New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-02
BUSY DAY AT QUARANTINE.
THE YELLOW FLAG FLOATS DOWN THE BAY
ACTIVITY OF THE HEALTH OFFICER AND HIS
AssISTANTs-THE PLAGUE-sHIP SOLITARY
AND sHuNNED-sTorpING TRANS
Arr LNT1C LINERS.

Quarantine pr.-.ntod q novel scene yesterday
.rd tho nrobohilites nre that N will continue 70
do An for many days 10 come. For the hrst 'in'e
\, r,o,,, vcars the mort OF Ncw-York is closed
and tho CITY is shut In from the foreign worlo )
,bo vello,y flag a sinister warning, Is nylne OH
IN. islands in tho Lower Bay for the hrst time
in many wears the big ocean steamers are oeihs
hold In the yarrows and the Upper lay, iylhe
idlv M anchor and forbidden 70 pass 10 uh'Nr
,icrs Tho quarantine station on Staten lsiaha
ia a nlacc Of hustle and excitement now. At dhy-
break Yesterday tho boats belonging 10 city ana
State departments began coming TO the pier WIZ"
disinfcctnnts and visitors, and the yellow nag a'
,hc how Of the Health Officers boat went hyife
around the harbor without moments reso
Every ship, from coast steamship to irui'e'
WAS closely inspected and, though no transa'a.'io
ocean steamships had come in mp to sunset laS'
evening the long line Il waiting ships which had
orrivod tho DIV before and the cholera ships In
the Lower Bay kept the health officers busy
THE PLAGUEsHIP MORAvA.
IN Wednesday night and until early yesterday
manning the cholera ship Moravia, cut of from
all communication with the world lay at anchor
~ N, bght Of pkcr's Beach, her lights plainly
visible through tho night from the quarantine
s,o,ion on Staten Island But in the gray dawn
.bo r,ised hor anchors and steamed slowly lnto
tbe Lower Bay, still further away from the CITY
She passed Hoffman Island and went apon' WV
miles southwest Of il before she again came ~
anchor. There she stayed through the day. WIZ"
her outline vaguely visible through Ihe n"No'
avoided by passing craft and LETT as utterly a'o"o
M II she were in the middle OF shlpeSs ocehi
Doctor Sanborn remained aboard OF the MIN"
via all night and yesterday until o CLOCK III ''e
an
in tho employ Of the Quarantine officers, Henry
p,gortv To him were given the same instruc-
tions that the doctor had: To allow no living
beinc eithcr 70 approach or leave the ship, ana 10
shoot them in casc Of resistance Doctor oAhooih
,oo.,,,.d tba, there were no Developments on tho
ship and that the two convaescen's were uoin9
uoI and wore beyond danger. Neither ne NOT
any of tbe other physicians would give 1t as their
nrofessional opnon that the disease was choerh'
but they all Acknowledged unoflicaly that there
was hardly n doubt as to its being that tcrripie
disease The report that the captain or the Mora
via had been allowed to go ashore on wednesday
night was denied emphatically, and 1t was POSI-
lively declared that no one except the heat. oi-
fcers had been allowed either to boar or leave the
ship.
The Messengers on the Moravia who are all
In tho steerape. there being no cabin list, were
not landed yesterday, though it was expected OH
Wednesday that they would be- put on Holman
Island at once They will probably undergo IA
thorough cleaning, bathing and disinfection to-
day. after which they will be returned to the
shin which will also be disinfected and steam
treated while the passengers are on the island.
Then the ship will be held until the health officers
arc satisfied that all danger is past. III no new
cases appear on board in the interval she VIII
then be allowed to go to her pier
is IT AsGATIC CHOLERA
Tho nbv,icians who have been detailed 60 make
a microscopical analysis OF the peuuihs use" ~
tho not,ents on the Morova will not be ready
to report until o'clock this afternoon ana 'n'S
do not exuect to be able 10 announce definite
conclusions then. Doctor John NJ Byr1h' one
OF the specialists said last evening that the rags
which they took from the beds were taken ohly
on the chance Of discovering something con-
elusive The ships doctor had caused every
article Of clothing and bedding which bore traces
OF the disease TO be burned up or thrown over
board A. once. and all trustworthy evidences OF
the tre nature Of the sickness had Lren dest yea.
II was not expected that the pieces OF cloth "hi'h
they had taken from the ship would deVeiop
anything for they had been removed from
bed which was used by one of the convalescen's.
Nevertheless they were endcavoring to make
culture NJ bacilli in the Lcomis Laboratory. and
IL thcre were results they would appear to-day
The cloth has beer put into mixture of gela'ihe
and meat When DR.. Byron asked whether
he thouoht the disease was really Asiatto cholera
he said:
What difference deee it make what You ca.
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