Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-09
RUSSIA IN QUARANTINE.
Five Deaths ON q Hamburg Vessel OF
the Westward Passage.

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the Westward Passage.
The steamship. Russia, from Hamburg,
arrived at the New York quarantine sta
ton at 10 a. m yesterday, and reported
five deaths during the voyage. Two Of the
dead were cabin passengers and three were
In the steerage. The deaths were all said
to have been due to natural causes. but DR..
Jenkins decided to detain the vessel, disin-
feet the baggage and take every precaution
against cholera
The ship belongs to the Hamburg Amer
lean Packet Company. She left Hamburg
September "a with clean bill of health,
signed by DR.. White of the United States
hospital service. who is stationed at that
port to see that steerage passengers are
quarantined five days and their baggage
disinfected before they embark for this
country. Capt. G. Schmidt is In charge
She has 13 first cabin, Is second cabin and
40 steerage passengers.
When the Russia dropped anchor DIR.
Sanborn, the bridge officer, went on board
and learned from DIR. Hoffman. the ships
surgeon, that there had been five deaths
during the trip and other cases of Illness
some Of which had not yet recovered There
were two ships surgeons on the vessel and
doctor among the passengers, who was
brought into consultation.
Story of the Trip.
AAch Stoiy ID dS lOuOWSs
All the steerage passengers were quaran-
tined at Hamburg five days. In accordance
with the regulations. The ship sailed on
the oath. When one day out Catherine
Luthge. cabin passenger, forty-seven
years old. was taken sick. and died at $40
p. m. the same day. Her brother-in-law,
who accompanied her, said that seasickness
and her weak condition caused her death
The second case was Ida Stubbe, a child
one year of age. belonging to a family from
Mecklenburg. and passenger in the steer
age ON september q she was taken with
diarrhoea and vomiting, and died at 2I0 D.
m. on the 18th. DIR. Hoffman diagnosed the
case as one of cholera infantum. The fam
lily TO which the child belonged consisted of
Gottfried and Alwene Stubbe, father and
mother of the child, a brother Charles and
Bertha Scheel On the 30th the latter be-
came i'll with diarrhoea and vomiting. She
was isolated in the hospital. She died Octo-
Der at $40 a. m. On September 30 the boy
Charles Stubbe, who is nine years of age,
developed symptoms of diarrhoea and vom-
iting. He was also isolated. According to
the ships surgeons he had no cholera. He
Is now convalescent.
On the 30th Augusta Thomas, from Saiin-
gen. first cabin passenger, thirty years of
age, who was accompanied by her brother,
became quite seastck and ate something
which did not agree with her She began
to vomit and died Immediately. Her
brother stated that her family is subject to
heart disease. and this is given as the cause
of death
The sixth case was that of Ida Aue, a
woman thirty years of age. who was in the
steerage. She was taken i'll on October 3.
She had diarrhoea and vomiting, some
pains in the limbs and cramps. She was
put In the hospital of the ship, and is still
quite sick. but will probably recover.
The seventh case was Wilhelm Schnutt,
nfteen years OF age, a Steerage passenger.
He was taken ill on the Sd. The doctor
diagnosed his case as erysipelas of the foot
and leg He died al 10 a. m. October T. All
OF those who died, except the last, were
buried at sea.
The Ship Held.
The doctors on the ship said that they
were satisfied that none of the deaths was
due to cholera. DIR. Sanborn reported to
Dr. Jenkins who made a personal examina-
ton of the vessel. He found her to be in
excellent condition, and the passengers to
be clean-looking lot, considerably above
the average of immigrants who come to
New York. He decided to hold the ship as
precautionary measure and for fnvestiga-
ton. He had the woman Ida Aue removed
to the hospita; on Swinburne Island in the
lower bay yesterday afternoon.
The boy Charles Stubbe. who Is conva-
lescent. was also taken there, and his father
and mother were taken along as suspects.
This particular family is sregarded with
SUSPICION as of five members three have
They state that they were in quarantine
at Hamburg eight days; that all articles or
food which they brought with them were
taken away from them.
Dr. Jenkins said that he would not ex-
press any opinion as to the cause OF ueatn
until a biological examination had been