Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-27

u ll--lNNNI=- disease must pre-
'lpF pare FOR the bat
tie before the
.noc,r, ~ de,tb kn,cLs nj our outer
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blt'7'
Everyone remembers the gloom mat
oVctgpread the land when cholcrn
raised its horrid front in New York
Harlan , f.u. ,,oo,s ,t,o Tbnus,,ds
-. ~.
up'" 'houS' nus heu Tue k''o' ivy to'
inland retreats, millions watched with
fearful apprehension the struggle TO
check the ndyunrp Of the unwrlcome
,,io,,or no, to1 ~, t,,r,i, a., a., ,,o,,,i
~
wen VI McV'n OF III tue holy ppols OF
India. Aided by the knowledge aC-
uuircd IN the treatment Of the disenao
nj Hamburg and IN. o,b,r pl,t,u,-ip-
f,,,a, M ~ f,,,,,.,,.. ,,,,, ,,.,,',1 an
'''''u '''''7 " 'ul"p'' u''u "'iP'p sun
mere by the fAct that the disease came
to our shores In u less viruIcnt form
our phvsirians won. obIe anenlrlng
ut,,oit, -, a.. ,,,...,t...
~ ~ w '''' ''"'' W."
mt" our WldHt a rev sporadic cases
developed In New York city but the
victims We're speedily Isolated and the
disease wan held In check
Or. AlvNh H. Doty then on the stan
OF the Board Of Health OF New York
city. ala most effective work IN pre-
venting the luronds pf the plague More
realizing the peril Of tho people uf the
great city and the country al large,
from that moment although always
deeply Interested In hygiene. sanitation
aud Kindred subjects. he begun an on
thuslns,ic and exhaustive study of the
origin uf plaques and the methods tu
be adopted 20 prevent their dlsscnlun-
ticn. The country at large has cause
10 be thankful that Or. Dnty was an
pointed hearth officer of tho mort of
New York, FOR from the time OF his
Induction into his present position hc
has worked night and day with the
zeal NJ the genuine puthuHiRst Ia nor
feet q system OF lnaptctiuu of incom-
ing vessrlu hat would be ga thorough
MS 20 leave no iaophole for thr irtru.
duction " typhug. yellow fever, chol-
era or other deadly vlsltora In m. lie
Of the human beehive that Vita al
the mouth OF tho Atlantic Orpon
A few days ago visited the ounr.
nntluc station On beautiful staten ISL
aud. ana Il IA hui truth 10 IA, tnnt
u lpvrlisr or more npproprlnt% spot
could nut have been srIectod. II IA
within a ntup,'g throw NJ Inc crown
ing, battlemsnta of Fort Wndsw ,rth
and directly orp0gits ON tho In,u Isi,
and shore. m located mai nti,s. ,,,,,,,
monitor az NOD. ynrls'a n,ni.sti, ha,'
bpr Fort Hamilton StnnJing 4, tho
coming tower of The bnnitb ,tI,.,,'.
lockout mon ,vh, Le,,, VIM Ii,
rat,Iv pirht and Io,, No. t,r N' ~, u,l'ri
mn ,,tsta ~, "sS, n'tuiin NV vp'n'u
rn,5tl,I 6y an, az "a, ~ h"t
isarn,, ~ a. W" "'pN l,lnNeN nI
h.. 4u,.,o,s g III, "S W, NaiI9,WN,
ann. to ~, i'p, a. MN" fm,, T,,u'I a July
I,is,J ,,n, Vi.',i,t,,.' ' , nl'''H "ul' ,ongN
a. 'g 9trot, G"p miY N,Flp'', n1y M ms
-, 49, ", "i"' WNuvr hnu mar on,
wy Ilgn', l HlNeorHed the wooded
1870 ~ wy Jersey coast and the
49, 6ihWnlhE pshvh1S OF SaAdy
run. hNen eh l ShXNd the lookout
nun u, ny CHOW toilcd the bell Of
winning hnt vessel was about To
muse w YORK hurhor and under
'tnNuy 81 niue rug, n tramp steamer
pointed llN DOW around Fort WAds-
worth. instantly the corps Of lnspcc-
WIN, heaue9 hy nr poty himself,
vent aboard the ocean tug Governor
Flower The tug described grace
ful hemi-eircle and headed on tho
HirQmer Qs she came abreast OF the
station,
The vessel turned out to be the Moor.
lsh Prince, which came by way on the
Delaware Bieakwater from the yellow
fever Infected ports OF Brazil.
Or uoty boarded tho tramp. and a
nulloduy between the health officer and
the captain ensued. The captain an,
npunced that he had lost two scamen
by yellow fever when In port at Bahia,
but tina, after clearing that port the
crew had all been healthy br. Doty
asked llr bill OF health from the
United States medical inspectors at the
Brenkwatcr The captain could moi
produce tile desired paper and the YES,
sel was placed IN temporary quaran.
tine uril an Official endorsement of
The masters story could be obtained
IRON The nrtanritlcs In Washington
and at the RreaSwater.
Meanwhile, as a praiseworthy preeau,
ton. one OF the doctors siam boarded
the steamer and disinfectcd the vcsse
from stem to atern, and between decks
Two hours later Official confirmation
vessel had been cleared BY the health
authorities at the Brenkwater cam,