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More Plague Ships.

Following fast in the wake Of the plague
ship Moravia, two more vessels reached
New York Harbor with cholera on board.
They were the Normannia and Rugla,
from Hamburg, and both belong to the Ham
burg-American Packet Company. Health
Officer Jenkins reported, the number OF
deaths on both ships to be nine-four on
the Rugia and five on the Normannia. On
each vessel there were four persons still i'll
of the disease. The bodies Of the dead were
buried at sea. The plague.infected ships
anchored in the lower bay to the east and
south of Hoffman Island. No one was
allowed near them
On the two ships there are 5Sl cabin pas
sen2ers who must stay cooped I'D on board
or the vessel Until Uue health Officer be-
lieves all danger is passed. Among them are
some prominent persons including Senator
Mcpherson, of New Jersey, and number Of
theatrical people.
The Normannia has 4S3 cabin passengers
and 4S2 storage. The Rugia has ninety
eight cabin passengers and 436 steerage.
The tour who died on the Rugia were all
Storage passengers. OF the five who died
on the Normannia one was a frst-class
passenger one was q Second-class and three
were steerage passengers.
On the day after the infected vessels were
sent to quarantine cholera claimed new vic
steamships and four mora names must be
added to the death roll. There were two
deaths on the Normannia. Emma Horn.
eight years old. a steerage passeh-
ger succumoed to tue disease after an illness
Of five days, and Heinrich hammers, forty
seven years old, one Of the steerage stew
ards, died while being removed from the
ship to be taken to Swinburne Island. He
had been i'll one day.
Both bodies were cremated at Swinburne
Island in the afternoon. On the Rugia An.
tonia Harla, seventeen years old, died after
an illness of few hours.
Abraham Schneidermann, the eight-y5ar
old boy who was taken sick on the Moravia,
died while being transferred to Swinburne
Island. Two new cases broke out on the
Rugia, making seven cases on board.
The Quarantine authorities seemed un-
able to remove the sufferers to the Swinburne
Island Hospital. The dead were cremated
late at night. There was almost panic
among the Normannia's cabin passengers.
1t was reported by persons who approached
within hailing distance OF the ships IN tugs
that the passengers were badly frightened.
When DR.. Jenkins was on board one of the
passengers told him. it is said, that he could
raise 5000 on board in an instant If permis-
sion were given to charter boat and re-
move the cabin passengers to her, the vessel
to be anchored north Of the pest grounds
until the passengers could be released.
On the second day after being placed IN
quarantine there were three deaths and
i've new cases OF cholera on the plague feet
in the lower bay. Two tugs with policemen
went on picket duty. Dr.. Jenkins New
York's Health Officer, decided to act in har-
mony with the President.
Secretary Of the Treasury Foster visited
Quarantine. He said there would be no
conflict between the State and Federal
authorities, and pronounced the station one
of the best equipped in the country, If not
in tho world. he has great faith in DR..
Jenkins's ability to fight the plague.
Two police boats have been added to the
patrol fleet. Seven officers are on each tug.
They will endeavor to keep every kind OF
craft away from the pest ships.
At the Navy Yard there are tug and
launches all ready with stores aboard to 60
down to the lower bay and assist the police
in their patrol work, should such thing bs
necessary. 1t seemed to be definitely settled
that there should be no more leaks from the
cholera feet to New York.