The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-05
CHOLERA VICTIM
DIES ON VESSEL
SAINT Anna Is Now Held at
Quarantine in New
York.
TWO S SUSPICIOUS CASES
Health Officers Redouble Efforts
to Prevent Disease Invading
This Country.
TWO S us P.ICIo7 US CASES

New York, October 4.-The steam
ship SAINT Anna, from French and
Italian ports, now detained at quaran-
tine, had case of cholera aboard.
The victim. man in the steerage, died
on September 25 and was buried at
sea. Two other cases of sickness are
under observation. Meanwhile, the
SAINT Anna, carrying 224 first-class
cabin passengers. some of them prom
inent Americans. and 1,072 in the
steerage, is held as a possible cholera
carrier, pending further investigation
announcement of the foregoing was
made To- rtgi,I ny Dr. a. n. Dofg, HEALTH
officer Of the port, who has been; ght-
ing to keep cholera out of this country
during the epidemic abroad. In ad-
dition to the SAINT Anna he has, as a
precaution, detained at quarantine the
steamship sioltke. from Genoa and
Naples, and the steamship Virginia,
from Naples. Tomorrow he Will hold
a conference with DR.. Walter Wynan.
surgeon general of the marine hospital
corps. Together they Will map OUT
campaign of protection.
Another Death.
pr Doty,s statement discloses not
o,ly that cholera patient died aboard
the SAINT Anna, but that steerase
,,assaneer a suspicious case, remover
fron, the steamship Germanla on sep
..,,,hor os subsequently died on s"ih-
burn Island. roty
Examination indicated, says Dr.. Dols'
that 1t was also cholera case.
Doty's statement was ISSUED aitet a..
-. ,,,i, alton of the SAINT Anna, which
a rived 1ate last night from Marseilles'
Eanles and Palermo. The ships sur
peon presented report OF the .ll -
t,sr.E u ~ r c
In the steerage caused by gastro o-ii.ss-
tinal affection. The victim dleu VIZ
In three days. Dr. poty, eo''is ?
on the case, says:
,,erv clearly that the man died OF chol-
era No other cases have developed on
the VOYAGE. but there are two cases
s intestinal trouble among the steer
age passengers at present. Cultures
have been taken In these cases, ana
the meteorological examination thus
far shows mn evidence of cholera. The
anal result will be ready tomorrow
morning. The report and examination
Of the SAINT Anna shows that every
ith,ng has been done on shipboard, to
prevent the spread OF the disease. .
THE Moltke, which arrived last night
from Genoa and Naples, has one sus-
Spicious case, a steerage passenger, out
no action VIII De lahCAA S'AS1
sci elsuntil the result OF the bacteriolos-
Hical examination is known. The SAINT
Anna is recognized as a possible "cho'-
era carrier and in any event passen-
gers who have been exposed to the pa
tients will be transferred to Hoffman
Island
Good Medical Report.
"On September 26 the Star Germania
arrived from Marseilles and Naples. On
boarding the steamer found an un-
usually good medical report. The afti-
davits of the master and surgeon
showed no deaths in transit, no cases
of infectious disease and no suspicious
cases; in fact, there was no case OF
any nature in the ships hospital, and
special report by the surgeon showed
that there was no intestinal trouble.
But for the past three or four months
as an extreme precaution, l have had
removed from all steamers from Medi-
terranean ports all the steerage pas
sengers who have applied for treatment
during the voyage, in order that OBJ
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