The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-04
NINE DEATHS ON THE VOYAGE.
Three Deaths at New York After Ar.
rival, and Dozen Persons Sick.
the Disease Does Not Land, and the
Chief Danger IL in the Neglect OF
Canada, Which Invites an Invasion.

the quarantine authorities. The danger is
real and it cannot be over-estimated. Two
newly-infected steamships arrived in the
harbor today with awful stories of death
and suffering. They were the Rugia and
Normannia, both Of Hamburg The Rugia
buried four steerage passengers at sea and
had five living cholera patients still on
board when she cast anchor. The Nor
MAMMA buried five steerage passengers
and one cabin passenger. She had four
patients still alive, one being a member Of
the crew. 1t is claimed the cabin passen-
ger who died on the Normannia was suf-
fering from diabetes only. The deaths on
the Normannia were:
August 29-Psul Hegert, 81 years old, second
cabin; Jacob Hegeman, first cabin passenger,
aged 45 years
August 30-Otilie Lamill, aged II months, and
Willie Harm, aged 8 years, children of immi-
grants.
September 1-Adolph Schultz. aged 1 year,
child of an immigrant
The convalescents are as follows:
Heinrich Frankeiser, one of the crew, aged 80.
Rudolph Hernish aged II months.
Selma Horn, aged years.
Morris Bonheiser, aged 50 years.
On board the Rugia the following deaths
occurred:
August 2s-Bertha Koenig. aged 80 years;
Carl koenig. aged 80 years. These were prob
ably husband and wife.
August S1-Rosina Steer, aged year.
September edward Steer, aged 30 years
The others, who are convalescents. were
attacked on the following days:
August 3o-Elein Po2aski, aged q years.
September Paul koenig, aged 81 years;
Aaron Peters, aged 63.
September 2-Kosmio Dispalo, an Italian,
aged "a years; Johanna Bust
Another case has developed, making
five cases in all on board the Rugia. The
convalescent cases are considered very
serious, and further deaths are likely to
occur. Health Officer Jenkin immedi-
ately ordered both ships to the lower bay
as soon as the captains of the vessels noti-
fed him of the condition of affairs.
The first death on board the Normannia
occurred August 29-Paul Hegert, 81 years
of age. A second-class passenger had been
taken down with disease which the
ships physician diagnosed as cholerine,
Asimilar case was discovered about the
same time in the steerage, in the person of
Otilie Harm, child IL months of age.
Cholera symptoms developed rapidly
in both cases, and left no doubt in the
mind Of the ships surgeon as to the
nature of the disease. When Hegert's
death on August % was followed by the
death of another patient, q child in the
steerage. August 30, the authorities Of the
ship recognized the serious condition Of
affairs. The surgeon at once took all pos
sible precautions to prevent the disease
from spreading among other passengers on
board the vessel, but notwithstanding his
IF tIa
nature were soon discovered. The surgeon
carefully isolated all the patients and per-
sonally saw that the utmost care was exer-
cised by persons engaged in nursing them
to avoid communicating the disease to
others.
There was great alarm among the pas
sengers when they learned that the dread
disease had appeared on board the vessel
The ignorant steerage passengers were
completely panic-stricken upon learning
that cholera had appeared among them.
They lost their heads entirely, and ap.
peared to be incapable of helping them
selves in the slightest respect. The captain
and surgeon ordered careful watch kept
over the steerage passengers. in order that
they did not heedlessly run into danger of
catching the disease. In spite of all the
precautions they took, more cases soon
developed. The symptoms of nearly all
were alike. Five more were taken ill in
| the steerage, four being children-Adolph
Schultz, 1 year old, Willie Harm, 3 months
| old, Rudolph Hernish, II months old, and
Selma Horn, S years old. The cholera
| symptoms developed radidly in these
cases, as they did in the previous
| ones, and each diagnosis of the
surgeon showed the disease to be what he
termed cholerine. There was no further
appearance of anything resembling cholera
| among the first cabin passengers after the
| death Of Hegeman, but another death
| occurred in the steerage from cholerine on
| the following day, AdoIph Schultz. Morris
Bonheiser, steerage passenger, showed
symptoms of choIerine and was promptly
isolated. One of the crew, Heinrich
| Frankeiser, was taken with the disease. No
| further deaths occurred on the voyage.
All who have been taken down with the
| disease. however, were still kept isolated
| when the Eormannia arrived at port early
this morning.
The Rugia, the other pest ship of the
Hamburg American Packet Company,
which arrived IN port today with chol-
| crime, left Hamburg on August II. The
| first death occurred week after leaving
port. Carl and Bertha Koenig were taken
| i'll about the same time. The symptoms
of both were alike. and were such that the
ship surgeon Immediately pronounced the
| disease cholerine. The commander of the
Rugia and the surgeon did everything Ia
prevent spread of the disease, but the
ignorance and reckiessness Of the steerags
passengers made their efforts Of no avail
Other cases of a similar kind soon ap
peared. and seven more passengers were
taken down with the disease. Elem Po
gaski, Paul Koenig. Johanna Bust, Aaron
Peters and Kosmio Dispalo were still in
the hospital when the Rugia was sighted
off Fire island at IL :l5 o'clock. Wher
Jenkins was seen he admitted the reports
aud also said case had appeared on tn,
Moravia. DR.. jenkins has issued tn,
strictest kind of orders, and under no cir
cumstances will he allow anyone to ap
proach vessels quarantined. Further case
are anticipated on the Moravia also, al
though the convalescents are reported do
ing we'll this morning. The patients OF
board the Normsnnia, Rugia and Moravif
would, it was said, probably be transferred
to Swinburne island today. Although tn
diagnosis in each case was cholerine, DE-
Jenkins did not doubt that the scQug