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From: "Richard B. Cheddie" <>
Subject: S.S. Tyne & Capt. Hole, S.S. Douro, St. Thomas, Yellow Fever,Southhampton
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:56:45 GMT


Ok.... Tim Anderson has got me motivated with his help on East Indians in
Grenada... So I dug up copies of the St. Croix Avis for 1867 and searched
for data that I could post... These have no bearing on my research, nor
anyone's so far on this group, but they might later on:

St. Croix Avis: July 1867;
Quoting the the St. Thomas Times of July 18th:

"The Royal Mail, Steamship Tyne, Captain Hoe, arrived here yesterday
afternoon from Colon with very many cases of yellow fever on borard, and
reports the death of ther Admiralty Agent from the disease. It would
nevertheless seem that this vessel has been alloed to enter the harbour and
have free pratique ith all the other ships. Should this unfortunate malady
be transferred to the steamship Douro now on the eve of departure for
Southhampton, there is little doubt that on here arrival at that port,
another hue and cry will be raised against St. Thomas, whilst this poor
unfortunate island wwill be as innocent of yellow fever as Moscow could be.
Will our Government really not take warning and institute measures when
ships infected with this disease come here, that they are treated at least
as theywold be treated at Southhampton itself, where there is less danger of
a spread of the disease than here. Since the foregoing was written we are
pleased to learn that the Quarantine Commission will take its most serious
consideration all questions relating to sanitary precautions"


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