The sun., 1899-09-10
REFUGEES BRING FEVER.
CASES FROM KEY WEST Stopped
At QUARANTINE HERE
-Four of the O5 Passengers by tho Lampasas
Patients at Swinburne Island-The Others
Landed After More or Less Detention

Four of the O5 Passengers by the Lampasas
| Patients at Swinburne Island-The Others
Landed After More Less Detention
Ship Held Two Days and DisInfected.
Tho Mallory Line steamship Lampasas
| which arrived from Galveston and Key West
on Thursday last brought ninety nve passen :
| gers OF whom sixty-sx embarked at Key
West on Sunday last. The sixty-six Key West
passengers were panic stricken when they
boarded the steamer and fed from the infected
city because they feared yellow foyer. -Four Of
their number are now patients at the Swim
| burne Island Hospital. ]. NJ. Burley was sent
there on Fr iday morning and has since de-
veloped yellow fever The other patients are
Annie Zimelbaum. Minnie Zmelbaum. sisters.
and j. Argolozagor. young man. The three
| last named have not as yet developed the dis
ease. but their illness Is very suspicious. The
| temperature In each case is 1O4.
When the steamer arrived and the passen-
gers and crew were inspected. the passengers
showed that they feared the development Of
| yellow fever. They were feverish and anxious
| DR.. Doty told them that they would be detained
until the com pletion OF the period OF Ave days
| after leaving Key West. The steamship agents
were informed that they could have the
| steamer after disinfection and the removal OF
| the passengers to Hoffman Island. or they
could take the Galveston passengers to the
pier and let the Key West passengers stay on
| the steamer at quarantine. The agents pre-
ferred the latter course.
The twenty-nine Galveston passengers and
one immune from Key West were sent to the
city. The other passengers were kept under
inspection and on Friday morning ]. NJ. Burley
was removed to the hospital. After the five
days had elapsed all Of the passengers were
inspected afresh. Twenty OF the sixty-four
were found to have temperatures above nor
nal. These twenty were detained on Hoffman
Island until yesterday morning. The other
forty-four passengers were released and sent
to the pier on Friday night.
Yesterday mornings inspection showed that
seventeen the twenty suspects wore well.
The other three. the two Zimelbaum girls and
young Argolozaga. had developed a tempera-
ture OF 1O4. They were sent to Swinburne
Island. accompanied by Mrs. Silverman. mar
red sister OF tho girls. The sixteen remaining
passengers were sent to the city. The Lam
pasos was detained at Quarantine nearly two
days and got a thorough cleansing and disin-
lection The entire ship was treated and all OF
the effects OF the passengers and crew were
disnfected
Investigation shows that all OF the patients
now on Swinburne Island were ailing before
the OK xpiration OF the f1ve days period OF quar-
antine and all show evidence OF yellow fever.
Burleys is an unmistakable case. Burley has
been treated with the yellow fever serum and
ArgolozaRa will also be treated with this agent
should his illness prove to be yellow fever
Testing the tenn perature OF each person under
detention prior to release is always practiced
at quarantine as measure OF extreme caution
and in this case 1t has proved it's value.