New-York tribune., 1900-09-04
CITY or ROME PASSED IN.
FOUR PERSONS on BOARD HELD AT
QUARANTINE FOR OBSERVATION.

The passengers and crew OF the Anchor Line
steamship City of Rome which arrived at Vudr-
antine Yesterday morning from Greenock near
Glasgow where the plague exists. were eareIuiiy
o~aro,rod ,,,, mr. AIvah H. DOty, Health Officer OF
the Port Two members of the crew. one second
cabin passenger and one steerage passenger were
held for observation .,
The CITY of Rome left GreenOck on August -
with 4e1 first cabin pa second cabin and SSs steer
age passengers and crew Of 296 men, a totaI OF
1853 persons vessel the size of the City OF rome
cannot go up to Glasgow because the Clyue at ina
point is too narrow For this reason the snip SANS
from GreenOek about twenty-one miles Delo"
Glasgow The bubcric plague had not shown itsel
in that city until after the City OF Rome hau
started on her westward trip. For these ieasons
the danger the ship entering this port seemed
not to be great Still germs OF the disease IL was
thought might have been in Glasgow before the
sailing and as many of the vesseTs passengers
came from through that city. which was soon
afterward infected. the health orlcers ueciueu u
take great precautions.
The City of Rome anchored off Sandy Hook sun
day night. Early yesterday morning she came up
to Quarantine. arriving at 6;45 O'Clock.
Health officer Doty and his assistants went
aboard at O'Clock make an inspection They
told Captain Baxter to anchor his vessel until a
thorough examination of every one on board should
be gone through with The captain and the snip
surgeon. DIR. Smith shand. were surprised when
they heard that the vessel was to be detained so
long for up to that time they had not heard Of the
presence of the plague in Scotland.
The first cabin pa ssengers passed on the
certfca tes of the ships surgeon as is usual on an
incoming vessel They were called up one at time
and their names checked the passenger list. But
the second cabin steerage passengers and crew
were examined by the Health Officer They were
lined up in the sangways, and each one tenn
perature taken. DR.. DOty thought il best to
do this because the members Of the crew for the
most part live I'm Glasgow, and the Steerage pas
sengers spent time there before sailing.
Four persons were detained because their TEN,
peratureS were above 100 1t took i've houfS ana
ton and it was after 1890 O'Clock before the
Dr. Smith shand the CITY of Romes physician
said that the general health of all on board had
been excellent, and that all were well when sne
arrived at this port. He said
I was very much surprised when we held at
Quarantine for examination. knew nothing or
eTal health during the trip was good ana there was
| but serious during the trip. One man VINO
was In III heaiih suIlered from ns' 90 81 ne
stomach, but that was an. tad known tusit lie
/ plague had appeared in Glasgow should have been
/ on the watch and made observations DO not
| think there is any danger in letting the ship up.
We left the other side on August p. before the
| we'll as the members or the crew" Ihere are nearly
| three hundred persons in the crew understand
| from the freroom force. Naturally working down
| near the furnaces their temperatures were high
ship for twenty-four hours and the health auchori-
| ties will examine the again in the morning.
| There was some confusion in landing the passen-
| gers, owing the large number and the slowness
| with which the baggage was taken off the vessel
There were on board a large number OF passtnEerS
| returning from personally conducted excursions
PLAGUE SPREADING IN GLASG Nv.
A FATAL CASE IN GovAN JUST ACROSS THE
| Glasgow. Scotland Sept. 3.-The area infected
with bubonic plague has spread to Govan.
boy died there on Saturday. and to-day the med