The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-05
COTHAM'S SHIP A SUSPECT.
The Presence Of Cholera on Board Not
Proven.

One of the Three Deaths Alleged to
Have Resulted From Congestion of
the lungs - The Symptoms in the
Other Two Gases Suspicious - The
Vessel an Unsanitary One-Her Pas
sengers Sent to the Islands-No New
Cases Reported.
New York, Aug. 4-Dr. Talmadge, of
the quarantine board of health, boarded
the steamship Karamania this morning
and inspected the passengers. All on
board are well
The Karamania arrived at quarantine
yesterday after a long voyage from the
cholera infected port of Naples. During
the voyage three passengers died and
were buried at sea. AS the ships sur
geon did not specify the disease from
which the passengers died, the vessel
was held for fumigation and disinfection.
A suspicion prevailed that the disease
was Asiatic cholera, but nothing definite
could be learned last night.
RESULT OF THE INSPECTION.
After inspecting the passengers this
morning the health officer ordered the
transfer boats to take them to the islands
in the bay, where they will be detained
until all doubt of the existence of cholera
is removed. DIR. Jenkins says that while
! he can find no evidence that there has
| been cholera on board, he deems the cir
| cumstances sufficiently suspicious to hold
| the vessel.
| In appearance the Karamania is not a
! very attractive vessel. She has the out
! ward aspect of tramp steamer, and is,
! in fact,a Mediterranean fruiter during the
season. She is built of iron, is B. las tons
| gross measurement ,and is rugged as
schooner. She was built in 1882, and is
! little better than a floating oven, with a
lack of both light and ventilation, In
! this vessel Dearly 500 souls spent twenty
one days of warm weather cramped for
room and breathing foul air.
THE THREE DEATHS.
The first death, on the Karamania, as
reported by Consul Sprague at Gibraltar,
| given as congestion of lungs, y was proba-
| bly, diagnosed thus by the ships surgeon.
| The other two cases had cramps, diar-
rhOea and vomiting The surgeon report
sailor as having diarrhPa yesterday
! but an investigation developed the fact
! that he had been working in the hold,
became over heated and drank a large
! quantity of water. He was well on in
| spection. The name of the steamers doc
| tor is James Todd. He is an Englishman
and has been in the East India service.
THE DOCTORS STATEMENT.
DR. Jenkins dictated the following to a
| representative of the Southern Associated
| Press this afternoon:
We have not had an opportunity to see the
| cases as they died ana were buried at sea but
many OF the symptoms of the last two cases re
| semble cholera and il they did not, we would
| certainly not hold the ship. There is no need
of alarm. The ship and her passengers will
! be detained until we have absolute proof that
there is no danger in landing her passengers.
| Arrangements are now being made to transfer
her passengers to the island.
| DIR. JENKINS.
DIR. jenkins ordered the hospital ship
| S. D. Carlton to the lower bay in order
to have her. convenient for an emergency
NEW CASES AT NAPLES.
Rome, Aug. 4.-The Tribune states that
between Thursday noon and to-day noon
! twenty new cases of cholera and fourteen
death were reported to the authorities in
| Naples