The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-30
MADE 4 TERRIBLE IR!P.
A Great Lake Propsllsr That Be-
came a Veritable Floating
Chsrnsl House.
Eighty Five Passengers Died on
q Trip Between Buffalo and
Milwaukee.
None Of Those Attacked Lived Mere
Than . Few Hsurs Nos Al
lowed to Land.

The Allegheny was one of the best pro-
pellers Of her day. She piled between Buff
falO and Milwaukee. One day in midsum-
mer, 1850, she left Buffalo harbor on her
regular trip. She was In command Of Cap
tain Morrison. Tho passenger list included
10 cabin and $50 steeragc passengers, the
latter all Swedish immigrants. These were
going In q body to Milwaukee, where sew
eral hundred Of their countrymen had pre-
coded them. They were being forwarded
by some colonization society and were in
charge of q Swsde named Jansen, an agent
of the society. With the exception OF Jan
sen. not one Of these people could speak q
word Of English. Their collective wealth
amounted to 800 600 in cash, which was
all in the possession of Jansen for safe
keeping.
: The Allegheny always stopped at Beaver
island, which was held by KinHtStrang
with his colony OF Mormon and fRaeflove
followers. During the propeller's atepon
this trip a little girl among the steerage
passengers sickened and died. her sickness
coming suddenly and death resulting two
hours later. This little ones mother had
died on the ocean voyage from Sweden and
""O po oIAs AAAA "oS
on King Strang's island.
The propeller proceeded on her way, but
had got not more than an hours sail from
Little Beaver island when the father Of the
child died in the same manner that she had.
Before the Allegheny arrived at South
Manitou island IS Of the immigrants had
died of the slnfe mysterious disease, which
was spreading rapidly among them. The
sudden appearance of this deadly plague
caused a panic on board.
Tbs cabin passengers were placed in
quarantine in their quarters. and the crew
Of the propeller were kept busy caring for
the unfortunate Swedes. The propeller
landed at Manitou and buried in one large
trench the score and a half who were then
lying dead on board the vessel. From Mani
tou there was no place where the steamer
could touch before arriving at Milwaukee,
and she left that island literally a floating
charnel house. Scarcely an bour passed
that an immigrant did not fall victim to
the terrible plague, the origin Of which nc
one ut that time knew. 1t at last became
impossible to attend to the wants of all the
sufferers, although the entire crew devoted
every minute, night and day, to their serv-
ice. There was no mistaking those who
were doomed to death among the immi-
grants.
The victim became hollow eyed and had
a vacant, PARKWAY look that was hard for
another to meet. When that look appeared,
uea'n was oo' an hour OF TWO away. Deatn
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