Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-01
IT is GENUINE CHOLERA.
The Asiatic Plague Brought
to New York.
An Infected Vessel Arrives
From Hamburg.
Twenty-Five Passengers Died During
the Voyage.
Reckless Action Of the Captain Of the
ship-Great Alarm Felt-The
Presidents Hasty Return
to Washington.
BY the Associated Press.l

BY the Associated Press.l
NEW YoRK, Aug. 31.--There is now
no doubt that the twenty-five persons
who died on the steamship Moravia,
which arrived here Tuesday night from
Hamburg, died from the dreaded dis
ease, Asiatic cholera. The health off,
Ger Of the port of New York, DR.. Jen-
kins, practically made this admission
tonight. when he returned to quaran-
tine, after having spent the afternoon
on board the plague-stricken vessel.
This is DR.. Jenkins version OF the Mora
Was condition:
II visited the vessel and made gem
eral inspection Of the people. found
them all apparently well, except two
convalescent patients. DR.. Israel in
formed me there had been no one on
board i'll within Eve days. Most Of the
cases became ill. he said. a short time
after they sailed. Some died in less
than twenty-iour hours. The last death
occurred on the 28ih. Ten cases occur
red within twenty-iour hours after call
ing. OF twenty-four people Htricken,
twenty-five died. No temperature was
taken, but the surgeon judged the tenn
perature Of the patients was very low,
from the touch. The patients, the
ships surgeon said, were debilitated
after long railroad rides before embarka-
tion at Hamburg. DIRT Byran took some
bedding from one OF the rooms in which
two patients were.s This was somewhat
eoiled, and offered very good subject
for examination. He will probably
know whether it contains cholera by
tomorrow. ordered the captain to
thoroughly disinfect everything and
every body on board,
1.-THE Moravia will be cent to lower
quarantine tomorrow, when the pas
sengers will be taken to Hoffman island
for disinfection. They are certain to be
five days at least. We are uncertain
whether the disease is Asiatic cholera
or not"
DR.. Jenkins stated that the discharge
OF the patients was characteristic Of
cholera. and he knew. NO other disease
which had this characteristics. This
statement is pretty conclusive evidence
that DIR. Jenkins believes the disease to
be genuine cholera, but he did not wish
to say go in as many words.
Aboard the Moravia at the present
time are three cases of measles. and two
women recovering from slight attacks OF
the dieease. The entire steerage comes
from an infected district, and tonight
DR.. Jenkins is exceedingly anxious and
worried over the outlook.
DELAY IN BOARDING THE SHIP.
The Moravia arrived last night at
10 O'Clock, and strange to cay, notwith-
standing her terrible record Of deaths
on the voyage, the captain passed
through Sandy Hook, up the bay and
through the feet of steamships which
is anchored off the boarding station.
She did not stop there, but moved
up several hundred feet north Of
the feet within about eight miles OF the
battery, and there dropped anchor. No
word was sent ashore all night, nor did
any of the quarantine officers board her.
1t was early in the morning when they
started on the usual round to board the
vessels anchored In the stream, and the
Moravia was the last one which Physi-
clans Tallmage and Sanborn drew up
alongside of. 1t was then after 10
O'Clock, and it was known that the
Moravia was from an infected port.
Shortly after II O'Clock the little tug.
boat which does service for DR.. Jenkins
staff, left the Moravia'a side and steamed
for the big Teptonic. In the meantime
yellow Whitehall boat, rowed by two
men, left the Moravia's side and pulled
for the beach. When she reached the
little wharf fronting the department
station, William Seguine, an attache,
hurriedly left her and delivered sealed
envelope to DR.. Jenkins, who opened
it, and. betrayed no indications
that there was anything wrong.
Then tug, with DR.. Tallmadge
aboard, came ashore, and there was
conference with the health officer. This
time, after leaving DR.. Jenkins, DR.. Tall
madge, who looked very much dis.
turbed, asserted thst there was nothing
wrong with the Moravia, and everyone
on board was enjoying good health. He
left the quarantine wharf, and the tug
seemed to put on her extra squirt OF
steam in the effort to get alongside the
plague-stricken ship.
Apparently acting upon orders from
DR.. Tallmadge, which had been given on
his first trip, there were signs OF activity
aboard, and the immigrants, as if ex-
pecting to be landed, could be seen hur-
rying up and down the deck, looking in
the direction of the Staten island shore,
and occasionally waving hats and hand
kerchiefs.
Within five minutes after the Mora
via was boarded for the second time,
she hoisted anchor, got up steam and
turned her bow in the direction OF the
ocean. She made a long detour around
the fleet, hugging the Long Island
shore, and passing out OF the1 Narrows
for the lower bay shortly before noon.
THE MoRAvIA's CAPTAIN cENsUnED.
A phase OF the case Of the Morayia
which deserves investigation, and which
should be looked into with thorough
ness, ia the action OF the captain Of the
Moravia in continuing the voyage to this
country, under the conditions which
prevailed on the ship. If the disease
broke out on the day following his de-
parture from Hamburg, why did not he
notify those connected with the quaran-
tine department snd turn back home,
instead Of bringing the disease to new
country ?
The representatives 81 the Associated