Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01

boat were.
The Moravia will be sent to lower quaran-
tine tomorrow, when her passengers will be
taken to Hoffman leland for dsinfection. They
are certain to be held for five days at least. We
are uncertain whether the disease is Asiatic
cholera not"
DIR. Jenkins stated that the discharge of the
pa tents the ice-water discharge character
istc of Asiatic cholera and that he knew OF no
other disease which had this characteristic.
This statement was pretty conclusive evidence
that DR.. jenkins believes tine disease to be gen.
uine cholera, but did not wish to say SO in
MANY words.
None of the doctors at quarantine could tell
whether the disease confined TO any partic-
ular part Of the steerage. There WAS at
tempt to deny the fact on the part of the ships
officers that the deaths had occurred.
1t will be remembered that the ships doctor
on the Norayia declared that the cases of sick
ness cholerine. Choerine is thus de-
scribed: In almost all epidemics of cholera
there have been certain premonitory symptoms
called by some authorities the first stage of the
disease, to which the name of cholerine has
! been given These consist of a general feeling
| of uneasiness. weakness. nausea and diarrhea
and sometimes vomiting; the objections at
first, though frequent. are natural. Cholerine
, is usually caused by eating oyerripe fruit and
while il may develop into Asiatic cholera it does
not always.
| CARELEssSEss THAT WAS CRIMINAL.
The Moravia arrived Tues day night at 10
O'Clock, and. strange to say, notwiths landing
her terrible record of deaths for the voyage
her captain passed through Sandy Hook, up
| the lower bay and through the feet of steam
ships which were anchored of the boarding
| station. detained by DIR. jenkins orders. She
/ did not stop there. but moved up several hum
bred feet north of the feet, within eight miles
of the Battery. and there dropped her anchor.
| No word was sent ashore all night nor did any
| n mar mr. ne nfHc har fyyol
early yesterday morning when they started on
their usual round to board the vessels anchored
| in the stream, and the Moravia the last
one which Physicians Tallmadge and Sanborn
drew up alongside. 1t was then after 10 O'Clock.
and it was known that the Moravia was from an
infected port.
Shortly after IL O'Clock the little tug boat
| which does service for Dr.. jenkins staff left
| the Morayia's side and steamed for the big
| Teutonic. 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 sta
ton VIM. Seguine, attache. hurriedly left
her and delivered sealed envelope to DR..
jenkins. who opened it and betrayed no indi-
cations that there was anything wrong. Then
| the tug, with DIR. Talllnadge aboard came
ashore. and there was a conference with the
| health officer.
At that time, after leaving DIR. jenkins, DIR.
| Tallmadge, who looked very much perturbed,
!
Noravia, and that every one on board was en-
| joying good health. He left the quarantine
wharf and the tug s whistle seemed to put on an
| extra squirt of steam in the effort to get along
side the plague-stricken craft.
| Apparently. acting upon orders from DIR.
/ Ta!lmadge which had been given on his first
trip. pre- we're signs of activity aboard, and
| the immigrants as If, expecting to be landed,
/ could be seen hurrying up and down the deck.
looking in the direction of the Staten Island
- Es.,,. E,va L. 4.
was boarded for the second time she had hoisted
her anchor, got up steam and turned her bow
in the direction Of the ocean. She made long
detour around the feet. huggng the Long
| Island shore and passing out of the Narrows for
the lower bay shortly before noon.
| 4 phase Of the case of the Morayia which de-
serves investigation and which should be looked
into with thoroughness is the action of the cap
tain of the Mo-ayia in continuing the voyage
to tnis country under the conditions which pre-
vailed on his ship.
The Moravia is now anchored i'm Graveeend
bay between Fort Hamilton and Nortons Point,
! aboUs 200 yards east of tie main channel. She
! II out o. the Way OF passing vessels
new source of danger from cholera has
been discovered by the health authorities which
may render the present quarantine arrange
! nlent Intellectual. The danger lies i'll the fact
! that Messengers on the steamers arriving here
eat the food and drink the water that is taken
! aboard al the foreign ports. both of which are
EEeiy 10 De injected WITH the germs OF the dis
ease. Under such circumstances quarant tine
( OF two or three DAYS would not be a sufficient
/ safeguard against cholera The matter il now
being discussed by the board of health and
some action will probably be determined upon
ANOTHER HEALTH BOARD CIRCULAR.
President wilson OF the New York health
board remarked that he was not surprised that
cholera had arrived, and that the city officials
we're PIE Jared TO Ugh. il. As to the danger of
Infection Of the Crcton water. he said that the
nuisance along the watershed had been abated
. as much As possible. and the only thing
that could be done now WAS the remoy-
ing of the houses along the banks of the river.
but as there we're $4,000 of them he did not
thi;.k the scheme practicable.
The board has issued circular to all rail-
WAYS ferries steamboat Offices factories &c,
whore large number of people are likely to
meet. ordering that adjoining the waiting rooms
o. in the factories there should be set aside an
ai-tisht room. These will be temporary places
OF isolation. should cases of cholera suddenly
de'elop Closets are to be inspected daily
{ Tho board has also fitted up ''dust-proof'
ro0ln where meteorological examinations will
be Iaade. \ supposed cholera discharge will
be cultivated until the presence absence Of
the germ is made positive. All discharges sent
by the inspectors to the board viii be examined
IN this room
HoFF1IANs ISLAND.
This IL the first time Hoffm Island has seen
such active service since 1884 and 1887. whes
cholera scares disturbed the country. A great
many persons will remember the island which
gets it, name from the late Gov. Hoffman of
New York as being about two miles south Of
I the NarrOws. Ii is bGilt on the sand bar known
10 pilots As the ives; bank and rises abruptly out
of the water on pile of rocks.
The island ITSELF covering few acres. is con-
structed o: sand inclosed in Il crib work, which
4 in turn is protected bV the rIpraO.