too plainly indicates the
dread question; "What will the harvest
| be ~
Dr. Jenkins warned all those on board
| the Normannia that if they were found
| sending information ashore he would not
be responsible for their length of quaran-
tine. He does not know yet how long he
will keep them. 1t is not believed that
it will be more than four days longer, as
thirty six hours should show how far the
cabin is infected.
The sick on Swinburne's Island were
| this morning, with no exception, in a
| dangerous condition. Further deaths
| were expected.
| The Normannia's steerage is under
going the disinfection process at Hoff-
| mans Island.
The Rugia and Moravia steerage were
| to follow as soon as is possible. In the
event of all the facilities being taxed on
future arrivals of immigrants, DR.. Jen-
| kins does not know what step he will
| take.
Two vessels due this week, from Ham
burg, the Scandal on Thursday and the
Bohemia Saturday, are regarded as the
| most dangerous vessels now enroute to
this port. 1t is almost certainty, accord
ing to the Quarantine officials, that the
Scandal will bring the scourge. With the
last of these immigration from the infect
ed ports will practically cease if the Ham
burg American people can be relied upon
| 20, Tl,ns,. Nfrar