New-York tribune., 1905-01-25
SEASICKNESS KILLS TEN.
TOSSED BY HIGH SEAS.
HUngarianS We're First Exhausted
by Land journey.

Ten steerage passengers on the steamship
! Naderland died from seasickness and exhaustion
| on the trip from Antwerp.
The Vaderland reached her pier yesterday af
/ ternoon She had board sxty-fve cabin
passengers, SS1 steerage, and the bodies OF two
/ of the ten immigrants who died Eight were
! buried at sea.
The immigrants who died were Hungarians
and were part of a large company that started
| from Antwerp on January IA. They had trav-
elled a long distance by rail and wagon to
reach their place Of embarkation, and, accord
ing to Captain Ehof. of the Vaderand, were in
anything but fit condition to endure the heavy
weather they encountered the trip to New
York
The Vaderland out of the channel only
few hours, when she struck a heavy southeast
gale The wind blew in terrific blasts, and pom
derous seas broke over her decks making it
dangerous for even experienced seamen to go
above. Hail and came with the gale, and
the steamer in twenty-four hours was covered
with thick ice The officers say the weather
the severest the liner has ever been through.
The gales continued u@t:t the 4"ts VIA. thc
wind shifted 10 the west Even wics the ensnge
of wind the seas were heavy and it was i'm
possible to stay on deck On the 10th the
, steamer got out of the bad weather, and the
voyage thereafter was fairly smooth.
With the first bad weather a large number of
immigrants became seasick Many were able.
after a few days to drink the strong beef tea
that Dr. Waersegers, the ships surgeon, pre-
scribed. Ten Hungarians were too weak to take
any nourshment, ard it necessary to give
them external and internal treatment to keep
up the circulation. Even these extreme meas
urcs failed and they died by one, their
lungs becoming congested.
DR.. Waersegers. of the Vaderland. said last
night:
We had terrible trip and it was due to this
and the emaciated condition OF the Hungarians
that the deaths occurred. We have the steerage
passengers fore and aft on the steamer, and in
the heavy weather there is more or less pitch
ing that intensifies sickness. L made two
inspections of the ship each day, and when L
found persons who were seasick had them
placed in the hospital, far away possible
from the heavy pitching of the ship Those VINO
died were in no condition to Withstand the rough
weather, and physical exhaustion resulted in
the lung apopleXy, from which they succumbed
DR. William Ackermann, of Milwaukee, and
Dr. Sidney X Simon, Of New Orleans. who
were passengers the Vaderland and were
called in consultation expressed the views
concerning the cause Of death as given by Dr.
Waersegers. Before reaching port both doctors
signed the following testimonial for Captain
Ehoff:
This is to certify that upon request Of the
authorities on board the steamer We the un-
dersfened, made an examination of many Of the
patients and an inspection Of their quarters. and
found the latter in the best of condition, to the
best of our knowledge. We believe the fatalities
TO be due to exhaustion attending a rough voy-
age and, further, wish to state that the
patients received every attention possible
The dead are all men. and with exception.
are less than thirty-fve years old.
petty officer who assisted at the burials said
It was gloomy ordeal to see the bodies lowered
overheard in the awful storm. Only in one case
,,-,, reIatEva able 10 he on
THE dead are: Dugovits Florls, Francoire
JoEann Hevesi Janos Kovacs Janos Molnar
Gaspar Novak Fidel, Rother Janos, Stephan
Mate Weinstock Abraham and Weber Lorenz.