The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-08
DANGBRA7 QUARANTINE.
No One Can Tell What
Cholera Will Do Next"
Says DR.. Jenkins.
LAUNDRIES NEEDED ON STEAMSHIPS.
No Case Known in New York Yet
Hudson County Health Board
Does Nothing.

QUARANTINE. S. L, Sept. s. 1S92.-A
cold northeast wind blew down the bay
this morning. 1t sent the passengers on
the twelve detained vessels In the upper
bay below to their comfortable cabin and
caused those at the upper Quarantine
station to make scramble for light over
coats. Only three vessels arrived from
sundown last night which were detained.
They were the Saratoga, from Havana;
the Ravensdale, from Progreso, and the
Trinidad. from the West Indies.
Last night there was a concert on La
BourgoRne, and bands played on the Elbe
and Spree. On the City of New York in
terest in cholera came first, but the big
light at New Orleans was the closest kind
of a second, ard Digby Bell made ar
rangements to have the result brought
off In order that the barrel of money
wagereG on the result might change
hands. This was accordingly done.
TRANSFER NECESSARY.
DR.. Jenkins, speaking last night to a re-
porter, admitted that 1e was becoming
absolutely necessary to transfer the de-
tanned cabin passengers, as they were
worrying to degree which promised to
bring on sickness. The eight new cases
discovered yesterday among the Nor
mammals crew has caused great alarm.
Many OF the passengers came to the
c'nciasion that the ship was thoroughly
Infected. f.,
Clean clothes aboard the Normannia
are becoming scarce, and If a change is
not made soon the sanitary condition
promises to bring forth new problems.
DR.. jenkins was inclined to think that
yesterdays cases were not cholera: that
they are pronounced diarrhoea, brought
on by the crew going ashore, being
washed and having their clothes fumi-
gated.
''fhe trouble with the disease" he
says. lis that you never know what it is
going to do next. Anything may happen,
and l want to.get these cabin passengers
of the NormanniR and Rugia.
Yes. / prefer Fire Island TO Sandy
Hook. There are hotel accommodations
for LOCO persons at the first named place,
and we will have to build barracks at
Sandy Hook ! am quite positive we will
get the use OF Fire Island today by the
Government. At any rate the construc-
tlon of the barracks at Sandy Hook will
be started today"
DIR. Jenkins does not look for the failure
of all his schemes providing for the trans
fer. Should they all fail, he will hardly
know which way to turn. Austin Corbin
is said to be the man who will undertake
the construction of the barracks, aud DIR.
jenkins did not believe that any serious
protest would be made by the State of
New Jersey against this move.
UNWILLING TO CHARTER BOATS.
1t has been impossible to discover any
owner or company which would charter
ship or boat to be used for transfer pur-
poses. Several have been discovered who
are willing 10 sell their vessels outright,
but not to hire them for DR.. Jenkins's
purposes.
"oh, no." they say. and add, 1--WE
raf,f1 3, all
to it."
DEATH REPORTED.
A death is reported this morning of
cholera patient on Swinburne Island as
having occurred last night. When the
official report is received it is supposed
there will be further additions.
AT 9:47 the steamship Ravensdale got
clean bill of health and proceeded up to
her wharf. Shortly before 10 the tug
Colonel 3, A. Stevens started from the
upper boarding station to take provisions
to the Stubbenhuk and the three pest
chips lying at anchor in the lower bay.
A reporter who made an early morning
trip down the bay was enabled to see by
the aid of glass, that the dreaded yellow
flag had been run up on both the Rugia
ana Normaunia.
Last night DR.. jenkins said that when
ever new case broke out on board either
of the plague ships the yellow flag would
tug Crystal Water to transfer the patient
at once to Swimburne Island.
If this order was carried out this morn
ing there are new cases on both the Rugia
and Normannia.
VESSELS EXPECTED.
The steamship Scandia was due from
Hamburg this morning with 9o1 passeng-
ers on board, and it WAS generally antici-
pated that she could come In with cases
of the dreaded plague on board, and thus
increase the impending danger in the
lower bay.
Two other ships, the Joseph John, a
British tramp. and the Somerbfll, are
also due. Both sailed from Hamburg
the Joseph John August 90 and the
Somerhlll, August 81. The former was
due to touch at Bremen and Liverpool
and the Somerhill comes via Hayre
Although neither of these ships
carries passengers, the health
authorities are watching closely for
their arrival, and the vessels will
no doubt be held for thorough inspection
and examination. The mere fact that
ship comes from Hamburg is sufficient
grounds for suspicion.
Other ships due today are the Letlmbr
from Gibr ltar; the OLDHAM, from Rotter-
dam, with 462 passengers on board, and
the Dnbbledam and Zaandam; from
Amsterdam.