New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
SMALLPOX CASE LANDS.
NO DANGER. SAYS DOTI.
TueIUe Hundred immigrants, Er-
posed to Disease, Leave Snip.

| A fully developed case of smallpox was u''
| covered late yesterday afternoon at Eiiis iSiaN
after MANY of the immigrants who had travelled
for fourteen days with the patient on the steamer
| Nord America from Naples. were on railroau
trains shedding to various points in New-Eng-
land and the West
The victim of the dread disease is Greek
| about thirty-eight years old. He was passihs
along in line with other Immigrants from liie
Nord America when DR.. Parker, OF the Marine
Hospital Service. made him step aside recogRiz-
ing at once that he had q we'll deflnea case VI
smallpox AS soon as Commissioner Watchorn
was informed he Immediately ordered the ON
Gals at the Battery to detain and send back
boatload Of inmigrantst the ferry which hao
Just started from the Ellis Island slip.
Dr. Doty the Health officer Of the Port
said last night that the of smallpox is no
occasion for alarm. The same thing has nap
oened before at Ellis Island, he said. and there
is no chance of the disease spreading he
added:
The sixty passengers who were IN the same
compartment with the man on Inc hrnneht to
detained at the island, ana VIII De nIousre ,i
Norman Island in the morning VIII exaiilln me
them carefully and # 1t is necSssapy er te thor
oughIy fumigated to-day, and she VIII De a..
lowed to sail when ready. The same course
was followed in dealing with the smalpoA pa
tient as il the disease had been discovered at
Quarantine. ,. nut, ,s,and
end the steerage passengers from the other N
coming steamers due 1-cay Will be alioweo "
pass through as thsre is no oahse ger, ~
tagion. The patient was rem1Ve 60 nntaaous
to the hingston-aVe- nospi'aA AoA
diseases in Br'a'alyn-
DR.. Doty explained that the erupttons OF small
pox could appear within twenty-four hours ana
he did not hold responsible DR.. b'Hornmeoleu'
who examined the Storage passengers OF the
Nord America
The Nord America took 1928 steerage pas
sengers aboard at Genoa, Naples and Palermo.
The steamer reacher its pier last THURSDAY
night about $50 o'clock. and held the Storage
messengers aboard over night At o'clock yes
terday morning three hundred were landed at
Ellis Island, and at 10 o'clock a barge landed
five hundred and fifty more. Following these
boatloads came four hundred immigrants from
the Pretoria which locked yesterday morning.
All day long up to $50 p. M, when the small
pox case was discovered, the immigrants were
examined and passed. and left for various des-
tinations in the West. in New-England and IN
different parts Of the city. Had the case been
discovered in the morning the entire island
would have been guaranteed. and none would
have been permitted to depart.
With the exception of the fffty-nine persons
who were behind the afflicted man IN line, all
Those detained were taken to the railroad room,
where they were examined. Late last night
none of these showed any symptoms of the dis
ease.
After the discovery of the case Of smallpox a
barge with five hundred immigrants from the
Pretoria came to Ellis Island, but was I'M
rnediatey sent back to the pier In Hoboken A
bargeload Of steerage passengers from the
steamer Scotia was also sent back to the ship
without landing
Commissioner Watchorn said last night that
there is no cause for alarm, the few immi-
grants detained at the island held more for
precautionary measures than from fear of an
epidemic.
William fairfield the American agent OF La
veloce Line, said last night that Health Officer
Doty had informed him yesterday that there was
a case of smallpox from the Nord America on
Ellis Island. Mr.. fairfield said he believed that
all the passengers were landed at Ellis Island
before noon yesterday, and that he was sure
none had been returned to the SHIP which lies
at Pier g., North River at 34th-st
The Nord America came into Quarantine
Thursday at 426 p. m, and left for the pier at
5:15 The steamer left Quarantine after sunset.
The health officers have a difficult task examtn-
ing a large steerage list after the sun goes down,
as the electric lights which are used in exaraina-
ton do not show up facial eruptions and blenl-
ishes az well the daylight.