The morning call., 1892-09-04
SEVERAL DEATHS on THE EOfIGE'S
Considerable Alarm faHse4 by: The
PreScRee d The. Cllulefaa. " S..
RIGID GUARANTEE. M)ltfS RlFQRiIeeEEgs
Hart afctea aeanEs EXPECTED to lrrlss-ffstal.
bsns Taken ii: the eeltrnReat:te Prevent =:
.the bigssss. fSFprtzdttagg:. :.:.: +

: -. - -. 9.
New York, Sept. 81 s. IN othing can now
save this metrepGifs: retl the gFea tplagae:
= but absolute com p} ian eean thepaFt:Df every:
member of the eGlumn5rfty With The ilrstfric--'
tions Of the Boatda apt. Health and the quar-:
sniine suthuEtles: yFhe e .daAgefts real IL:
e&nhot besoveFe$tinl&teG~- TWo+ neYsiy rim
feeted steamships arrived ~ tto:hAfbnT to-
=: day with awful stories Of death and suftet-
ing. They vera the RIrgta and; ;:NorIAan MIA,
both from Hamburg: The. R1aas be ried lie
steerags pssssnEeEs at Sea, and. HAD ffe1ly+'
Ing cholera patients Gtill ga. board when
she cast anchor. <ahe Nornlaslllta b butted
fonr kteeFsge passengers and cine first cabin,
: PASSENGER. .Sbo ohaa four pgtIents still Ire
one being s Hienper OF tie screw It IS:
. claiHled that tie cabin pas sepger*R ho:afed
on the NOrmannla y IS :euffsIi ng # JIM dia.
betes only. .. :: -: -.:3.=:' ~.
The Norm annis lett ca tbe21sfis + A ugtsssf:>
and two dsysafteu her pdrtufe fFnii Hfa::
burg Gail. Hegeft. aged. 81, died. :*Jkeob'
Hegemsn; :45 years. died On eptember> J..
and on the S0h ;ef Aug lst reej Httle eli IL:
dren, II months. 3 years ana year. old i.aq
died among tife enigTants. =. r: :; !;
The deaths on$ flesN 4riranl4a werd;; caEl
= Hegert, second :cataq;; :ased *57i diagnosis:
eholefiBe, died AnigHst % = : :: = -: ~:
Jacob HegenrsnS fiEst ca bin; aged "a, ~ -. "
. 0tlie Harm, agfd II: .rEofftiis t4e3 t: ON ON:
Angus; 80. e. = -
- Willie Harm, aged y ears, died: Sc pten1.3e
: Adolph schaltz, aged 1:gedfl died Sc sssptenl:
Der ]. So = .:e*: -. i:
- The convaleseelts are. as .folFowssj;I ::HefH-
:IlGh Helser, one ;0t the crew, }e. 80 =.
:. Rudolph HeTiisl(i aged II MDp:ths,- -:
Selma HeTn. Z gsd;S j ears. =: ; Il"
Morris bennaH 6E,.a gedi5Q Years:
The RugIa. left :ha e'6nTg on: .A6lgust q, !:
and the first DEATH 0ecQrred 0il.:.tag 29 t1.:
. Bertha Kdenig and her hGs ssand, Carl, died
that day. .S5veFa4 new Gasss were de-
= VelopedO on tie .3lst:: RosiBR SER: "a o1ie-<
ysaT-Old baby,;- died. and."on.; i Irilrsd az.
~ Edward Sterr. t5yo years old: died,. On ffa+
:: s0th Of AugGst ke3eG .betglEdski;. 27 years
: old, was taken i'll, aud -:on :thet lsi Paul
Kenig,' 81 years. CID and IA ATOM: Peters, as
years, were stricken doWIl,: X exniQ p DjS4tEIe
was attacked the day :befefe:the afELlgl. off
the steamer. -: -:
The conyalsscents on. the .44stugFa .are: as.
Ioilows:' Ellen. Plgaski. aged y; Paul
A9nig, ased years j oI&A na; Bart: gsd3
o. AsE0n Peters: aged: 3d. Aosnl 10 Dis:
psl0, an Italian, aRed N. :. :: -: = .
Tie 'te9nFalescebt. eases are con sifered
xsEs ss-t . Is ana Es1eT tbs aEe y kelly
20 occur .,; = = :: = : =
Health OHcer: jenkins Immediately CT.
dered both ships to the. le u eT Jay as aeon.
: as the captains of. the, vessels n6li fed hing
Of the eOnditEOn:Q affairs. -: -: -.
The first dealhe on board the Nsrmannla
occurred on August. 20. Larl Hegeft,. 81
years Of age. s secgHd-class passenger, was:
taken down with a'diSeass whieb tbe. saip,s;
physician diagnosed as.cholerlHe;.. A sfnI-:
lar case was uiscovefed about the SaaEe time:
in the steerage In the person Of OH tie EARN,
q child IL months: old: Ine cholera SyulD-:
toms developed rapidly in both easesI and
left ne doubt IN the mind Of tlesShip's :suT-
: geon as 10 the nature ef the diSease." w hen
Hegert's death on august 2g was fol owed
by. the death Of the OTHER pafIaETt. the
: tteerage en- August % the AUTHORITIES Of the
snip recognized the segi9Ius condition :of: 'af:
:: fairs Ihey.at OncGtoOk all possiHse precati-
!. tiOGs te prevent he:disease frsm spreading
among the other pRSsengers ON beard the:
vessel. Nctu outstanding rheit efeTts sey-
ieral other illnesses. OF 4 Ike atuTe were:
: soon discovered: JTe surgeon carefully
isolated all the patients and DerSQhalIy saw.
that the utmost care was exercised by the
persons engaged IN nursing them TO ayort
communicating tie disease to others. - = =
There was great alarm among Ihe pas=
sengers when tRey learned that the disad
: disease had appeared on board ( ne. We ssel; ;
The. Ignorant steerage passengers were
completely panie-stricken- They. host. theft
heads entirely ss1d appeared to be ilcapg-
BILE. Of helping themselves jn,theslightest
respect. The captain and surgeon ordered:
3 careful watch to be kept over the steero:
age passengers. in order that they did not
heedlessly run into danger Of catching the
disease - *'a - =:
In spite Of all the precautions they took
o. more cases sOoD developed. File symptoms
were nearly all alike. Five more were
taken III IN the steerage; four being chll=
dreD-hdOlph Schultz one wear OLD: Willie .
:, Harm, three Years OLD; Rudofph Hegninh,
eleven months old, and Selma Horn, five years
old. The cholera symptoms developed rap
: idly III these cases, as they did iu the pre-
zious ones, and each diagnosis of the sur
eFtnN wra1 flu 1.
termed chOlerne There was no further
appearance Of anything resembling cholera
among the brst-eaDin passengers after the
death OF HegemaB; but another: death oc-
Cured 10 the steeTage from eboleEine on the
following daY-tlat of AdOfBh Schultz =
Morris Bonheser, steerage passenger
showed symptoms OF cholerine and was
: promptly isolated. One Of the. crew, also,
: Heinyich Frank Helser. was taken III with.
the disease. -
No further deaths occurred Oh the voyage
q. All who had been taken down with the.
disease, however, we're still kept Isolated.
when tile Normannia arrived in port early
this morning. - ::
twas IL :45 O'Clock at quarantine when
+ DR.. Jenkins received the reporters He
said: Gentlemen, according to my reports
there were nine cases of chOlerine on the
Rugla-four deaths and five convalescents.
On the NOrmannia there were FIVE deaths, I
ana There are now four cOnyaiesecDts On
tho @hViafie AutTe is one hQQltlODll case
to-day, an elght-year-Old boy. All the dead
were buried at sea. All the c0nvalescent
: eases are serious and further deaths are ex-
nected to-day. These patients have been
Isolated 10 the ships' hospitals. Ali three
shlps VIII 0e held indefinitely"
DT, Jenkins issued the strictest kind of
an order, and under no circumstances Will
he allow any one to approach the vessels
Quarantlned. Further eases are anticipated
on the MOTaVia also, although the con-
valeseents were reported as doing well this
morning 1he patients on board the Ner-
MAMMA, Rugia and MOrayla would il is
said. probably be transferred 10 Swinburne
Island to-day. Although the diagnosis in
each case was pronounced to be cholerine
DR.. jenkins did not doubt that the scourge
was cholera. He says he continues hopeful
OF keeping the disease In the lower bay.
The Rugia. the other pest ship Of the
Hamburg American Packet Company.
which arrived In port to-day with eholerine,
left Hamburg on August 81. The irsi
death occurred a week after leaving port
Carl and. Bertha Koenig were taken Ill
about the same time. Their symptoms
were alike and such that the ship surgeon
Pronounced the disease cholerine. The
- commander Of the Rugia and the surgeon
dideyerything to prevent the spread Of the
= disease but the ignorance and recklessness
Oh the steeTage passengers de their efforts
: OF no avail. Other cases of similar kind
sTon appeared, and seven more passengers
were: taken down with the disease. Ellen
Pigaski, Paul KOenig, Johanna Burt.
Aaron Peters and Kosmio Dispalo were
sighted OIL Ffe Island.