Omaha daily bee., 1892-09-09
NEW CASES AT QUARANTINE.
Ten More Unfortunates Afflicted by the
Terrible Disease

Ten More Unfortunates Afflicted by the
Terrible Disease.
QUARANTINE, =. l., Sept. S.-The new
cases on the Normsnnia are: Frarz AL
brecht, aged "a; Adolph Meir, aged 25;
Gotlieb Dauishon, aged So; Gustave Neu-
mann, aged 25; d. Audile aged 24; Carl
Grumch aged 81. all among the crew.
On the Rugla the new cases are: Gustave
Wellschopper. aged /; Johann Podratskia
aged a; Felona Kunschin, aged 80. Eight
persons who were exposed to patients of
the same families have been removed to
Swinburne island ard isolated.
There Is but one new case on Hoffman
island-Carl Blunnig, aged 35. A steerage
passenger was removed to Swinburne island,
he was one of the Normannia's passengers.
Deaths on swinburne Island.
ELFRIDA SCHULERAT, aged 8 years,
from the Rug!a, admitted September
HENRY FRANkEL. aged 80 years. ad-
initted from the Normanna September L.
JACOB kESSLER one OF the crew, aged 35
years, who was removed from Hoffman island
September4.
CHRISTINE HALLsEN, aged 10 years, from
the Rugia, admitted September
Tho nurse is better who was taken with
the disease. James O'Rourke, aged %,
son of the former superintendent of Swim
burne island, was assigned to that islandias
telegraph operator. He expects to have his
line working tomorrow.
DR.. Jenkins has returned from Sandy
Hook and has stated that Sandy Hook will
be used for placing the immigrants on. He
thought that the old. unused sheds of tho
Central railroad of New Jersey would be
used, which could accommodate 800, and the
same number of tents could be used on the
land.
DR.. Jenkins has not yet seen telegram,
shown to- the Associated Press by a gentle
man, which Is directed to Austin Corbin,
and sent from the War department, saving
that the department refused the use of
Sandy Hook. DR.. jenkins said he expected
the Stonington down tomorrow evening
or early the day after, when the cabin pas
sengers would be removed to her. She will
be ttted up tomorrow and has l24 state
rooms, with three berths in each. The New
Hampshire soon as she is ready. will be
used for the cabin passengers of the Rugla.
Inc steerage passengers he Will remove to
Hoffman island. The cholera on board the
Moravia has been TO all appearances stamped
out.
Vessels Released.
The City of New York and La Bourgogne
have left for New York. Chauncey NJ.
Depew. his secretary and the wife and
daughter of Secretary Foster were taken off
the City os New York on the cutter Grant
and followed her up The steamer Elhe lett
quarantine at O'Clock.
The Belgian steamer Waesland, Captain
Grant, from Antwerp, Which has been
| among the quarantine fleet in the upper bav
was released this evening by order of the
health authorities ana proceeded to her dock
She left quarantine at 5 80 p. m.
Gravity of tho situation.
The cholera situation at quarantine is no
doubt very grave. Not only are new cases
| breuking out every day among the steerage
,hn IN f,s, a
| Rugia, the former OF whom are on Hoffman
island, but II has now settled well among the
| crew OF the big express steamer who are on
board.
Ii anything car be added to the horror of
| the situation, it is the fact that the cabi u
passengers who have been free from any
sign OF disease are kept like rats in trap
with the cholera raging alongside of them.
mo ship to put them on" mo place
| whore can land them" says the health
officer while the agents, whose duty it is to
sec the passengers cared for, say. nothing.
| DIR. jenkins has made strenuous exertions to
| obtain place to put the well passengers,
| but up to the present he has been uusuccess-
| full.
The government has refused the use of
! Sandy Hook Governor Flower has taken
| no action on DIR. jenkins request for possess
sion of Fire island, ana it has been impossi-
| bic thus far TO rent or buy a vessel.
| AS regards the situation at the lower
| quarantine, things much worse, eleven
| fresh cases and four deaths being the days
| record, though one of the deaths took place
| at very late hour Yesterday
! The upper bay looks far more empty than
| it has for u long time, La Boureogne, the
| City of New York and the Elbe having been
| released.
| AT present the only vessels at upper quar-
] antine are the Saratoga from Mexico ana Sa-
| vannah, the Corean from Glasgow with immi-
| grants, the Wyoming from Liverpool, the
| German steamer Spree from Bremen, the
| Dubbledam which arrived late from Rotter-
| DAM and the Hamburger Stubbenhuk.