The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-04
THE DREAD
DISEASE.
Awful RaVageS Being
Made by Cholera.
CONTINUES TO COME
Three More Cholera Infected
Steamships Arrive.
SUFFERING, SORROW AND DEATH.
Number of Fatalities During the Voyages
All the Vessels Promptly Guaranteed
No Doubt That 1t lis Cholera.
CONTINUES TO COME
Three More Cholera Infected
Steamships Arrive.
SUFFERING, SORROW AND DEATH.
Number of Fatalities During the Voyages
All the Vessels Promptly Guaranteed
No Doubt That 1t is Cholera.


No Doubt That 1t Is Cholera.
New York, Sept 3.-Nothing can now
save the metropolis from the great plague
every member of the community with the
instructions OF the board of health and
quarantine authorities.
THE DANGER is REAL.
Il cannot be even estimated. Newly in
fected steamships arrived in the harbor
today with awful stories OF death and
suffering. They were the Rugia and Nor
mania, both from Hamburg. The Rugis
buried five steerage passengers at sea and
had five living cholera patients still on
board when she cast her anchor.
The Normsnie buried four steerage pas
sengers and one cabin passenger. She had
four patients still alive, one being q mem
Der OF the crew. II is claimed the cabin
passenger who died on the Normania was
suffering from diabetes only. The deaths
on the Normania we're: Colonel Regert
second cabin, aged 81. Diagnosis, cholerine |:
died on Aug. 90. Jacob Higeman, first
cabin. aged 40; Otolie H6mill aged Ii
months. died on Aug. 80; Willie Harm
aged years, died Sept /; Adolph Schaltz
aged ! year, Sept. /. The convaiescents are
as follows: Heinrich Herser, one of the
crew. aged 80; Rudolph Herhich. aged IL
months; Selma Horn, aged years; Morris
Bonherser. aged SO years.
On board the Regina the following
deaths occurred: Bertha Koenig aged 80
years, died Aug. IS; Carl Koenig, aged 80,
died Aug. 2S. The two we're presumably
man and wife. Rosie Star, aged 80, died
Sept l.
The convaiescents on the Normania are
ss follows: Ellen Pigaski, aged q; Paul
hoenlg. aged years, Johanna Burt, aged
81; Anrion Peters, aged 60; Dispaio Kos
mic, an Italian, aged "a.
The cDnvalescent cases are considered
very serious and further deaths are likely
TO occur.
Health Officer Jenkins Immediately or
dered both ships to lower bay as soon as
the captains OF the vessels notified him of
the condition of affairs.
The first death on board the Normania
occurred on Aug. 29-Carl Hegert, So years
Of age, second class passenger, who had
been taken down with disease which the
ships physician diagnosed as oholerine. A
similar csse was discovered about the same
time IN the steerage in The person of Otile
Harm, child eleven months old Cholera
symptoms developed rapidly in both cases
and left no doubt in the mind of the ships
surgeon as TO the nature of the disease
When Hegert's death. on Aug. %, wss fol-
lowed by the death of the other patient the
child in the steerage, on Aug. so, the au-
thorities OF the ship recognized the
SERIOUS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
They at once took all possible precautions
to prevent the disease from spreading
among the other passengers on board the
vessel. Notwithstanding their efforts sew
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soon discovered The surgeon carefully
isolated all cases and personally saw that
the utmost care was exercised by tine per-
sons engaged in nursing them to avoid q
communication OF the disease to others.
There was great alarm among the pas
sengers when they learned that the dread
disease had appeared on board of the vessel.
The ignorant Storage passengers were
completely panic stricken upon learning
that cholera had appeared among them.
They lost their heads entirely and APP
peared to be incapable of helping them
selves in the slightest respect.
The captain and surgeon ordered care
full watch TO be kept over the steerage pas
sengers, In order that they would not heed
lessly run into danger of catching the dis
ease In spite Of all the precautions they
took
MORE CASES SOON DEVELOPED.
Inc symptoms were nearly all alike.
Five more taken III In the steerage, four
being children. Adolph Seholtz, l year
old; Willie Harm, 3 years old; Rudolph
Hernish, IL months old and Selma Hern, 5
years old. The cholera symptoms devel-
oped rapidly In the cases as ii did in the
previous ones and in each diagnosis OF the
surgeon showed the disease TO be what he
termed cholerine.
There was no further appearance Of any
m rhp
cabin passengers after the death Of Hege-
mann, but another death occurred in the
steerage from cholerine On the following
day Adolph Schultz and Morris Bonheiser.
steerage passengers, showed symptoms of
cholerine and were promptly isolated. One
OF the crew also. Heinrich Frankheiser, was
taken III with the disease. No further
deaths occurred on the voyage. All who
had been taken down with The disease,
however. were still kept isolated, when the
Normania arrived al port early this morn
ing.
The Rugla, the other best ship OF the
Hamburg American Packet company.
which arrived in port today with the
cholefc. left Hamburg on Aug. 81 The
first deAsh occurred week after leaving
port.
Carl and Bertha Koenig were taken i'll
about the same time. The symptoms were
alike and such that the ship surgeon pro
rounceo the disease choierine. The COM
mander Of the Rugia and the surgeon did
everything to prevent spread OF the dis
ease but the ignorance and recklessness of |
the storage passengers made their
EFFORTS OF NO AVAIL.
Other caEes OF q similar kind soon ap- |
peared, and seven more passengers were
taken down with the disease. Ellen
Pogaski. Paul Koenig, johanna Bust. !
Aurion Peters and Kosmio Dispalo were
still in the hospital when the Rugia was
sighted off Fire island.
DIR. JENKINS TALKS.
II was II 10 at quarantine when DR.. Jen- (
kins received the reporters. He said: 4
'Gentlemen. according to my reports there /
were nine cases OF cholerine on the RuRia. I
four deaths and five convalescents. On |
the Normania there were five deaths and I
are now four convslescents. On the nlo- !