Orleans County Louisiana Archives News.....Italian Immigrants in New Orleans 1898 - Article 8 of 9 October 28, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stephanie Lynn slynn@plexusweb.com August 17, 2023, 12:40 pm The Semi Weekly Times Democrat October 28, 1898 The Semi Weekly Times Democrat - October 28, 1898 MANY IMMIGRANTS -- Bolivia Will Arrive Today With a Big List -- Nearly Fourteen Hundred Sicilians Are Aboard - No Sickness Among Them - Only One Death on the Voyage -- The English steamship Bolivia will reach port Monday with the largest shipment of Immigrants that ever came to New Orleans on a single ship, the human cargo consisting of 1369 Sicilians, who took passage at Palermo. There are in the lot 986 able-bodied men, 245 women, 81 children between four and twelve years of age and 57 infants. The Bolivia reach Port Eads at noon yesterday and was at once boarded by State Quarantine Inspector Thomas. Deputy Collector of the Port Wimberly and Customs Inspector Cousing, who found the entire cargo of men, women and children in good health. But one death had occurred during the trip to this country, one man having died of pneumonia. The immigrants were one and all delighted at the sight of land, the children especially, while the men and woman hailed with joy the announcement that there being no sickness on board the vessle could come right up the river. The Bolivia accordingly left Port Eads during the afternoon and was expected here between midnight and dawn. There will perhaps be some slight delay in the inspection of the immigrants, which at best is a big job owing to the large number of them. The Bolivia was expected to put into Pensacola in order that her cargo might escape the hardships of quarantine, but quarantine having been abolished with the coming of cold weather and the appearance of frosts throughout the fever belt, the captain of the vessel was communicated with and directed to come to this port, which is closer to the country in which exists the demand for labor that is latent in the muscles of immigrants. Owing to the unusual size of the cargo, the Treasury Department had directed Inspector Holman and four assistants and an interpreter to go to Pensacola and receive the immigrants. Mr. Holman and his party were in Pensacola yesterday, and Collector Wimberly was so advised, whereupon he wired them to leave for this city last night. They are thus due to arrive here this morning, and will assist Inspector Montgomery, the resident inspector at this port. The general supposition is that the immigrants will find work on the sugar plantations. Three hundred Italian immigrants passed through Montgomery yesterday on a special train for this city. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/newspapers/italiani817gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb