Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-01
RAYAGES oE CHOLERA.
The Disease Now Raging In Ham
burg, Antwerp and Havre.


ANTWERP, Aug. 24.-Since noon yes
terday five persons, who were suffering
from cholera, and who were admitted
to the hospital, died few hours after
their admission. One case of the disease,
il is declared, has appeared on board
steamer from Hamburg. The sanitary
board has ordered most rigorous in.
speetion of all vessels arriving from
Hamburg, the Rhine ports and from
France.
The doctors were 10th to admit that
the disease was Asiatic cholera, but they
were finally compelled to acknowledge
that the scourge of the East had APP
peared here.
For some little time past there have
been number of suspicious cases of
sickness in this city, but the authorities
have steadily maintained that the dis
ease was not the dreaded Asiatic cholera.
No later than yesterday it was officially
announced that there was not single
case Of Asiatic cholera in Belgium, the
suspicious cases being simply cholera
nostras. This statement received il
Justification to-day, at least so far rs
Antwerp is concerned. The leading
physicians of Antwerp now declare that
the disease is true Asiatic cholera.
The disease is now admittedly present
in three Of the great Northern European
ports-Hamburg Antwerp and Havre--
and there is o strong suspicion that the
so-called cholcrine prevalent at Stettin
will turn out to be the Asiatic cholera.
The announcement that the fatal
scourge has appeared here has caused
feeling Of apprehension, and many Of
the Weather residents are making
preparations 10 leave the city.
All arrivals at this port from Hamburg,
iayre and the Rhine will be subject
TO one weeks quarantine.
OFFICIAL STATISTICS.
HAMBURG, Aug. "a The newspapers
here have been affected by the cholera
scare, and their reports concerning the
disease contain more or less exaggsra-
ton. The official statistics show that
during the period between August 18th
and yesterday there were 2l9 cases Of
suspected cholera reported. Of this
number rs patients died To-day the
| heat is oppressive, despite Il heavy thun-
| der storm. All the shops where disin
fectants are sold are besicgcd by crowds
| of people clamoring for the various pre-.
vcntives Many of the shopkeepcrs have
sold out every ounce of their disinfec.
tants. Despite the anxiety that is every
where prevalent, business is proceeding
as usual
EIGHTY CASES AT altoona.
| HAMBURG, Aug. "a Eighty cases Of
cholera were reported al Altoona to-day,
including three cases of AsiatiC cholera.
some OF the business men of this city
are afraid to use the public telephones,
fearing contagion from the transmitter.
| Otherwise business proceeds as usual
| The city schools We're closed the greater
| part Of theday. The police aud sanitary
authorities, at conference to-day, dis
cnssed the eventual closing of the harbor
unless the epidemic speedily subsidies
| Professors Koch and RANTS inspected
the cmigrant barracks to-day. The
-NdchrichteA dwells upon the rccklessness
OF the poor III eating unsound fruit and
other food when the spread OF cholera
has already been sufficiently favored by
the intensely hot weather.
Two NEW CASES AND ONE DEATH.
RoUEN, Aug. 24.-Two fresh cases Of
choleralc disease and one death have
been reported here,
IT has REACHED CoSsTASTISoPLE.
LoNpoN, Aug. 24.-The Dtiiy Meas
Vienna correspondent says sit is re-
ported from GonStantinoplc that there
have been several new cases of cholera
and u number Of deaths daily during
the past week in the Lazaretto there,
although Mecca pilgrims have shown
clean bills OF health up to the present"
/ ~
FLCTED.
BERLIN, Aug. 24-All goods or lug.
gage arriving here from Hamburg OF
Altoona Will be subjected to a thorough
distinction, in order to avoid the dam
ger Of conveying cholera into this city.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
LONDON, Aug 24.-'rhe ports sani-
tary committee has ordered that mcli.
cal examination be made on every ar.
rival from Russia and Hamburg. Dirty
clothing and all baggage that is sus.
pected Of being infected with cholera
will be burned.
SPECIAL PROBATION COMMITTEES.
LONDON, Aug, 24.-The local govern
ment board has sent inspectors O. al thc
chief English ports empowered with ful
authority to use all means, short q
quarantine, 10 exclude cholera from tht
country.
In addition to the sanitary boar,
special prevention committees are bcin!
/. formed The greatest precautions ar,
taken at Grlmsby, through which por
IN an average 600 emlgrants, chictil
Russian Jews, pass weekly.
AN EXPECTED EXODUS.
VIENNA, Aug. 2i.--Ihc grcatest alarm
r prevails here over the expected GE0lu
/ Of residents of Hamburg "a Carlsbad
. Marienbaa and FranZenbal. liealtl
J commissions are being appointed At al
tile frontier stations, where traveller
5 will he examined and lisnfnctcd
Z PARIS, AnT. 35.--rhC condition o
i many Of the Jewish cmigrants who ms
i through this city is such that sh6uIt
{ cholera break out among them, it woul,
r lind fruitful harvest
!, The Jewish committee here state thu
! within a month 1000 Jews, refugee
! from Russia, have passed through pari,
t most Of them on their way to America
/. The places where they passed tn
: night were made 10 dirty BIZ the 0ccu
pants that it was found necessary t
i thoroughly disiufect the premises afte
@ they left.
i TO GUARD AGAINST CoSTAGGoN.
i SPRINGFIELD, I'm, Aug. 25.-Th
9 state board Of health yesterday wired t
!, DR.. Wimau al Washington as follow
: 'In view Of the westward spread I
!. cholera in Europe, the Illinois Stat
: Board of Health earnestly requests thu
!. you extend the scope Of your order +
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