Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-15
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 A number of the women on Fire Island will be removed to the floating hotel which MT. Bayard Cutting offered to the Health officers and which was accepted by them, as soon as it gets to the landing at Fire Island. The hotel will accommo- date about fifty persons and will be more comfortable than the Surf Hotel.
 Several of the passengers were seen and talked to by 6 reporter. They described the terrible experience they had had aboard the steamboat and their suffering while they were prisoners aboard the vessel. They told in pathetic words of 8 woman who Monday night gave birth to little child on board the boat. Several other women were also shortly to give birth to children, and their situation was terrible.
 Some of the female passengers and children are still suffering from the effects of their terrible experience, but none are regarded as seriously i'll.
 The woman who gave birth to child while on board of the Cepheus is re- ported to be doing well.
 Everything possible is being done for those who need medical attendance. Gov. Flower has telegraphed to the Quarantine officials to spare no expense.
 A. M. Palmer, Senator McPherson and
 
 unite in saying that they would rather meet death than pass through another such experience.
 Quite a clearing out of the upper Quar- antine feet took place shortly before noon.
 Among the vessels which were released were the Netherlands Steamers Didam and Maasdam, which arrived here Tues day; the Red Star steamer Belenland, which arrived on Monday from Ant werp and the National Line steamer England which arrived here during the morning from London.
 The situation on the pest ships now in Lower Quarantine and on the islands where the immigrants are being cared for has shown little change in the past twenty-four hours, and Dr. Jenkins is greatly pleased at the outlook.
 The fact that but one case of the plague has developed in several days strengthens the hope that the worst has been met and successfully repulsed.
 Dr. Waiser, however, fears the effects of the heavy early morning rains and the extreme humidity on the health of those confined on the ships and islands in the lower bay, and while it does not neces- sarily mean an increase of cholera cases, it is favorable to the propagation of cholera germs and may result in the more ordinary sickness due to conf1ne- ment in crowded quarters.
 The Pegasus, with the men of the 69th Regiment and the Naval Reserve aboard, returned to her dock shortly before noon, after nights battle with heavy sea and southeast storm.
 Much anxiety was felt throughout the night and morning when no news was re- ceiyed of the arrival of the boat at Fire Island. It was very rough on the ocean, and some fears were had that the boat might have met with an accident.
 The steamship companies of this city are now paying 8 heavy penalty for their carelessness with their steerage passengers, as may be seen from the fact that the North German Lloyd steamship Spree left this port yesterday for Bremen with only ten first cabin and twenty five second cabin passengers. She carried nc steerage passengers.
 Tho Hamburg American liner Columbia will sail for Southampton to- day without | a single passenger, cabin or steerage, and also without single ounce of freight.