New-York tribune., 1903-03-11
CHOLERA MAY BE IN PORT.
DIR. DOTY GUARDS CITY.
Sir Deaths on the Kardn,dnia Sug-
gest Dread Disease.

For the second time in a decade the Anchor
line steamer Karamania was detained at Quar-
sntine yesterday because OF deaths from dis
ease closely resembling cholera Two sailors
and four passengers died suddenly on the voy-
aee. after severe cramps and nausea. resulting
in quick physical collapse. The bodies were
buried immediately while the hunks were
stripped and disinfected.
The officiaIs here are using the utmost pre-
caution. The passengers, all steerage, have
been sent TO Hoffman's Island, where they Will
he washed. dosed and fumigated. They will be
detained at least week. The crew will be kept
under close surveillance at the island for a
week The vessel will probably be docked in
two days.
The Karanana is from Marseilles. Palermo
and Naples. with a cargo OF wines. oils. marble
and macaron4 She had passenger list OF
80. with crew of seventy-five.
On February s. while she steamng from
Marseiles TO Palermo, four Of the crew were
taken iii. Two died: one recovered, and the
other was sent ashore. The doctor said the
men were poisoned.
A theory which gained currency on board was
that noxious gases rising from the cargo. had
poisoned the men.
There was considerable excitement here when
the health inspectors learned Of the peculiar
symptoms As the victims had been hastily
hurled. no meteorological examination could be
made hut the Health Off1cer will make a careful
investigation Of the reported symptoms Dr.
Doty said yesterday that the cases had all the
earmarks Of Asiatic cholera
From the meagre report Of the steamers doc
for regard these cases as very suspicious" he
continued I'VE have cases to examine, and
as the bodies were buried at sea, all the evi-
dence obtainable was the doctors notes. The
symptoms nausea, cramps. sudden collapse and
oh hat
propose TO treat the vessel. crew and passengers
as if it were certain"
The Karamania's ships surgeon is DR.. Clio
vanni Nota and the Italian Government Com
missioner on board is DR.. Salvatore Ballaglio.
On August g. 1893, the Kara anania came into
port from plague ridden Naples, with myster-
ious disease on board, from which three had
died Others developed cholera The vessel was
quarantined and the passengers were sent to
Hoffnan's Island. some OF them later being
transferred to Swinburne Island.
Dr. jenkins who was Health Officer at that
time described last night the treatment he gave.
Il washed out their stomachs.' he said. with a
weak solution of tannic acid, and also injected
under the skin the tannic fluid. to carry of the
cholera deposits. 1 am positive in the belief
that cholera, like typhoid, can be communicated
only by actual physical contact, such as eating
and drinking from the same dishes. At that
time the Karamania left Naples in the carnival
season, and the people were peculiarly liable to
disease because Of their dissipations .
From the marine hospital reports ind that
~Tnere were nlHety-sfx cases CT As5attc cholera
at Alexandria Egypt, between November and
January. while there were few gases Of enteric
fever at Barcelona and Valencia
prominent authority on cholera said last
night that he thought this disease was not
cholera. II it were. he thought there would
might have been caused. he said, by the fumes
Of sulphurctted hydrogen.