The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-30
CHOLERA Is COMING.
The Dread Disease Gradual.
Gaining Ground.
IT'S NOT YET IN THIS COUNTRY,
All Possible Precautions Being Taken to Keep
the Terrible Destroyer from Entering
America-News from Infected Districts.

Hamburg on Thursday, three of whose
passengers died from what was supposed
TO be Asiatic cholera, denies that the dis
ease was the true Asiatic scourge and de-
clares il was merely cholerine. II is difii-
cult in the multiplicity OF assertions and
denIals 10 accurately determine the real
truth Of the matter. 1t Ii now declared
that the sickness on the steamer Laura,
winch arrived at Lynn on Friday with two
suspicious cases, is not cholera but acute
diarrhRa.
There is excitement at Grsvesend this
morning caused by the arrival of q steamer
from Hamburg on which q baby died en-
route. Investigation showed that the baby
died of infantile disorder. and those on
board were all well and allowed to land.
A London firm has received an s4order
from HAM burg firm for 81, 200 gallons of
disinfecting fluid and $4,000 tons of disin-
fecting powder
The steamer which has been in quaran-
tine st Elbe owing TO two desths from
cholera Is expected TO arrive al Gravesend
tonight with large number OF poor immi-
grants. There is much apprehension con-
corning the matter. Grayesend is only
twenty miles from London, and an out
break of cholera there is much feared. The
announcement is made this afternoon that
the accompany which conveys most Of the
aliens TO Grevesend had decided to ceass
the passenger TRAFFIC from Hamburg.
TIE DREADFUL scouRGE.
There is no doubt that Great Britain is
having visitation of the dreadful scourge.
From Gravesend, Swansea, Glasgow and
Dundee, towns in England, Scotland AM
Wales, reports come Of deaths from the
disease showing that the efforts of the
health officials to keep it out of the
country before have
PROVED FRUITLEss,
and now this afternoon comes report that
q person had died from Asiatic cholera at
Bolton, a large manufacturing town twelve
miles northwest of Manchester. The place
is one of the principal seats OF English cot
ton manufacture and thousands of mill
operatives live there. The permission
which was given by the health officials
at Middlesborough for the landing of
the crew Of the steamer Corona
from Hamburg promises to have the most
serious results. As announced in these
dispatches, the vessel was placed in quar-
antine after one OF the crew had been at
tackled by cholera, but in the meantime q
number of the ships company had de-
parted for their homes. Six of them went
10 Dundee. where they reside, while an
other of the crew went TO Aberdeen.
Among those who went to Dundee was
Walker. engineer OF the Corona. Shortly
after his arrival there he was
TAKEN SICK, AND DIED
In few hours. The physician who at
tended him says there is no doubt that
death was due to cholera. When it became
known mat Walker was dead the greatest
of excitement prevailed in Dundee, and
also IN Aberdeen, where the seventh mem
10 - hA nod
Steps were at once taken by the health
officers to isolate remaining members of
the crew in Dundee aud one in Aberdeen
until the danger of their spreading the
contagion is past. The residents of both
places, however, believe the men have
been allowed TO go about town long enough
to spread the disease if they carried tie
infection, and there is widespread
ANXIETY PREVAILING
ia every quarter of the towEs. An extra
ordinary watch Will be kept in both places
for the first appearance of choleraic
disorders
A sailor arrived at Swansea today from
Cork. He was found to be suffering from
cholera, and was Immediately removed to
the cholera hospital The appearance of
the disease in Swansea awakened the port
authorities to the responsibilities of their
positions and meeting was summoned to
decide upon measures for the prevention
of any further invasion.
HAMBURG CHOLERA STATISTICS
HAMBURG, Aug. 29.-Ohicial cholera sta
fistics place the number of new cases of
the disease reported on Saturday at 435
and the deaths at l45. On Sunday and up
70 noon today las cases and 70 deaths were
reported. The disease appears to be abat-
ing in several quarters of the city. There
was much less demand for ambulances
during the night. The city yesterday was
strikingly quiet, SO small has become traffic
on the tramways the companies are re-
stricting the service.
At Altoona a new cases of cholera and SO
deaths from the disease were reported from
noon Saturday 70 noon today. The de-
crease in Hamburg and Altoona is most
noticeable since MIDNIGHT last night. Iso-
lated cases are reported from Schiffbeck,
Pergedoef, Elmshorn and jefferson, the
suburbs of Hamburg.
At Wsndsbeck. three miles northeast of
merchants OF the city, there were nine
cases Of the disease and five deaths up to
Saturday evening.
GROWING WORSE.
Paris. Aug. 2g--The weather appears to
have no effect on the epidemic. Yesterday
there was g marked change in the weather
Nj Havre, it being cold and windy, yet both
new cases Of cholera and deaths from the
disease were more numerous than ever.
LATE REPORTS FROM LONDON.
LONDON, Aug. 29.-The Berlin CORE
spordent or the Netcs says: Prof. Koch has
issued a warning against overmuch water
sng OF streets, the humidity. he claims, IA
voring the spread of bRcill and the rapid
consumption OF water preventing an effect
i've liberation at the wsterworks.
The most conflicting reports as 10 the ex-
tent of the epidemic in Hamburg have been
published. The Hamburgers are treated
like lepers elsewhere in Germany. Hotel
doors are shut IN their faces and it is i'm
possible for them TO obtain lodgings. Many
of them have been known to alight from
trains few stations before reaching Ber-
lin and to come into the city oy local trains
in order to avoid inspection.
Cases Of cholera are reported at Halle
and Leipsic, but the presence of the dis
ease in these places has not been officially
confirmed.
FLYING THE YELLOW FLAG.
LoSDox, Aug. 2q.-The schooner Helena.
said to be destined for America and which
has been detained at Dover. is now being
towed TO Gravesend with yellow flag fly
ing from the mast.
QUARANTINE DETENTION.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-Health Officer
jenkins has issued an order requiring all
vessels from cholera infected ports or
carrying passengers from cholera infected
localities to be subjected to quarantine de-
tention of from two to five days.
DEATHS AT ST. PETERSBURG.
LoSDoS. Aug. 90. The Times CORE
spondent from St. Petersburg says: The
average daily cholera record here Is hun
dred new cases and seventy deaths. 1t is