Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-07
Death from Yellow Fever
in New York City.
Victim Came from Panama on
Steamer, Last Thursday.
twenty-five New Cases, Sunday, al New
Orleans With Eight Deaths.

New York, Aug. Gone man died OF
yellow fever at the New York quaran-
tine hospital at quarantine. today
making the third case of yellow fe-
Yer discovered on ships entering New
York, this summer, and the second
death.
This Is the first time in five years,
said Health Officer Doty. that New
York has been threatened by more than
one yellow fever case in a summer
william b. Smith, a pantryman, taken
off the steamer Advance, from Colon
last Thursday, with nine other sns-
poets. died, today, with an acute case
Of yellow fever. Seven other members
Of this party are still under inspection,
but I am positive that they are not
suffering from yellow fever
Not one of these fever cases, DR..
Doty said. has come from the fever
districts in the United States. Panama
has supplied them all.
"Pantryman Smith," said DR.. Doty.
today, ''is only the third case out or
fully 100 suspects who have been taken
off ships here. His death, today. which
came 50 suddenly that we could not
even learn where his family Is, proves
that the thermometer is not merely the
only safeguard against yellow fever en-
trring New York, but almost a perfect
protection"
The pantryman was discovered,
Thursday Il row of the Advance Sallers
lined up for medical examination. lie
was laughing louder than the others
at the examination and when DIR. Doty
removed the thermometer from him.
with an indicated temperature of 102,
he made the test second time to be
sure there was no error, so healthy
did Smith appear. Taken to the de-
trntion hospital ut Swinburne Island,
Smith retained his chatting good ma
ture, until Friday morning. Then he
admitted that since about. last Mon
day. he had been feeling i'll. Late Sat
urday evening. however. Smith grew
suddenly worse. Sunday morning, he
could no longer speak and before noon,
he died.
There are at quarantine. 10 other
persons. who were taken off ships be-
cause their temperatures We're higher
than the .iegree fixed as the loves:
signal for yellow fever suspects used in
examining the ships which enter New
from New Orleans. All except one of
the 'Others are from the Panama DIS
trict.
NJ the hospital on SNinburne Island
whrr" only those patti, nts actually sur
fering with some sort Of fever are
taken there are still IS mon, all MEN,
bets of ships crews.
At Hoffman Island, the detention
station tor persons who are not actual
~ i'll. but who art. under suspicion. all
the suspects Were relo ased.
This was not the first death on the
island from yellow fever. this year al
though the fact Is not generally known.
Frank O'Lcary, Il New Yorker died on
the island in the middle of June from the
disease. Mr.. OLeary was secretary to
on" Of the supreme court justices. He
went To Colon during the winter to look
INTO mining interests there. ON his re-
turn. he was taken off at quarantine with
symptoms Of the disease. lie died
few days later.
Confronting that the death of Smith
gave no cause for alarm, DR.. Doty, to-
day. realized that there was more rea-
son for alarm in lS9. and 1898. when the
entire Cuban port was quarantined.