The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-11

or not msttered little now. The Nor
MAMMA bad 1t on board and so had the
Rugia; The first case on board the last
her departure from Havro and seven
days after she had left Hamburg.
On board the Normannla the fret case oc-
CURED on Aug. 29. or two days after she had
left Southampton. and three after her de-
partnre from the plague-stricken town Of
HAMBURG The dead on the Rugia were all
In the steerage. but on board the Norman
MIA the list included two cabin ssengers.
yacoob Hyneman in the first and Carl
wards stated that Hyneman's death was
due to diabetes and not to cholera.
Another important point worthy OF no
tlce was the length of time that the disease
fingered on board the Rugia before being
plague-strioken Hamburg she was
still free. and. to tho ordinary
thinker, would have remained so. Nothing,
however. is more deceitful than germinal
disease. and on the 2sth cholera had broken
out New York now had three vessels with
chelers on board anchored at lower quar-.
antino, but one was considered to have rid
itself of the pest The Moravia had not
case for days. and things looked brighter
In that direction. Late that night DR..
Jenkins paid another visit TO the new ar
rivals and found things were worse again.
Two more deaths on the Normanpia and
one on the Rugia was the night bulletin,
anu etlll the MOravl8 Kept Tree.
THE MoRAvIA's SECOND OUTBREAK.
On the 4th. however. things changed and
the Moravis had solitary case and death
in one and the same victim. This death on
the 4th was the last appearance of cholera
up to the present on board the Moravia.
and at present DR.. Jenkins thinks that it
is successfully stamped out in that direc.
tioD. If the Moravia was clear neither the
Normannia nor the Rugia were. On the
same day there were two deaths on board
The next day, the 5th. the steamers each
had one On the 9th, the Normannla es-
capped any deaths and the RugiA had one.
The same was the report on the 7th. In
tho meanwhile the cholera had struck
among the crew of the Hamburg American
liner. One by one the stokers on the Nor
MAMMA began to fall, and finally 1t seemed
to cOnfine itself altogether to the steamers
firemen. On the Sth the Normannia had
two more of her crew taken. and one OF
the steerage passengers of the Rugin fell
victim to the dread disease. The stserage
passengers of the Normannis had now been
some days on Hoffman island. and, - re-
CARDS the cholera. seemed to be for the last
few days exempt.
A new sensation was caused on the 9th
by the report of two deaths on board the
Guion liner Wyoming which. from all &C.
counts. had cholera symptoms. The
steamer that had been lying for nearly
f0rty-eight hours to be visited by DR.. Jen-
kins was at once placed in strict quaran-
tine and sent down the bay, making four
vessels under the observation OF the Doc
tor. the Stubbenhuk having been released
some days before.
The night of the 9th, Friday, was one of
intense excitement at quarantine. The
steamship Scandia, belonging TO the same
line as two of the cholera ships, had sailed
from Hamburg by way of Havre. on Aug.
%. At that time the cholera was at it's
worst in the German seaport, and 1t was
firmly believed she would be full of it.
Every one was on the tiptOe of excitement
at quarantine. and as the long night hours
went past without any news except of her
arrival. the intensity increased. The Nor
maunIa, Rugia and Moravia were free, but
new death had occurred on board tho
Wyoming. that of Mrs. Peterson. the moth
or of the two little children who had died
on the day before. So tho hours passed on
till near midnight
- The Scandia, it was known. was at lower
quarantine, and 1t was believed had cholera
on board. At last q telegram arrived from
DIR. Byron to DR.. Jenkins. and slowly he
read out: Have just been round ships. All
.. K. except the Scandia, which has just
arrived. She had thrty-twO deaths. twenty
nine In the steerage, two among the crew
and one in the cabin, am now starting to
transfer seven patients TO Swinburne
island" This was the last ight telegram.
but the official recount tonight makes the
list as follows: Dead, thirty.four; two since
arrival: sick, eleven; suspects, twelve. So
stands the record to-day, and still there is
more than one steamer of the same line
atioat and bound from Hamburg to Havre.
the first of which to arrive will be the Bo-
hemia, which sailed Sept. 3, and the
Suevia, which sailed on the 9Th.
CABIN PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED.
In addition to the fact of the cholera
itself. there has been another horrible pict-
ure to be watched by the anxious relatives
and the awe-stricken passengers. Shut up
on board the Normannia, like rats in pit.
were the cabin passengers. Day after day
went by, and they got no relief. Day by
day they heard rumors of new cases. new
deaths. and saw the bodies of the victims
taken ashore before their eyes. They had
written letters. sent out public appeals to
be released from their awful prison, but
without avail: The officials were not
ready for the situation. They had
not expected the pest to come on
them in such dimensions. and they had to
take q breathing space to get ready. For
sc.en days they were walked up without q
trace of the cholera In the cabins or 50.
would strike them down. DR.. Jenkins did
his utmost to obtain relief; he appealed to
the Governor of the State, he wrote to Sec
rotary Tracy and begged the Hamburg
days went by and no relief came. and final
ly an Outcry was raised that compelled
the worried officials to act. Mr. PierDont
Morgan proffered the old side-wheeIer
Stonington. Secretary Tracy offered the
New Hampshire and Governor Flower au-
thorized the purchase of Fire island, its
big hotels. its cottages and buildings by
DR.. Jenkins. The Stonington ana New
Hampshire were rapidly fitted out by the
the Hamburg American agents and to-
day the cabin passeD gers were transferred.
AT present the situation at lower quaran-
tine ls as follows: The MoravIs, with no
cases for five days and cholera stamped out
practically; all passengers on board. The
RugIa. with no cases and all her passen gers
on board; the NOrmannia, with no passon-
gers on board and no cases at present; the
Stouington, with cabin passengers Of
the Normannla. all in good health.
At Hoffman island the steerage
passengers of the Normannia. At
and sixty three suspecta On Monday it is
expected that the cabin passen gers on the
Normannia will De transferred from the
St0nington TO Fire island. The cabin
passengers of the Rugia will be put on
board the New Hampshire. The steerage
emigrants of the Normaunia will be taken
/ from Hoffman island to Sandy Hook and
the Rugia's steerage passengers will take
their place.
THE SICK AND DEAD.
In addition to the deaths already re-
ported on board the Scandia the folio owiug
were reported to-day: Antonio Kruger.
three years old. steerage, and Georgiana
Hanson, thirty years, also in the steerage.
They both died early to-day. The cases of