The evening world., 1903-03-11
Health Officer Of the Port
Convinced that the Dread
Malady Was Aboard the
Anchor Liner karamania.
sSN WERE BURIED AT. SEA.
No Means Now of Determining
a the Nature of the Mysterious
" disease, but Every Precau-
ton Is Being Taken.

Or. A1vah H. Doty. Health Oficer OF
the port Of New York. hustled over TO
Hoffman Island to-day to see II any of
-the 7S5 passengers and crew of seventy
nve of the Anchor line ship Karamania
had taken sick during the night. He
was gratiied to find them all in good
hbsalth.
There was no indication that any of
them was in danger of being stricken
with the same malady that killed six
and almost caused the death of two
Others in the ships voyage from Mar
sellles. via Palermo and Naples. to this
lport.
DR.. Doty is firmly convinced that
cholera caused the deaths. He has no
physical data on which to form this
opinion. It Is based on the reports Of
the ships surgeon and the symptoms as
described by him.. All the bodies of the
dead were buried at sea. and as none
OF the other passengers is I'll there is no
means OF getting at archaeological evil
'dence.
There is nothing left to do In the m a
ter but avail developments. The ship is
being disinfected from deck to bottom
hold. This work will not be finished
until tonight. 1t is in charge OF the
health officials of the port. When 1t is
concluded the steamship company will
put a relief crew In charge of her, and
Bhe will be brought up from her present
station off Quarantine to her dock and
there unloaded. Meantime the suspects
.op Hoffman Island will be kept there
for seven days. II nothing develops in
the mean time they will all be released
land allowed to go their way.
DR.. Doty is 80 sure that tho disease
VA cholera that he rave out this state
Vel to-day:
"An the symptoms of those who died
On the Karamania are SO similar to
shose Of cholera that l have decided
20 keep the vessel. crew and passen-
gers as II 1t were certain. The pas
sengers, 1856 In number. have been trans
Herred to Hoffman Island and will be
detained there until 1 am sure they are
free from infection"
Many friends Of those expected to ar
give on the Karamania made anxious
inquiries to-day at the offices of the
nine, No. 10 Broadway. to learn whether
their friends were among those who
died on the voyage. The agents Of the
1ine could not tell. as they have not
learned the names.
1--WE sent a representative down ~
the ship last evening"" said Manager
Riley, but he was not allowed to board
the ship, and all the he
gained was that given to him by DIR.
Doty. who asserted that the deaths on
board wers unquestionably due 20
,cholera.
II talked with DIR. Doty owe the tele-
phone to-day, but he was unable to
give me the names of the passengers
and sailors who died on the voyage. He
pt omised to secure them for me Turing
the day when he made his next trip out
to the ship, and said he would telephone
them to me when he came ashore. He
said he thought we would be allowed
TO bring the ship up to her dock late
ttis afternoon as the fumigation would
prc badly be completed"
Capt. Pearce, commander of the quar-
antined ship, was allowed to leave the
vessel and visit the offices of the agents
OF the line this afternoon. When the
Captain arrived in Manhattan he made
public for the first time the names OF
the passengers and crew who had died
during the voyage OF the ship.
The passengers DANES were as fol-
10 VS.: Rubel Nicolai, Montanara Gui-
sept, Salomone Pasquale and Nicola
SciOia. The names of the dead sailors
were: Carlo Battiata, Toppi Alfonzol and
Guiseppi Matadano. Battiata was buried
at Palermo. The other bodies of pas,
Sengers ana sailors were buried at sea.