New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
THROUGH A SEA OF BEDDING.
PASSENGERS ON A SANDY HOOK BOAT W.T.
NESS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW.
MATTRESSES AND QUILTS TRAILING AFTER THE
HEKLA-CAPTAIN LAUB DENIES THAT THEY
CAME FROM HIS VESSEL.

CAME FROM HIS VESSEL.
A ouest,on NJ veracity is at Issue between ". C.
Stewart a messenger on Sandy Hook boat which came
up the harbor yesterday morning. ana the omcers
OF the Thlngvalla lire steamer Hekia' hr' stewart
says that he long and serried line Oh mat resSe'
I'm the wake OF the steamer IIeka. and that he saw
portions throwing bcdticks ani quilts INTO the Lower
Bay. All this Captain Laub, the commaluer oi '"e
IIekla denies most cmphatcally. lie says that ho'
a single bcdck WAS thrown overheard within the mar
Dor lines and Cat bedding OF his steerage passenger
(, slowed between decks The Thingvaa line steamer
IIeS1a crossed the bar carly yesterday morning. 0"o
came from Chrisansand, with so cabin passengers
and sos Immigrants. Mr.. stewart ana severai pas
sengcrs on board Il Sandy Hook boat when Paoscu
through the Narrows at about a. M ycster"ay h'si'.
that the seerage passengers OF the llela threw soeu
mattresses into the bay within the harDor nheS' anu
that their boat poughcd through bcdicks for several
hundred yards. The Iekla was sispicously near 10
the lire OF discarded bedding which the passsneer'
Of the sandy Hook boat say they saw
Mr.. stewart upon his arrival in New-lork, sent
In "A complaint against the liekla TO Quarantine 10y
telephone DR.. Jenkins was in New-lorK a''ehu'ns
a meeting OF the Quarantine Commission. Deputy
Health Officer Talmadge boarded the iiekla ana tod
Gamma Lamb that the vessel would be held until
inst rue ions from Dr. Jcnkin, had been received Inc
Health officer tecphoncd to DR.. Ialmadge 10 hou
the vessel. AZ D. NJ. III" Health Oncer bodrde"
the vessel. and subjected the captain and the plot
10 n searching examination touching the subject OF
mattresses Captain Iaub said that he had stationed
men Mt all companion ways leading to the steerage
with instruct ons to all passengers not to throw
anything overheard. .
The bedding was not cast into the har'or' sau
CAPTAIN Laub to IL Tribune reporter last { ing IL
1, on hoard now. In the fourteen years That nave
been a captain | have never permitted such thihg'
The pilot IS willing to make affidavit That no bei
,lothinc was thrown overheard within the iarbor
lines
d. jenkins permitted the vessel to leave omar
antine at 30 p M, after the Storage had been
thoroughly fumgatcd and dsinfected. 1t was found
thai three children were suffering from diarrhoea com
ulaints The Health officer, had the children ana
their parent, removed TO the hospital. The HrhEt
camc 10 her pier in IIOboken last evening. Her
passenger, will he landed this morning. ,
The mattress question VIII be- investigate Iurther
and II Il l. found that the statement OF the pa>seh
GERS OF the Sandy Hook boat has any iouhdaiOh inc
commander of the llekla will be liable to pros culloil'
The throwing Of bed clothing into the bay witnh
the harbpr lines l. serious violation Oh ulp EiWA'
sine. the cholera the Quarantine authorities
aud the Government shore inspectors have been es-
tr.,lay strict in the enforcement or me resuhtlols
The IIekla lnaGc a remarkably quick passage
Her commander SAYS that she made the fastest trip
ever made between Christiansand and TINS port.
Her time was l days, II hours and 30 minutes,
which, the officers Of the Tingvalla line say. sesht
hours faster than any passage heretofore male