The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-30
II FROM COLON GUARANTEED.
sEGURANCA COMES UP TO HER
PIER AFTER DROPPING; THEM.
Only One Case Of Real yellow Fever Pesad
at Quarantine since the season Opensd
- Yellow Fever Mesquite DsesN's 4
Seem TO Como Up Heee Any More &

- Yellow Fever Mesquite DeesH't 4
Seem TO Como Up Hese Any More &
Tho Panama Railroads steamship geeur- 7
anca, In yesterday from Colon. had Mteen (
persons. aboard whose elevated tempetA- .
lures caused their removal from Quarantine
to Hoffman Island for observation. Heath 4
Officer Doty found two Of the crew III with 2
what appeared to be malarial fever These
were taken to SHlnourns Island for treat.
meut. Eight Of their shipnatcs, who bad
been sick OF and on on the voyage, ana
who were convalescent, showed only sytnp. \
toms OF maarial fever. The two who. were
still sick were attacked three dayAaGo and
were better when they were examined yes-
terday than they had been on the day be-
fore. i.. Dr..
DR.. Doty said there was no evidence from
a clinical examination that any Of the sick
man had yellow fevo-, buta meteorological
examination OF their blood would be corn
pleted to-day and then it would be definitely
determined whether any of them Is or re-
Gently has bsen afflicted with yellow fever.
Only one case of yellow fever has devel-
oped from the large number Of passengers
from Colon who have bssn detained in tie
last several weeks because Of high tempera.
lures. ~ sa'
The men taken to Swinburne Island arc
Thomas McGill a steward. and Vincent
Novo. fireman. Dr. Doty visited them
late in the afternoon and found Mc(lilf.
who was the sicker OF the two. doing well
The first cabin passengers takea TO HON.
man Island ara Miss Heotssl, q nurse aa4
Henry Boyd; second cabin passengers,
v,,lt, NJ. al GnA n -
Staley and Miss Wempe; crew, Dom
Iaparo Frank Dyer, A. Prieto, ]. Eyan,os.
p Manuel George Mann. D. Camsrr
and r. j. Henday. Before, the Seq
urancl sailed from Colon Third Oflcsr
Carter, Assistant Engineer Peters and two
coal passers were taken ashore with what
was supposed by passengers to be yellow
fever. One Of the coal passers died OF the
disease in hospital. The surgeon OF the
Seguranca said that he had the impressian
that Carter and the assistant engineer were
suffering with bad malaria" only. als
DIR. Doty did not fumigate the ship. ~
he says it has been clearly demonstrated
that yellow fever cannot be spread BY con-
tact with patient or his bedding or CLOTH
ing, but only by the bite Of the peculiar
mosquito that carries the germs Of tbs
disease. The mosquitoes taken aboard
the ships from Colon, the doctor said,
were unlikely to be brought all the way to
New York. ...,..,.
Two members OF the crew Of the Morgan
Line steamship Ell Dorado, In yesterday
from New Orleans, wero transferred from
Quarantine to Hoffman Island because THAR
temperatures were above normal. ,4,f
All the passengers who were sent 70
Hoffman Island from the Mallory Line
steamship Alamo, which arrived on Fri
day from Galveston, were released yester-
day, as 1t was apparent that none was Ill
OF either malaria or yellow fever. They
were brought up to the Mallory Line pier
aboard the Quarantine tug. Governor
Flower.
Among the Segurancas passengers wero
Canal Commissioners IIains and Harrod
and A. j. Sampson, American Minister to
Ecuador. Commissioner Harrod said:
we have been ten days on the Isthmus
gathering material for reports to present
to the advisory board on Sept. I. Tho
chief work at present is preparing quarters
for the employees and perfecting the food
supply. We have completed two hotels
and have seven more under way. We ex-
pect by this means to bring our employees
under close supervision. OF the 800 who
were with us in the month of Juno only
three had yellow fever"