The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-15
WHENCE THESE GERMS?
New York Health Officials
Trying to Trace the
Origin of the Cho1-
era Cases.
NO CASES, NO SUSPECTS !!
And No Sign of a Panic in the City
The Fire Islanders to Be
Set Free.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 1S92.-Ihe Board
of Health this morning issued the fol-
lowing bulletin:-
New YORK, Sept is, 1892 10 A. M
During the past forty eight hours there were
no new or suspected cases reported to this de-
partment. The suspected cases of Charlotte
Beck of No. 1854 Second avenue, and Peter
Callahan, of No. 318 East Forty seventh street.
heretofore noted. are under investigation.
By order of the Board of Health.
CHARLES G. WILSON, President.
EMMoNs CLARK, Secretary
President Wilson, looking weary and
heavyeyed, was at his desk early. He
had been up till A. NJ. he said, compleu-
ing the last precautionary arrangements
with regard to the floating hospital, &c.
IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK.
The physician who is to take charge of
the big marine cradle" as it used TO be
called when it took babies down the bay
in the service of the ST. Johns Guild, was
the first official to have an interview with
him.
DR.. Bryant the Medical Commissioner.
came in wnen he had gone, and there
after the doors OF the Board room were
closed. An hour later the morning bulle-
tin quoted above appeared.
AS The JERSEY CITY NEWS announced
yesterday there has not been any doubt as
to the true nature of the cases of Char
lotte Beck aud Peter Callahan since the
moment DR.. Biggs's discovery of the
comma ba cillus in the other cases was an
bounced.
The sanitary guard was set on both
houses yesterday morning, as on the
others.
LOOKING FOR THE ORIGIN.
President Wilson at this time made
brief statement to the effect that the
origin of the outbreaks had not vet been
traced. He had had men at work upon it
since last night.
The men are sanitary experts, who are
able to weigh evidence of the sort they
seek and judge of its value. That the
disease has crept through quarantine in
some way is ssaccepted as an undisputed
fact at Sanitary Headquarters.
II could get here in no other way. How
it did it is the question. Two theories
obtain at headquarters. One points to
the butchers who furnished meat to the
quarantined ships as suggested.
The other theory is that of passengers
from the Friesland having spread the
contagion.
The results of all efforts to trace the
origin of the cholera in this city UP to Il
O'Clock today point to the four girls from
Hungary who landed from the Friesland
two weeks ago as the persons who
brought the germs here.
At the Office of Schwarzchlld & Sulz-
berger, wholesale butchers at First ave-
nue. and Forty-ffth street. it was said
this morning that physician from the
Board of Health had been there and had
stated that the cholera had been traced to
these girls.
WAS IT THE FRIEsLAND.
The Friesiaud sailed from Antwerp on
August 90 The four girls who are sun
posed to have brought the germs of chcl-
era to this city were among the steerage
passengers on the ship. The presence of
cholera in Antwerp had not then been
officially announced, but few days later
there were seventy-ive deaths in one day
in that city.
The four suspected girls are Rosa Ko-
hut, eighteen years old; Christine Vor-
teg, seventeen years old, aud Lena and
Sarah SchmitZler, sisters. All Of the
girls came from Hungary. When they
landed here they went to live in the rooms
of AdolDh Leviuger. at No. AL East
Forty-sixth street.
Manager Fahenstock of the office OF the
Red Star line of steamships in this city
was asked this morning regarding the
possibility that cholera germs were
brought into the city by passengers Of the
steamship FriesIand. which arrived from
Antwerp on August 30.
81 hardly think II could have been pos
sible," said Mr.. Fahnestock. "The board
ing houses at which the emigrants in-
tending 10 sail by our line stop III Ant
werp have been regularly disinfected for
the last six months. All emigrants are
examined both by our physicians and by
physicians hired for the purpose by the
Government. We have used every pre-
caution to prevent our ships becoming
infected.
''The Friesland. moreover, got a spe-
cial treatment at quarantine, under the
supervision of Mr.. James Wright, a
member of our firm. The baggage and
clothing of ali passengers wore rigidly
disinfected. F"