New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-16
HISTORY OF TIE SICK GIRLS CASE.
SHE WAS THOUGHT TO BE DY1NG-oNGIN OF
THE DISEASE NOT KNOWN.

SHE WAS THOUGHT TO BE DY1NG-oNGIN OF
THE DISEASE NOT KNOWN.
One undoubted case Of cholera was found in
The city yesterday. Mary Connerty. an irish
girl nineteen years old, who had been employed
as ktchenmaid in Mrs. Maria l.. rims
boarding-house No. 22l East Thirty yfirst-st., was
removed to the Health Departments Reception
Hospital, in East SiXteenth-st.. after having Deeh
transferred from the clearinghouse to the tene-
ment-house No. 692 SecOnd-ave. An expert OF
the Bureau of Contagious Diseases had confirmed
the diagnosis of another physician. ana had de.
clared that the girl was in the second stage OF
Asiatic cholera. An investigation 1aled 10 SHOW
the source of contagion.
Mary came to this city from Ireland sN
months ago, and went to live with the Lyons
family on the third floor of the tenement-house
No. 602 Second-ave.. which shelters eight
families She was searching for employment
four months before she obtained it in MIS-. rims
housr. Mrs Finn has nine boarders, mostly
theatrical people. At the clearinghouse Mary
occupied a room in company with the COOK
Margaret. She seldom left the house except TO
nav an occasional visit to her friends In inc
SecOnd-ave. house.
On Wednesday night Mary was with the Ly.
ons family for about an hour before she returned
10 the boarding-hous at 10 o'clock and went TO
bed At midnight she awOke the cook and COM
planned of cramps. The cook procured cup
of tea, hut the suffering girl became worse rap
idly. and yomited freely. Mrs. Finn was awalk.
ened, and she sent for o doctor living IN the
! ncichborhood He failed to respond to the sum-
| MONS After a delay Of two hours, during which
Mary's condition became aarminely worse. Mrs.
Finn had the girl moved to the home Of the
Lyons family.
Dr. C. j. Kane. Of No. 673 Second-ave., was
asked 10 attend the suffering girl later, ana
ne found her at o a. m yesterday IN the tcne-
ment house Her symptoms at that time convinced
the physician that she had the cholera She
vomited "a watery fluid at intervals. There were
present also rice-water discharges, and her eyes
had sunken appearance. DIR. Kane sent
message TO the East Thirty-ifthst. police station
and Captain McCullagh transmitted it to the
Bureau of Contagious Diseases DR.. Dillingham;. OF
the Bureau, arrived at the house in Secondave.
at > p. m, and quickly confirmed DR.. kane's
diagnosis He set about disinfecting the prem
ises and sent for an ambulance TO remove the
girl to the hospital Three policemen stood In
front of the house, keeping strangers at dis
tance. At ! go p. IN, when the girl was placed
! in the ambulance, a crowd on the opposite SIDE
walk watched the removal in silence Mary was
said 10 he in a state of collapse when she was
carried into the Reception Hospital in SiXtecnthst
Carpenters were still at work on the Floating
Hospital at the end Of the street, and it was not
thought advisable 10 take her there. She
seemed to I've in a dying condition.
The rooms of the Lyons family were disln-
fcctcd carcfIIIy, and the clothing and bedding
which had been in contact with the sick girl
wel, burned. The tencmcnt-house funigated
and a doctor was placed guard there.
Similar work was done at Mrs Finn's boarding.
house and Captain McCullagh sent an officer 10
the house to say that nobody must he permitted
to move out for time 1t was said there that
som" of the boarders had arrived from Europe
recently.
At midnight it was reported at the Reception
Hospital that the sick girl doing WE'LL and
there was no immediate danger of death.