The morning times., 1897-03-05
CARING FOR THE WOUNDED
The Ambulance Service Worked
Like a Charm Yesterday.
ONLY A FEW CASUALTIES
One or Two Sufficiently Serious
to Cause Fears of Fatal Results.
Emergency Hospital Surgeons
Kept Busy Nearly All the Day
Long James Bland Badly Beaten.

Yesterdays inaugural ceremonies were
attended with their nishaps and misfor-
tunes, as well as their glories and triumphs
There was some bloodshed, as might have
been expected when considering the cir
CumstanceS and conditions, but with the
exception of two or three isolated cases.
the injured were not in a serious condition
at a late hour last night. That none was
Killed and few fatally manned may truly
be considered marvellous when the liability
to accident and catastrophe is considered.
Had there been any serious disaster, the
means at hand to cope with it were all that
could be desired. The committee on public
order had made perfect arrangements 10
meet any emergency which might arise,
ana too much credit cannot be given to
the excellent hospital service which was
maintained throughout the day and night.
Twelve ambulances, fitted up with all
surgical appliances, wereln constantservice,
and were kept quite busy ans SweTing calls
for slight accidents and removing patients
to the hospitals. The wagons were sta
toned about various sections of the down
the thickest, and the liability to accident
was greatest.
Each call for an ambulance was sent
direct to police headquarters, where the
operator who had control of the wagons,
dispatched the one nearest the scene of
the trouble, thus avoiding unnecessary de-
lays. Everything was carried on with
clock work regularity. The handsome new
the Emergency Hospital was initiated into
service, and made dozen or more quick
runs The police ambulances and several
others from the U. S. Marine Hospital each
did duty during the entire day and night.
Nearly all of the injured ones were taken
to the Emergency Hospital, where the
facilities for caring for them are more
ample than elsewhere, and owing to its
central location, more convenient to reach.
DR.. MCGEE, of Garfield Hospital, however,
had his staff fully in hand and ready to
assist in treating emergency cases, but less
than half dozen of the injured were taken
to that institution and those had sustained
only minor injuries.
Both Providence and Freedmans hospi-
tails escaped the necessity of caring for
| more than two or three of the injured
| The physicians at the Emergency, however,
did not get off as easily, but were closely
| confined to the hospital and busy at work
| oil day caring for patients, who came in the
| ambulauces in close succession. The most
| of them, however, were but slightly dis
| abled. and not more than eight or ten out
| Of the fifty or more cases treated had TO
| be sent to the wards and remain in the hos
| pital The house staff, comprising Drs.
| Lawrence, Turner and Hooe, found it nee
| essary to call to their assistance Surgeons
O'Connor, Hodges and John son, and none
| of them found time to be idle. Cut heads
| and bruised faces, in the majority of cases
| the result Of a drunken fight or being
| pushed and jammed in the crowds, consti-
| tuted the volume of business. The operating
table was vacant for but few moments
| at any time after the crowds began to
/ gather.
The first victim which DR.. Lawrence $
| staff were called upon TO treat yesterday
| morning was w X. Hoey, a decorator, who
| fell sixteen feet from ladder on the Pen
| sion building while arranging some fes-
| toons over the Presidents dining table
| Both his arms were fractured, and he was
/, fixed up and sent to a ward. Then came
| James Brown, a colored waiter, with a cut
hand; that got dressing and bandage.
| A man named B Scott, Jr.. fell sick on the
| sidewalk, but recovered in time to go out
and see the remainder OF the parade.
| Harry Hoffman, schoolboy, in his
| eagerness to get close to the line, was
| pushed by some stronger hand aud fell
| against the wire which was stretched
along the Avenue, and also struck the curb,
| and was badly cut a bout the face and head
| Charles Wood, a guest from out of town,
| who was too much into Xicated to tell where
he came from or where he was stopping,
| except that he ate breakfast across FROM
the Capitol, became engaged in an affray
with another drunk and got the worst
OF the bargain. Three stitches were taken