Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-26
ASYLUM HEARING.
Investigation of the Fatal Accident
at Waterbury Begun Yes
terday.
THE NURSES EXAMINED
Admit The. They DID Not Refer to Rule $
of the Irstit ution Oftea-1he Nurse
Attending Mrs Bennett the VIC
tim, Admits She Made Mis-
take with the Faucets.

NatorI,,, March 11-Tho committee,
,nrointod Inv Governor NIc,mllou..h to i'm
yntttnato the causes which lei Az the
Inm,ntnbl,. s,oldin, accident nt tho hos
,jtuI an lam n honan their work nt The
,,,holioi,..l Lri,dino mi. nrorni,,p ~,
mn Commute vnr% nrosont with cxc,,-
tiu,, ,r In, - : rolt.r or putu,l who
ga. ,,n,l,In +, .,tto,J Nh. b,-nital trit-
.oo, oro ro,,,...nt.d bv Charles y 1,,x-
h,T nr pnmfrr, and oirorrr ~ WING
-, Nn,,tn.li.r m, dirnrt irv,stipatinu
j.. tninn r,,nd,cted hv A. Il g. Sttrli,,ov
nf Hct61
viz Aim, \,.h,.lo,.lk # p,lto,.ncl1 was
thn first Witness She .>,,s tomnorarilv i'm
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Sbn also said if was not an unusual
hin., for "A second nurse to attend to the
uathing during the abscnc, Of the chars,
nurse.
she never used a thermometer to test
g bath before placing q patient in the
tub.
The next witness was Miss Sadie j.
Ituh.e, who WAS the regular charge nurse
,n the sixth hail but was absent from har
duties on january 81 on account of illness.
she told OF Mrs. l,cnnctts condition and
said she believed she could not realize
when SHE was hurt She never said any
thing straight or asked for anything and
was hard To caro- for. She said she had
bathcd Mrs. Bennett and sometimes re-
uujrod hclp in doing So. She did not know
that Miss Whce,ocl; had any knowledge Of
the difficulties attending the bathing of
Mrs Bennett Miss Rublco said she was
- years old and had been in the hospital
i'm an about Il wear She. said that she was
familiar with the rules of the hospital ana
that no rules were rostod i'm the bath room
i'm question. although they were displayed
I'm The a, her hath rooms i'm the institution
she evnlaincd the ARRANGEMENTS of fauccts
ON tine tubs. saving that they were on the
outside aud AWAY from lin. reach of nu-
ti.uts Sho e,iI thcrn vas = tbermouoto,
in every hath room and thot sometime.
CHI. iisod il n, ,,rnuarin,r 81 hath and Same.
ltirn.e tested I'm. yt,,sr win hry hands
! ,.,,.. -,, ,-,.,.-.. ,,.,,, ,,,,,,, nun,
"'''i y III, ,I'.tl " ~. ~
'" D."
INC last witness before dinner was MIS-
been employed NJ IN" hospital several
months, and was the nurse who attcudcd
Mr.. Bennett at III" time of the rata
bath. She told how on the evening OF
Junuar" II she bathca several patients
ni'" "'n''N 'h'nl VIZ Mr. 't''nrW, ON
prepared the bath ms usual testing it witt
ihc thermometer ana when the RICH
quantity of water at the right Temporal
lure was in the tub she turned of, as III,
supposed both the HOT ana cold Nuta
taUc"ts. Mrs Bennett was unwilling t,
get into il. She asked two patients VIII,
were nearby to help her. and toEctha
they PIT Mrs Bennett into the tub, Sn
said the patient resisted being put in
and resisted during the short time Sh
was in the tub She was taken out of tn
water almost Immediately and walked t
her room rs usual but afterwards cam
i back that way aud Was again put To be
"A h. ter a 4.