The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-12
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been fleeing to Odessa. Stories Of the suffer-
ings and the deaths it has caused have been
coming hero over the cables. Now it has de-
fed the vieffance Of tho health officers who
guard this port. It has entered that part OF
tho city most exposed to danger. and for ten
days T. hns been emanating from at least four
teen centres discovered and attacked by the
Enrd 81 Health last night.
Il hna rr"n more than four months since
-'-an,c' lat runs between Odessassid Con-
stan.;rorIr took aboard at Odessa Z band OF
l,:.,S hu-sian and Polish Hebrews. Some OF
'hCc' rn,onged in Odessa. others came from
the lithuanian or Polish provinces. A few
"ams from those districts where the famine
l'as been at its worst. To ali these I'M
iHtnnates Eussia was a place Of hum
ger AMI II! treatment. The managers Of the
aaron Hirseh fund bought passage for the
Gales a. far as Gonstantinople. with the inten-
ton "f sending them on to Palestine The Sui
tan refused 10 permit them to enter. and said
they must seek another place OF refuge. An
effort 10 reach PALESTINE through Smyrna was
equally fr,tless.
\ few who We're too sick and exhausted to
90 further were left behind. and the rest went
10 Marseilles Thence most OF them sailed for
The Argentine. and the others were transferred
tn the Masslia. When the Massilia reached
Naples n few more had given way under IA
'iGue and suffering. Typhoid fever had ap-
feared. Tho seriously sick were sent ashore
to be cured in Scapolitan hospitals. OF their
late nothing Is known here.
srrrEEINGs DURING THE VOYAGE
Tho VOYAGE across the Atlantic took six
weeks. dun Ing which there were several violent
st'rm>. There was much sickness in the steer
age both among the Hebrews and tho Italians
some had pneumonia and few typhoid fever.
Thteo died Of the latter disease and wore
buried Mt sea. When the Mnssiiia arrived
h"re, II week ago last Saturday. ton storage
Passengers. suffering from pneumonia and
typhoid. w"rH so carclessly transferred to tho
'inn!eranl hospital that Gen. o'Beirne sharply
'e'eks4 the officers Of the vessel through the
agents II tine fabre line. Elwcll & Co. All the
Immigrants pm sed the Quarantine safely and.
S fSHsah S hGss ti YorH h On e %n
Gag. They. said. in tel Ing, their story of the
voyage. that no sweet water had been allowed
only boiled sea water thut, WAS brackish
e erEiTidsM To- mako many OF the women and
WHOM y S' c@nssned TRns FAR tie
a T0s,I OF Health has heen unable to find them.
,ypnI,. not Yet recognized by the doctors who
trrs s E ,b 6ssn 'alled hns infected them to
,rhu 'ntousn the Italian quarters. The
teen boarding houses in East Twelfth street,
anu Division streets.
49, LODGED IN BOARDING. HOUSES.
i, They reached these lodging houses on Mon
q; ~ evening. FEB. !. The United Hebrew
~ "i tL,y AS,"irntlon. which Is u combipntion
s nmn1, m l:u7sian Transfer Fund. and the
hbuhd al III" Committee for the Amelioration OF
SUSAN ErtH.e..s. had forewarning Of their
" =, hld was in correspondence with man
letting them TO work. Meanwhile the associa-
tlnI WAS Supporting them. meals and LODGING
neins Tree at tho boarding houses. They were
W ro n ,ih,say to GO where thoy, pleased. They
we. went 10 and out Of tenements. Thoy looked
~ friend, or kinsmen. They had the free
dom % mo crowded east sido until late yester-
-Four days after their arrival A. Jatre. who
soc sociati1n at e East Twelfth street. found that
one OF his eighty-six dodgers, Hanoch Grun.
hoa a. Z young man. was not we'll All the
eiects y; haa been more or less sick from the
unable to leave his bed. A doctor was called
Mho ulaEnosed his trouble as influenza aud
n' zee, nm Tor that disease. As Hanoch got
AZ mi,;mette r' Jane sent for DIR. J.. Damn OF 80
nnNlhTton street. the regular physician OF the
association.
SIX ~ ONE FAMILY STRICKEN.
n ~ Dom camo in Fob. g. He found Hanoch
uiulihor on his back and unable to turn. He
,,'I' n't or would not speak. Dr. Damn
iiGaaa that his temperature was los and that
,hs edges. Hisabdomen showed that peculiar
ttSnseness and hollowness which, taken with
'hs otter symptoms. indicated yphoid fever.
-, ~; Dann found that the hve other children
me orarner family were more or less sick.