New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15

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decline both in the Consolidated ana tr9ance ha
changes the former following me STOCK ~ cbSegs
In the latter the fall not ATTRIBUTED 10 cholera'
! for there sudden panic
no EXCITEMENT AMONG THE NEIGHBORS
HIVE CO.'S on AS USUAL IN THE HOUSES WHERE
| THE PEOPLE DYED.
| There appeared to be no excitement whatever yes
terdav afternoon In the vicinity OF the houses "hcre
| ,ba ronor,ed cases Of cholera had occurred. NO
osn.c,ol curiosity was manifested by the passersoy
M, d,d any OF Them on the other hand. take any
mains 70 avoid the socalled infected houses Most OF
the neghboring people had heard OF the deaths ana
the attendant suspicious circumstances, but they were
altogether inclined to be skeptcal and to attribute
| the deaths to cholera morbus.
The ground floor Of No. 76s Eleventhave. where
william welghmann and his wife sophie lived and died.
is occupied by II. Cramer's small bakery shop Inc
two women who carry on the business were perecuy
willing 10 tell all they knew about the Weigmanhs
To Tribune reporter yesterday afternoon tey saiu
awe were separated from the weigmanns by four
flights and lately have had nothing to DO with heh
During the time that they were sick, ana beiore anu
after It. we went nowhere near them, though we hau
no reason to fear the Illness. They occupied, with
their four grownip children the whole fourth moor
We understand that William Weigmann ana MS wife
were sick about twenty-four hours Mrs Weiehahn
was always very weak and In poor health. Ihe he'n
officers the bodies away and another health ocer
was here Yesterday to f,migate their apartments
The building is fourstory cnementhousc OF decent
appcarance Three other families, with young
small children. occupy the rest of the building Inc
neighborhood Is not an inviting ono. but the tenement
house where the Weigmann's lived was clean com
pared 10 the others.
At Fener's Butchery in West Fifty -ffth-st,
| where wcigmann worked they said that he was
a steady industrious fellow. lie stopped work
weNk ago last Monday noon, complaining OF slight
indh poJtion lie was out on the street. how
ever, until the last part Of the week.
Dr. j. II. Fruitnght, who attended Nr. and Mrs.
Welgma IN, was not at his Office No. l61 West
Fifty sevenhst when Tribune reporter called yester-
day afternoon.
died the people were equally undisturbed by the
reports Of the disease that had been In their midst
McAvoy an unmarried man. a mason by trade.
lie boarded with Mrs. McCarty on the second floor
Of the building. According TO the statements Of the
proprietress Of Rices bakery on the first floor, Nc
Avoy was disspated. She said that the body had
laid in the n whole day before receiving any
care Four families occupy the building.
A Tribune reporter called at No. 1894 Second ave.
Yesterday afternoon. The building is Hvestory fiat
house. built OF brick. There fourteen apartments
In the house and all but one are occupied. The
Beck family lived the top floor. The doors TO
their rooms locked. and no one responed to the
reporters knock. The neghbors had not heard Of
the official announcement that Mrs. Beck had died
from Aslatic cholera. They refused TO believe that
the woman died from cholera. She died suddenly"
they said and because there IS cholera about. the
doctors could think OF nothing else. 1t was prob
ably nothing cholera morbus. II we believed that
IL was cholera, do think would remain here
with children ~
Mrs Beck was described as neat little woman
very quiet and good neiglbor. She had a baby
four months old, and she took great pains to keep 1t
clean and attractive. few days ago her husband
who works at Fulton Market. became III. She
nursed him carefully and he recovering After
tending TO his wants Tuesday morning, Mrs Beck
Law down saying that she not feeling well. This
was al o'clock. At / O'Clock she was dead.
Two hours afterward her body was removed from the
house by the authorities. They also took all the
bedding and other articles which had been used By
the woman. Before going. they fumigated the tcnc
ment. Mr. Hugo, It said. had taken the baby
TO his brothers home In Eighty hist. The Beck
family occupied rooms the top foor. or the
other two apartments on the hoor one IS empty ana
the other Is occupied by German family with three
small children There are twelve families living In
the house now and there are among them I'VE or SIX
infants and a like number OF older children
On the first floor Is candy shop and plumbers
office. In the latter It said that the building
WAS fitted according to the most approved sanitary
methods and that the ventilation was excellent. 1t
was declared that there much less danger OF
spread OF the disease because the plague had appeared
upon the top noor. "Snch epdemics more likely
10 ascend than to descend" said the plumber. The
people In TIE house and in adjoining houses did not
appear 10 be alarmed about the situation, and the
observer would not have guessed that anything
unusual had happened In the ncghborhOOd.
A visit 10 the neighbohood Of East Forty sixthst-.
between Frstave. and the river proved the fact that
the outbreak Of cholera In The city Is not fchred
nearly much as was expected BY the Inhabitants
OF lie tenementh house districts. Though they were
perfectly well aware Of the fact that Minnie Levnger
had been carried off by the much dreaded Asiaiic
cholera no panic started among them. Eight
families lived in the house before the death occurred
and an stu remain. while business Is continued In
the underneath, md IN those OF the immediate
ndglbOrh0od.