The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-09

dispatch received here from Quarantine
at $3.50 this morning announced that the
quarantined steamers, Normannia and
Rugia, had hoisted the yellow flag up
again, and that the same signal is flying
at Hoffman Island. These signals in
dictate there are more cholera cases
this morning on the Normannia, Rugia
and on Hoffman Island, for 1t was
agreed yesterday between tho health
officer and the commanders OF the steam
ships mon toned, that the yellow flag,
after yesterday, is not to be hosted un-
less as notification that additional
cases Of chorera were discovered. The
record for today was eight now cases
among crew of the Noumannia and two
more cases among the Storage passen-
gers OF the same ship. Consequently
since the cholera arrived here there
have been thirty-one cases of sickness
from that disease and eight deaths
from the same cause at this port.
1t will be noticed, however, that this
is not an alarming state of affairs, con-
sidering that there are about twenty
steamships detained either at upper
bay at the cholera anchorage 1t will
also be seen that the dreaded scourge
has been almost entirely confined to the
crew of the NOrmannia, and that the
atokers Of that vessel seem to be the
greatest sufferers. Eight of the steamers
crow, all strong, hardy men, were re-
moved from the vessel yesterday after
noon and transferred to Swinburne Is
land. The doctor would not say that
these men were suffering from cholera,
but admitted that they had diarrhna
and ether symptoms that were very sus.
picious.
1t is safe to assume that transfers of
men to Pest Island would not have been
made had not the health officers been
morally certain that the disease was
cholera, and no y comes the most SER
ious and significant part OF it. Those
eight men, who were taken from the
Normannia in agony, had only day be-
fore been taken back to the ship after
twelve hours stay at Hoffman Island,
where they were scrubbed, fumigated
and disinfected with all possible thor
oughness. Along with some Ave hun
dred others they were taken back to the
Normannia in apparently excellent
health, and the following day they
were Frustrated with Asiatic chol-
ora or something very like it.
One of the health officials spoke of
these new cases rather lightly, as if
they were of little Importance and not
cholera at all. ut was all the result of
washing these follows" he said, laugh
ing. The shock of such unfamiliar ex-
perience was too much for them. You
can develop pretty much any disease by
treating these unwashed emigrants
with water. They caught cold, got
Gran. ps and diarrhna, and that is all
there is to it,"
HAvRE, Sept. Especial There
were nineteen new cases OF cholera re.
ported yesterday, a decrease of eight.
The deaths numbered eleven, an in
crease Of four over Tuesday.
BERLIN, Sept ESPECIAL One new
case was reported to day, the patient
being woman. The emperor has coun-
termanded the order for army maneu-
vers in Wurtemberg as a cholera pro-
caution.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. S.-ISpeciall
Returns for the whole empire show
4.064 new cases reported Monday,
467 deaths. In st. Petersburg yester-
day there were 10 new cases, a decrease
of 10; deaths 3d. an increase of 5.
LONDON, Sept s.-lSpeciall The
local government board states to-day
that there is not case of cholera
throughout the United Kingdom.
HAMBURG, Sept. 81 Special Yes
terday there woro 655 new cases, do
crease of AZ from Tuesday; deaths 3l5,
decrease of is. Vice Consul Burke
telegraphed the American State De-
partment that the decrease had been
steady for tho last few days.
QUARANTINE, Sept s.-lSpeciall-
Following is the Official report: New
cases on the Normannia, Franz AL
brecht, aged "a; Adolph Meir aged 25;
Gottleib Deumishon aged SO; Gustav
Neuman, aged 25; d. Audible, aged "a;
Carl Crunch, aged 81, all mombers of
the crew.
Gustav Wellschopher, aged 1; Johan
Podratskia, aged IA; Felona Kuneschin,
aged 40.
AT Hoffman Island the new cases were
Karl Blunnig, aged 80. Swineburne
Island deaths: September, Z, Elfrida
Schultz, aged S, from the Rugia; Henry
Frankel, aged 40, one OF IL g crew Of tho
Normannia; Jacob Kessler, aged 80, and
Christine Hansen. aged 10.
QUARANTINE, N. Y, Sept. S.-[Spe-
cial The cholera situation at quaran-
tine is no doubt very grave. Not only
are new cases breaking out every day
among the storage passengers OF the
Inflated Normannia and Rugia, tho
former of whom are on Hoffman Island,
but it has now settled we'll among tho
the crew of the big express steamer who
are on board.
II anything can be added TO the horror
OF the situation it is tho fact that tho
cabin passengers, who have been free
from any sign Of the disease, are still
kept like rats in trap enclosed within
the sides OF steamer with cholera rag
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