The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-05
The OUTLOOK IS DARK.
More Deaths on the Normannia
and Rugia.
PREPARING FOR THE EPIDEMIC

New YORK, Sept. 5.-Three steamers
arrived on Saturday from Hamburg and
two out of the three vessels had cases of
cholera or cholerine on board TlSves-
sells infected are the Normannia and the
,Rugia. The other vessel, the Stubben-
huk, reported all well. -Four deaths have
occurred during the voyage on the Rugia
and five on the Normannia. The four
who died on the Rugia were all steerage
passengers. OF the five who died on the
Normannia one was n first class passen-
ger, one was second class and three
were steerage passengers. The Rugia
also brought five sick people, and the
Normannia four. One of the latter's four
sick is one of tine stokers.
The cases of death and sickness re-
ported were about equally divided
among children and adults. On tho
Rugia Bertha Koenig, aged 30, and Carl
Koenig, aged II years died on Aug. 2S,
and Rosine Sterr, aged 80, on Sept, 1.
With one exception, all the passengers
at present sick on the Ruga are adults,
Paul Koenig, one of the sick passengers.
bis years old. The Koenig family came
from Belgrade, Pomerania, and the two
Sterrs from Vienna. The other sick
passengers on the Rugia, besides the
child already named, are Helen Bag
nosld, aged e. from Poland; John Buss,
aged 81, from Mecklenlurg; Arion
Peters, aged g. from Schleswig, and
Rosina Displar, aged "a, from Italy.
The places where the dead and sick
passengers on the Eormannia came from
were not ascertained by the steamship
company. The first deaths on tho Nor
nm tpplF I1ura rf Anf- pO FThaxy
were Carl Hegert, second cabin passcn-
ger, aged 81, and Ottilie Storm, II
months. The next death from cholerine
was on S,pt. /, namely, Willie Storm,
aged years. Adolf Schotz, an infant
aged year, died on Friday The first
class cabin passenger who died from dia-
betes on the Normannia was jacob Hey
neman, but when he died and where his
home was the representative of the steam
ship company could not say.
Cabin Passengers Not Exempt.
Cabin passengers are no more exempt
from the strict quarantine regulations,
which now prevail, than the humblest
immigrants and every one with all of
his or her belongings must undergo the
loverhauling and fumigating process pre-
bcribed by the health officers if they have
pyen passed through any of the infected
districts of Europe within ten days pre-
Fious to sailing.
The three steamers We're ordered ont
into the lower bay to an anchorage at
least eight miles from any shore, where
there was no danger TO the public health
IN the event of their having cholera on
board.
The Normannia and Rugia will hardly
be cleared before n week has elapsed,
though the Normannia may be allowed
up after five days have gone by. Her
detention, more than that of any vessel
Of this company now in quarantine, is
annoying the Hamburg line. Her de-
kention for any length of time is a seri-
ous loss to the company, and if held for
fhe period DR.. Jenkins prescribes the
eompany's officers say that the entire
profits of her trip will be eaten up. The
Stubbenhuk sailed from Hamburg on
Aug. 22, four days after the discovery of
Che pest, and the Rugia on the following
day The express steamer NoTmannia
sailed on Aug. 26. Their coming was
awaited with much anxiety by the
oficers of the company.
At the company's Office it was said that
tas Rugia carried ninety eight first cabin
passengers, no second cabin passengers
and 426 steerage passengers, with crew
Of about 100 officers and men. The Nor
mania carried $50 first cabin passengers,
218 second cabin passengers and 4S2
Gtaerage passengers, with crew of
about 300 officers and men. The Stub
ibenhuk carried 232 steerage passengers.
Another Cnse on the Moravia.
Agent Boas, of the Hamburg -Ameri-
can line, received word that another
passenger on the Moravia had been at
aacked with cholera. 1t was a child 8
years of age.
A number of steerage passengers who
authorities for several days We're released
fIom Ellis island There We're 165 steer
age passengers from the Royal Neither
hands steamer Veendam and $50 passen-
gers of the Copenhagen steamer Island.
phe Lahn's passengers to the number of
a83 were also among the departures
Those who We're brought by the Gallia
md the Inman line steamship City of
Berlin are still detained.
Moro Deaths and Sickness.
QUARANTINE, 5. l., Sept. 5.-The fol-
lowing persons died or were taken sick
during yesterday on the plague ships
down the bay: On the Normannia-
Emma Storms, years old, steerage pas
Benger; Heinrich Lammars, AZ years old,
steerage steward died while in transit to
hospital. On the Rugia-Christiana
Hansen, aged 10 years; Peter Hansen,
aged &, taken sick; Antonia Hark, aged
~ years, died at O a. m. yesterday. The
children taken sick were steerage passen-
gers and became i'll early yesterday
morning. On the Morayia-Abrahsm
6chneidermann, aged ., died yesterday
morning. All of the dead We're taken to
Swinburne island and cremated.
On board the plague stricken Ham,
burg American line of steamships, the
Normannia, Rugia and Moravia, there
was much excitement yesterday, caused
by the spread of the terrible disease
cholera. More deaths are expected, and
II there ever existed amy doubt that tho
disease aboard these vessels was not chol-
bra, it has been dismissed now.
The hours yesterday with Health Off
Ger Jenkins and his staff We're too short
From early morning until late at night
they labored ceaselessly. The fleet of
vessels anchored north of the narrows
had all been dismissed, excepting the ar
Rivals during the night These were
the French liner, Labomgogne, the
Fulda from Genoa and the Hanama from
South American ports. During the
morning and later in the day they were
reinforced by the arrival of the Darn
ftadt from Bremen, and the Brilliant,
bill tank steamer Captain Kellar, from
Altona, a'small port near Hamburg, and
the Italian transport Garigliano.
DR.. Jenkins at noon left for the lower
bay on the cutter State of New York
He was accompanied by the quarantine
commissioners. Late In the afternoon
Commissioner Allen returned with the
uisheartening news from the stricken
VESSELS, leaving the health officer down
the bay: DR.. Jenkins did not return
drfing the daylight, but sent ashore a
telegraph dispatch ordering the pest
boat Franklin Edsaa to proceed to the
stricken ships at once She will probably
Tenain there until the cholera Is effectu.
ally stamped ont On her arrival DR.,
Tallman. who was on duty from early
morning, directed that the dead be re.
moyed to Swinburne Island and there