New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-17
THE MADTANA RELEASED.
A MELANCHOLY STORY BEHIND THE
GUARANTEEING OF THE STEAMER.

DEATHS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A
TRIP IN AN OPEN BoAT-sHE WAS FOR
MERLY THE MELRosE CASTLE. ON
WHICH CAREY. THE IRISH IN
FORMER WAS SHOT
The British steamship Madiana OF the Quebec
Line which had been quarantined since her ar
rival In port. released at o'clock Tuesday
evening by order Of the Health Department. She
rad been lying at the Congress-st. pier since she
left Lower Quarantine. and had n couple Of police
men from the Fifteenth Precinct on board to see
that none Of the crew left the ship. On Tuesday
she was taken to the West Central pier. Atlantic
dock and a guard from the Eleventh Precinct put
board.
There is melancholy story back of this quar-
antining which caused by the deaths en-
board the ship Of two Boston lawyers-George H.
Tule and +. c. Patch-both OF whom lived with
their families In Wakefield Mass They were as
ISOLATED with two mining experts, also from Bos-
ton-Captain l. w. Smart and c. s. Lomax-a
four sailing from here on the Madiana August
g. They bound for st. Martins. Of the
Windward Islands. where they went to examine
a mine Of manganese ore in which they were in
tercsted.
These facts In the learned last even
ing from the purser of the Madana. He said that
all -four rejoined the steamer ut Fl. Thomas
August g. They had crossed from St
n
In a small soop and appeared tired and seasick
after a voyage In open boat OF twenty or twenty
four hours. Mr.. Tule complained of being i'll on
the morning of September |, and physician of
st. Thomas called In to attend him. Mr..
Tulle appeared to be suffering from malarial and
rcmittent fever, ard dle0 II o'clock the
night. the doctor being present when he expired.
He was buried at St. Thomas The Madiana sailed
from st. Thomas for st. Croix on September 5.
In the mean time Mr. Patch had be complaining,
and he. too. died September 10. ana was buried
at The symptoms were the same in both
cases. and the purscr thought that possibly the
men might have contracted the disease the
open slcop, sleeping on the deck ana exposed, as
they were. to the dangerous night air on the voy-
age from st. Martins to st. Thomas
These deaths OH board caused the vessel to be
quarantincd for results. 1t does not appear tina.
any one on board Ill except the two lawyers.
The other men went home. least left tho
steamer. on Tuesday evening. when the quarantine
Mr Patch daughter arrived In this port from
England Tuesday. probably expecting to meet
her father on her arrival here The belongings OF
The Madiana brought here Cingalese cargo of
cocoanut oil, plumbago and nux vomica This was
abandoned, at sea some months ago and later on
was picked up and towed into St Thomas .,
hs MaGa has pse as a THf IT wa io in
shot. when of he east coast of Africa. by Pat
invlncbles. Of whom r J. p lyman is said to have
been the mysterious No. |. After Careys useful
ness had ended and the Invincibes were CONVICTED
he was practically thrown out of Dublin CASTE
Although two detectives were sent 10 portsmouth
With HIM no secret made OF the fact that ne
was at large. OF the $4,000 reward offered and
which he expected to receive. he only received
500 and free passage to East Africa THIS being
thought to be about The safest place for him, and
there he was t. be placed in charge of some gGv-
ornment work. He objected when he was told me
terms In the Under Secretarys Office in the Lower
Castle yard but that functionary gave MN me
choice OF accepting them or As he was srmly told
OF being thrown outside the castle gates, IKE a
trapped rat among A pack of terriers. In DESPAIR
he chose exile in East Africa. only TO de coupe
Of weeks later the Melrose Castle now the
Madiana.