Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-02-16
DISEASE WAS HER CARGO
The Steamer Massilia Freight
ed with Deadly Typhus.
IT'S SEEDS NOW sOwE BROADCAST.

Eighty-foar Cases Discovered Ia New York
SO Far ana IA veritnbIo Pest House un-
earthed "a Chicago Carried Hither ana
Yon by the Scattered Passengers.
NEW YoRK, Feb. i6,-of tho 7ll immi-
grants who reached New York Jan. 30 in
the steorago OF the illfated Massilia ninety
six are now reported III Of typhus fever in
some Of its stages, two are at the point Of
death, l75 are prisoners in pest houses and
extemporized guarantines and perhaps 100
others in twenty different places are under
the hourly surveillance OF the health au-
thorties and objects OF terror 10 the com
munities in whiah they live
Death, disease and widespread trouble
was the cargo the Massilia brought
Twenty Of the ninety-six reported cases
Of typhus among her passengers came to
light yesterday OF these, ten were in New
York Two suggested disquioting posi-
bility
They were not in Essex street nor A.
East Twelfth street, the two quarantines
set apart for the suspected Russian He
brews, but in an entirely new locality, So
Hoster street The explanation Of this is
chat they escaped from the Essex street
house before health officers established Their
strict guard about the place.
Scattered Through tho Country.
But it had been confidently asserted that
oil of the Hebrews were accounted for, and
If two We're ahle to escape and roam about
the city there appears TO be no good reason
why others should not have done the same
thing Il also turned out that five others
Of the persons who had been believed 70 ba
accounted for" ia New York city had been
in Massachusetts al the time
As IN the former cases the new found suf.
ferers We're hustled Off at once to tho pa.
yilion at North Brother island where the
accommodations are now taxed to their full
capacity.
The condition Of the patients ON Nortl
/ Brother island does not change much tn,
/ two who have been given up 20 die are stil
! alive. One poor woman gave birth to he.
child in the early morning. IL lived half M
hour and then died The mother win sool
follow it She is very low
q With the cases which have been reporte,
from other cities the total Of typhus victim
among the Massilia'a passengers arc these
New York, s.; Chicago, z; Trenton, 2; Prov
dence, d; Ecwburg, 4; Oalsdale, Mass, j
total, &c.
Keeping y Sharp lookout.
The quarantine officials are keeping
sharp outlook FOR typhus fever among III
immigrants on incoming steamers Tn
steamship City or Berlin having been disiu
fected and the Russian Hebrews among he
steerage passengers removed TO Hoffman Isl
and, she was allowed 10 come up to the city
/ The steamer OLDHAM from Rotterdam ha
132 Russian Hebrews among her steerag
passengers. They had been from four I
six weeks on their journey to ROTTERDAM
and sixteen days on the steamer and no case
Of typhus fever had developed When thei
baggage had been disinfected they were a
lowed to land.
The Red Star steamship Belganland Al
rived here with sixty-seven Russian Hl
brews in her steerage. They were sent I
Hoffman island and the ship thoroughly iii
infected before she was allowed TO come U
to her pier. On board the Cunard stean
ship Servia there were iS0 Russian Hebruw
They were all sent TO Hoffman island. III
ship was fumigated and then allowed /
come UP to her pier