Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-19
THEIR TOUGH EXPERIENCE.

Released Normannia Passengers Tall
| About the Ouarantine-A Severe Roas
| for DIR. jenkins and the Manager of the
Surf Hotel.
Morris H. Danziger, the merchant, and
his wife arrived home from Europe yester.
day morning Both were looking exceed
ingly we'll after their trying experience in
quarantine on the Normannia and Fire
Island. They were busy all day receiving
the congratulations of friends. Mr. Danzig.
| er went to Europe in June, and if it had
not been for the cholera scare he would
have had most delightful trip. However,
he is glad he is at home once more. He
| questions very much whether there was any
cholera on the Normannia, and he SAYS the
| passengers feel very sore toward Health
| Officer Jenkins and Wall, the man who has
charge of the Surf Hotel. Mr. Danziger
| thinks the latter ought to be sent to Jail.
| After the hungry passengers were landed
on Fire Island there was a constant scram-
BILE for something to eat. The man who paid
| the heaviest fees was first served. The
dishes and knives and forks on the second
tables were not washed, and if guest asked
| for clean tableware the servants replied
with oaths and impudence. Mr.. Danziger
states that many of the passengers will
bring suit against the steamship company
| for deceiving them.
Lived Scantily on Sandwiches.
While on board the Normannia in quar-
antine they had plenty to eat, but for three
days, when they were being knocked about
between the Stonington, Cepheus and Fire
| Island, they had nothing but few sand
wiches apiece and some very bad meat. The
men on board were SO worked up at the ac-
tion of the Fire Islanders that they were
only restrained by the women from going
on shore and fighting for an asylum. At
one stage, Mr. Danziger says, if the passen-
gers could have gotten hold of DR.. Jenkins
they would have killed him. He was
roundly cursed when his tug came alongside
the Cepheus and the people recognized his
voice calling for the captain and asking
him to read the injunction papers.
The doctor was greatly worried, and said
if the people resisted much longer he would
discharge the passengers Then he was
vigorously Missed for confin:ng healthy peo-
pie on a hulk without any of the con-
veniences of life on board. Mr.. Danziger
said they were afraid of fire, and he took
his turn in keeping watch during the long
nights.
The cabin passengers on the Normannia
subscribed S106,00O toward purchasing Fire
Island, and when the crew refused to work
because they were paid by the trip the peo-
pie promised to reimburse them.
Promised Not to Garry Steerage Passengers.
Mr.. Danziger states that he reached Ham,
burg August %, and sailed for America on
the 26th. He first heard of cholera from
the elevator boy in the hotel, who told him
there was a rumor of cholera in the city.
He went down to the dock at once, and
l-a1 ha Afs asa1o ,lo /,
They assured him that no steerage passen-
gers would be carried. He was surprised to
find lot of them on board after they had
started At Southampton people got on
who had letters from the company stating
that no steerage passengers were on the
vessel. On the basis of these promises and
letters many of the passengers will sue the
company for heavy damages. Mr.. Danziger
says he hasn't time to attend to lawsuits.
Europe, he SAYS is not as good country
for business as America, but he thinks they
accomplish as much in the long run. The
clerks in the stores work until 9 in the
evening, but they have two hours for din
ner. The people work leisurely and get
more enjoyment out of life than the Ameri-
cans.
Smiling pleasantly, and with all the ap-
pearance of happy and contented person.
was Miss Bertha Fuhrer, OF 249 Main
street, when DISPATCH reporter called to
see her yesterday afternoon. Her trip on
the plague-stricken ship Normannia and
her subsequent experiences during the YES
sells quarantine didn't seem to have any ef-
feet for the worse on the young lady.
The First Death on the Normannia.
1t was or the fourth day that the first
death occurred, and then rumor set the
tongues wagging. A man had died in the
second cabin. He and another man who
had been occupying the same room were
both suffering from seasickness from the
time the vessel left Southampton. The
latter's daughter attended daily to the
wants of both men. The officers of the
vessel said that the man who died was suf-
fering from diabetes
The deaths, later, of three children
caused general alarm, and it took good
deal of the officers time to keep the pas
sengers quiet. The former claimed that the
children died from the effects of alcohol
given them ov their mother to cure them of
seasickness.
The treatment of all on the Stonington
and Cepheus, on which the passengers were
to be taken to Fire Island, was horrible
They were penned in like cattle without
either food or bedclothes. and left to suffer
as they might until DR.. Jenkins thought fit
to see to their removal. They had to leave
the Cepheus at II o'clock one night in con-
sequence of the boats condition, without
any light and without having had any food
for over eight hours. As a rule, soda
crackers and oranges made up the bill of
fare, with beer and wine for those who cared
to pay the exorbitant prices charged for
them.
Mrs. NJ. Schmidt. who was a fellow pas
senger with Miss Fuhrer, had similar
story to tell.