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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1892
Page
1
A Hamburg American liner Moravia arrives off Staten Island with 24 cholera cases, 22 deaths at sea. Passengers and crew to Hoffman Island for disinfection before potential shore isolation as officials scramble to contain the outbreak aboard the ship.
Health authorities describe 22 Moravia deaths as Asiatic cholera or cholera-like illness. Dr Jenkins visits the ship, orders full disinfection, and moves passengers to Hoffman Island for five days of baths and surveillance. Vessel detains off Gravesend Bay while investigations and new safety measures are outlined for railways and ships.
Harrison 18 believes he should join the effort against cholera in Washington after Attorney General Miller sent a telegram urging the President to return. The move comes as officials act to forestall a cholera scare and prevent a foothold of the disease in the United States.
Secretary Foster reported Treasury Department actions in the matter and later relayed word that the President would be in the city tomorrow for a Cabinet conference to discuss the status. The briefing signals a high level review of ongoing fiscal measures.
Dispatch from the Consul at Glasgow reports cholera confined to continental immigrants with no contact to passengers sent forward. The Marine Hospital Service notes steerage passengers are quarantined and all clothing and baggage disinfected by sulfur process. Local authorities deem those embarked safe and enforce strict preventive measures.
Inspector Corcoran reports Sylvester Kaminsky from Hamburg is quarantined at Detroit quarantine station. Health Officer Duffield notes Kaminsky lacks evidence of proper disinfection at New York quarantine and remains in custody for further disinfection procedures.
Wages rise for last half of August and first half of September as coal price returns from several collieries are tabulated. The average wage is 2 dollars 60.36 cents, about five percent higher than prior rates, with potential further gains hinted by company officials. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company issued the circular from its headquarters in Pottsville.
Brappoen Aug. 31 special reports F. W. Graham's store closed to Gates and Shephard & Co of Pittsburgh. Graham says the closure stems from a major strike causing 103,000 in losses on his books from that date.
Reports depict a city in panic with 800 new cases and 320 burials nightly. Hospitals overflow amid disorganization. aid from Berlin arrives as authorities face a mounting death toll and a trench burial plan.
News from Berlin reports Prof. Koch planning return to Hamburg with medical staff to study cholera origins. A Bourse closure petition circulates, while cholera cases and suspects appear in Rudar Span dau Beuthen Stuttgart and Charlottenburg. The Greif is quarantined at Kiel and a post mortem links death to typhoid fever supervening cholera.
Nine cholera cases were reported in Malines, a key Belgian railway hub near Antwerp. Four deaths from cholera occurred at Rouen today.
In Copenhagen on August 31 the Thing Vall a refused to take aboard ships bound for America from cholera infected regions. The vessel denied passage to a number of Hamburgers seeking transit.
The emperor has canceled plans to visit Sweden and informs King Oscar that he prefers to remain at home amid the cholera outbreak.
Havre reports 63 pew cases of cholera yesterday, down six from Monday, with deaths recorded yesterday. City health officials monitor spread and urge sanitary measures.
Bered 33, an increase of 16 over those that from the disease on Monday. Passenger trains between Havre and Trouville, the well known watering place, have stopped running.
Two deaths from Asiatic cholera reported in Islington as London battles outbreaks. Emigrants bound for the United States face strict fumigation and inspection at Liverpool. Dover, Gravesend, and Dover port communities see several cases with one death and others recovering. Steamship Harrington sailors taken to hospital.
Official Russian cholera reports show 6 144 new cases and 2 741 deaths since the last update. St Petersburg records 155 new cases and 51 deaths yesterday, with overall empire mortality cited at 107 647 through August 22 but likely nearer 150 000 due to incomplete statistics.
A Havre bound ship and a Hamburg bound ship arrived at Duneire Scotland today with choleraic cases aboard. Seven vessels have been placed in quarantine to prevent spread.
Sporadic cases not cholera have occurred in Naples, Venice, and Genoa. The patients have been isolated and monitored as authorities assess the outbreak and control measures amid regional health concerns.
The Eventing Times reports an anonymous letter claiming a plan to travel to Pittsburg to kill Messrs Frick Lovejoy and Carnegie when Carnegie returns from Scotland. No injuries reported as authorities assess the letter and potential risks.
The schooner City of Toledo bound for Michigan City foundered in a gale after hoisting distress. Master James McMillen of Manistee and an 18 year old daughter were aboard with six crew. no bodies recovered yet. Vessel owned by Manistee Lumber Co valued at $5,000. Lifesaving teams search the area near Pierport after the wreck was found bottom up.
McKeesport police investigated after Frank Marks found a human head in the Youghiogheny River from a boathouse in McKeesport. The head appeared submerged for some time and could not be identified, suggesting foul play and prompting further inquiry.
A heavy first frost across the Trough Creek valley in Huntingdon County ruined much of the corn, with Major Ralph Crossley reporting total loss of his crop. The frost touched fields overnight, leaving ground frosted into the morning.
Two Pinkerton detectives testified they joined the Amalgamated Association to gather evidence against the Duquesne strikers. At Alderman McMasters hearing, John Nelson John Wippel and T F Gibson faced charges of aggravated riot with $2000 bail. Witnesses Tyler and Kuipe produced Amalgamated lodge cards and revealed undercover roles.
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