Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
A FLOATING PEST HOUSE.
An Italian Immigrant Ship Infected With
Cholera
Refused Admission to Brazilian Ports,
hind . Trail of Dead Bodies.

A great steamship loaded with hundreds
Of unfortunate Italian immigrants stricken
with cholera, without adequate food or
water and with no means Of helping them
selves, is floating in the South Atlantic
ocean somewhere off the burning coast of
Brazil, refused admission to any port and
denied the least assistance. leaving in her
wake a trail Of dead bodies, thrown over
board each day as the plague marches
through the hot and crowded steerage.
This Is the story which has aroused the
sympathy and interest Of the marine hos
pital service. Several weeks ago came the
report that an Italian immigrant steamer
from Naples had been refused entrance into
Brazilian port and although there had
been 11S deaths and the disease was still
spreading the ship was sent seaward with
out assistance. At that time the marine
hospital bureau wondered what had become
of her and If she had headed for an Ameri-
can port In which case she would have
peen received and her sick and dying cared
Tor under proper quarantine regulations
Nothing was heard Of her until yesterday,
when Capt. Black of the steamer Hogar.h.
which arrived at New York from Santos,
brought a horrible story.
A Floating Pest House.
The Hogarth was at Santos on September
2 and 1t was there that Capt Black heard
~ s@AS VESSEL. i ne steamer sailed
from an italian port. Capt Black says
that he thinks she hailed from Naples. She
had on board several hundred Italian i'm
migrants and was bound for Rio Janeiro.
Wnile still at sea cholera broke out. AS she
neared the lower latitudes the ravages of
ed that death did not occur
Inc noating pest house anchored before
the harbor OF Rio Janeiro, and the ouaran-
5,ne omciais ordered her to go to Ihla
Grande. e quarantine station sixty-eight
miles northwest of Rio Janeiro. She steam
ed away from the entrance Of the port,
leaving behind her a trail of dead bodies
as she passed.
Refused Entry at Quarantine.
At Ihla Grande the quarantine authori-
ties refused 10 allow the steamer to land
any CT her passengers. They ordered her
to put to sea without delay. She headed
south. along the coast Of Brazil, seeking a
port OF entry: She could not take the long
trip back to Italy. as she had neither food
nor coal sufficient for the trip. She had no
other alternative but to go along the Goa ST
Degglng Tor place to enter. She could
obtain no food. water or coal from Brazil
When the Hogarth sailed the plague shin
was near Santos and had been signaled not
TO approach the city. Every day the bodies
OF persons who had died from the plague
were washed ashore. Every incoming tide
cast injected bedding upon the coast below
Santos The inhabitants Of the city were
IN state of alarm over the presence of
the plague ship.
When Capt. Black sailed no attempt had
oeen made to send aid to the suffering and
dying passengers OF the steamer
Eighteen New Cases of Yellow Fever
There were eighteen new cases of yellow
Fever at Brunswick, Ga, yesterday. but
some Of them had been under observation
Tor several days There are not over 100
cases Of sickness from all causes in the
city and there are nine doctors, so there
Is no call for outside physicians. Another
refuge camp will be established adjacent
10 Tn, detention camp and accommoda-
ions provided to meet all exigencies