The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
BUBONIC PLAGUE HERE.
STEAMER FROM BRAzIL BRINGS IN
TWO CASES.

Company Died During the voyage
Ports Health Authorities Not Alarmed
No Danger OF Scourge Spreading Here.
Two cases Of what lie pretty thoroughly es-
| tablished TO be bubonic plague arrived In this
port yesterday on the Lumport 4 Holt Line
| steamer j. W. Taylor. from Santos. Brazil.
| laden with coffee. The sufferers are Capt.
Waters. and Charles J. Allison. the cook.
both OF whom are on the road to
| recovery. Robert Hope. the steward. died on
Nov. OF the disease and was buried
at seq. Every preventive shown TO science will
| be used on the vessel. the cargo will be thor
oughly treated with disnfectinR agents and all
on board will be seauestrated until danger OF
further spread OF the disease Is over. No
apprehension ia folt by tho health authorities
hero that the disease will spread. "a IL Ia a
Nth disease. and does not flourish in city
where the sanitary conditions are as good as
they are In New York.
The quarantine authorities had a report from
their agent at Santos three weeks ago that
there was bubonc plague In that port conse-
quently they have been on the lookout for II.
and Its arrival was no surprise. The j. W
Taylor left Santos on Oct. - aud sailed direct
for this port. She had on board twenty mine
persons. Capt. Waters'a wife among the num-
Der. On Nov I the steward. Ropert Hors was
taken III with headache and high fever and the
symptoms Of bubonic plague soon developed.
Hope. who was ~ years old. had been
in hospital at Santos for two weeks
with an eruption on his eye which was
diagnosed rs eczema. but was sufficiently i'm
proved to be- discharged just beiorchs shi Up SAIL
ed. II Ia one OF the peouliarities OF the disease
that II reappcars once after recovery seems to
be an assured fact Capt Waters and Allison. the
COOK. took Aurus. caring for him, but he grew
steadily worse. The buboes formed In the
groin and finally burst, the man dying shortly
aterward. On Nov. T. the day Of his death both
the Captain and the cook were taken III with
similar symptoms Mrs. Waters nursed her
husband whose case seemed to DO light one
but Allison was very III and II was thought at
ons time that he would die. Upon arrival In
port, however. he was so far improved that his
recovery Is expected. and Capt. Waters was able
others aboard 10 Ill.,
DEPUTY Dr F. Il ssnSorp wbS !" pV sbS Senof
Quarantine during DIR Doty's absence in
Europe. sent the junior deputy, DIR l.Homme.
uleu, aboard, ana the latter returned to report
that there were two cases OF buhonIc plague
aboard . the ship, He had cXaplnsd the pa
me true plague that has proved so ter
rt6le seourge to Oriental countries; 4
fBS r Des private T s s4 agd capt that Hall
had always been the lntter's intention. in
S al ss SS Ss o. de Of e call
The matter. Acs@rdns!y word ord was wa Sent sent to
r Mitchell! PTgAIen. isserh i. bryant, Gecrse
|: P.ab9wJy. William " Polk 4 r serdner,
William II Draper oi this city. Informing them
OF the circumstances. and a meeting was
ssSss TO w.s PfsS e. 9o s .,.s b
L,Hopmedleu went to the city to meet the
Tho meeting otthe doctors was sufficiently
extended to Justify the Inference that they dis
Sus,sd al phases otthe question that presented
the Consulting Board rot present are DR.. ".
result, their dslberatiSns INTO tSs form r' Of y"
making indvduai s,a staten a II Their '" an.
nomhcemcnt iS ~ follows:
station met at he resitence OF DR. Biggs at 4
pr. Js"SySy, HrSaG, Prplssn. t lc 'GsS@.
John r. Cosby Of the Health Department. Of the
city. In reference TO tho cases Of plague said TO
said that the. nature Of the disease seemed 10
tnI s ~ e history Of posh the
the case the c2mmittee board deem II wise to
fSr The r S Fl Ne sGs 10 swim;
the discharge of the cargo under the strictcst |
sanitary, precautions, while the ship itself 10 |
In the opinion Of the committee there 10 |
absolutely no reason for alarm"
DE- Park Of e." Health Denestment went
a bacteriolos ical examination OF the pus
taken from the paticnts 10 determine definitely !
supposed Tho result OF his examination will |
be made known to-day.
a Health Commits ioner said that he believed
ms colleagues conceded with him in the opin.
non r bnu Tres mat Under
perm tied to dark IN this city.
II she ever gets permission 70 pass Quaran-
some, other health authorities may be requis- |
is i abe / to be Kept from nn locking ms
p n!T e. n,e %, the psTSd q !Gsse.,iSn
Of Tie dsss Se aprnr % new by that ti@e
Do; DO with Hn,n the ship is not nresrmnrd II
the HeSith B Board to !" say ' whether i"TR they
COS SST n nss to "nGS h she S pr
allowed to come here; While be personally be-.
loved there was no danger whatever, he said,
m S '%s s%ea Se' h". 6o n NATTER yet ws as
Sny Chances W mTSn to
q preventing that ship getting in here. even
Il i was necessary h 70 burn her Dr. Cosby had
tn. idea Of the discharge the cargo under
chip wRs still in the Quarantine jurisdic-
bulk aId the bags burned, the, cotre@.
II desired, then to be rGencased in fresh bag or
boxes. There was no danger Of Infection
through the ,,d coTrGTG he said, as the
reason for wanting to. fire the bags
the difficulty Otherwise OF Distributing III"
yermin and rodents. Tho shr was disin-
fected Yesterday ana will undergo the process
again to-day.
Meantime Drs. Porkc AMI Lawrence OF the
Board OF Health OF this city went to Quarantine
and boarded the. Taylor with DR. Sanhorn
They found both patients suffering from
glapdplar swelllngs in the prmpirs aud groin,
and virus was taken from tho bubocs for bnr
Pathological c,x4miI9ton, which will probably
he completed by Mondny. The lwo patients
accompanied by Mrs. Waters. who would not
leave her husband, wCr" 'h"n transferred to
both were reported ,as being comfortable
be- sent 70 Hoffman Island aud carefully
watched, A soon rs tho O'tOrs hal finished
their examination the diSnlcctinG tug James
W, WaGsworth came alongside and SGT about
the work Of disnfecting. which IL expected 10
destroy any gcrmS that nay exist, The proc
ess will he carried out with tho greatest thor
Oughness, steam and disniocting washes