FEVER-STRICKEN SHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3040, 9 January 1892, Page 2

FEVER-STRICKEN SHIP.

(BY TKLEOUAPH—I'KKSH ASSOCIATION.)

N'.wikh. L.-ut Nighr. Thk ba-qnnlnvßrar", 'miii S.ii'ms. arrival night. At . r >,3o a.m. to d.iy the health officers went off in tho local _ steamer and lay to windward within speaking distanc. The chief ofh'cor made a statement to tho following effect :—"The barque left Santos on November sth, leaving tho second ma to nick ashore. Thu captain died on the 1 lth, and four seamen wcro down with intermittonfc fever for a few d;iys after leaving that port; the last vnxn ivas orysipelis in the leg, six weeks ago. Th,! ship was "IT Napier last Tuesday tii-r'ut, when sho lost her l'iwer main topsail yard, and having no chart of the bay, hod to lay off. The cliief officer is the only certified officer on board, and the services of ii capUin or quiililied mate sre needed. In reply to a qu«.-:tii-ti he doßcribed the symptoms of tho canas of Rickness that had occurred, from which tho medical officers are of opinion tlint they aiv! not yellow fever but a sort of jungle fever, nevertheless they rifusnd tlin vessel pivictique and ordered her to the ball;ist ground to await instruction. Trio health officer has since reported to the Umier-Hecntiry that to admit the Invoruie to pracliquo would endanger the henltli ot the town, and he recommends that the vessel go to Wellington ns this is nn open roadstead and the ship requires fumigiiting, together with the removal of the ballast which was put on board .it Santoa.