New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
MRS. A. II. PALMERS STORY.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES DESCRIBED.
HARD LOT OF THE WOMEN PASSENGERS ON THE
CHOLERA SHIP NoRMANNIA

HARD LOT OF THE WOMEN PASSENGERS ON THE
CHOLERA SHIP NoRMANNlA.
A. ~ Palmer the well-known tneauiea' i'ea
GER and Mrs Palmer, arrived safely IA uicai 's
no,ro In Stamford Conn. on Friday morning. after
I, In, c,o,autnc with the other Normannla pas
.o,,ers when seen OIL Saturday Mrs. falihcr was
adia,t with delight at beiEg safe aud sound once
moro I'm her own home. Though sthl bearing ""'e'
., the terrible experiences she has paSSco "''7
RECENTLY her happiness at being IN Aihe'"" anu
among friends once more was so great that IL o'e'
shadowed everything else
you viii have TO start me yourself ABOUT "hdV
,o,, ,.,,t to know, she said for have been talk
inc a,ouud IN ore circle so much that have hsruiI
co, my thoughts together yet. since our air'a''
We lad no thought OF fleeing from the cHoIcra WHICH
We started from the other side; III t'cb We n'u o'
MASSAGE taken on the vessel from the Time We ic''
,h.ro this summer ] had been taxing inc oa'"e ~
uomburg and several days before u'e u"'o " ~
dcpart,ye We had been spending sgtt o'ius In nam
49,, rho,,cb hearing that there cholera about,
:, Ala NOT alarm us as there always more OF ioSS
contagious diseases In large cities. Peopc u" III
NOW I was very careless for, anxious 10 see eVci9-
thing I drove through part OF the ci'y' oi"'"
tmes I'm the worst localities, sul nearing h'~N"o
alarming regarding cholera.
"Tbis makes me think that the disease Is not is
dangerous as many try to make out and feel certain
9, am only he taken through the mouth Into the
,v.ten, either bv the germ being on tie food WHICH
r,u cot or breathing the germ from the BODY oI iHi
Infected person. bought and at irut al" oAi'uS
while in Hamburg and thought nJthinS m IT, I" h'''
,b n,,t news that cholera really raging III h'n'
burg was received when our vessel rea'H'H ''"'"
omnton and the passengers came aboard tIlerc'
awhen we had been out about four days our h'''o
,,noh,.r ras tohen quite sicli and about the same
,in,o hoard that there case OF cholcin au'on6
,b. stcerlgo passengers ! mmedihtcN cac" ~.o
shin physician and asked him reSaraine IT, Nso !"
there wae any danger OF my baDy's maaHs ue'c"P7
into IT, lie assured me that she WIS S"neIi"S i''
catorrh Of the sonach. which she has had several
,,o ,,o,o and laughed OF the story of there being
choIe,., on hoard the shL. and said that We "ouid
hovo 81 clenu hill OF health without doubt wpen "o
| reached quarantine 49,, A., =.
ION the sixth day, however. We all no oeu ''"'
| no looked very anxious Md sober, ana syh usio
was no Disgusting the fact that the dread disease
WAS really on board. FNpectlhS' however "''' 40
there were no cases amons the cabin passengers VIC
uon,, J., landed Immediately on reaching Quarantine,
wc really worried very little about 1t, but on Hi'Nlhs
| rnrcr Quarantine YOU can Imagine the consterLuoh
on hoard when told that should be sent DICK u
Lower Quarantine to remain twenty days.
From that time our suicrngs began we did not
need for anything for our bodily comfort "'' "'.'
generously supplied with foOd flesh water ahu Hed
lcines but these were not supplied by Dr
Jcnins lie really did not 10 us once duiili
our entire stay He came board and went into
the captaIns room onco, l believe. but the rest OF
the time he talked from his tug alongsd" the
vessel His excuse for not visiting us was that no
was afraid 10 come aboard and then return TO tue
city, but other ply slcans did without any heSitancy
| and without causing trouble. Let me say here that
Dr Frank Ferguson most kind. ana WITHOUT
orders from Di. Jenkins did all he could toward re-
uoyin, onr wants You can only Ina Cine what the
mental suRerings were particularly among the Women
I'm fact IL will he miracle II sonlo OF them ever N
cover entirely from the agony OF those days we
were over n Volcano which might burst at any ume
ana the ship ply ysiclan had already told Us that IL
the ease once stared In the cabin II would spreah
like wili-hrc pride myself on being very prac
teal woman but II WAS very hard for me 10 re'uh
control o myself. tiled my best TO cheer up o'her
women who were entirely prostrated by nervousness
and most Of them bysterca Three or four were In
delicate condition and their sufIerinSs would have
touched any heart.
MANY harsh things have been said regarding Mr..
polmcr intense desire TO reach Newiork irrespectV"
-, wbether anyb body else WIS faken of or not. This
| T. absolutely not true lie did not ask once 10 De
| ,akep to New.York We perfectly WILING 10
GO ANYWHERE as all the other passengers, as ois
as we were taken OF the Infected ship Our baby was
u II, and the doctor had said that II We could reach
! Cautinued Third PAGE,