The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-22
FRENZY OF FEAR
IN The HOSPITALS
Serious Results May Follow the
Shock to the Weakened
Invalids.

Even the hospitals, filled with in
valids, We're not exempt from the fury
of the storm. The property loss is |
nothing, say the superintendents, if
the patients do not suffer evil results
from the excitement.
Panic of the widest sort existed for
a time at st. Barnabas hospital The
storm struck the building with fury,
driving in several windows and sweep
ing thru the halls and corridors.
Crashing thunder added to the disor-
der and the patients began to get
| historical. Attendants ran to and fro
| looking after the needs of their wards,
speaking words of cheer and encOur-
agement where they were needed.
just as they succeeded in getting
the patients Gained somewhat, there
/ was a terrible crash and every light
/ in the building went out. Nurses
screamed, patients tainted and order
lies turned pale, for it was thought
that the building was falling in.
Everyone stood still for moment
until someone lighted a gas jet. The
example was followed and in a few
minutes the building was light again.
Investigation showed that the tall
smokestack, sixty feet high, at the
south end Of the hospital, had been
/ blown down. It fell upon the engine
room and stopped the dynamo, leaV-
&
I Their investigation showed that several
i windows had been blown in, includ-
! ing the skylight in the kitchen. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 without any
4 insurance.
4 The Northwestern hospital, 1929
q Chicago avenue, stood directly in the
path of the storms fury and suffered
even more than it's share of the wrath.
The wind, unobstructed by trees or
| h,,i1 ir,crc cy1r a CtrQPt
picked up the huge sheets of tin
roof as tho they were but pieces OF
Etarpaulin laid carelessly across q
farmers haystack, and hurled them
/ clear off the building, some sections
going as far as Ninth avenue. In ar
. instant the building was without pro
lection from water and torrents came
. pouring in upon the patients.
1t is easy to imagine the effect upor
5 two dozen persons, nervous from thei1
illness and frightened almost to the
point of distraction. Miss Margare
, Weston, superintendent Of the hospl
> tai, called out all the nurses ant
everything possible was done to quie
: the hysterical patients. It was no
until the last gust of wind had fallel
and the last roll of thunder heard tina
, quiet and order reigned in the hospi
f tai.
. None Of the patients were any tn
( worse for the experience after the.
r had <regained their equanimity, but i
e some instances the physicians fea
j that evil results may yet. follow.
The city hospital came in for 1T
n share of the damage, altho the PAM
r among the patients was not so great
|. The new addition which has bee
;. builteto the top Of the second stor
e was blown down, entailing a loss Q
d nearly $1,000. This building was nc
It connected with the main structur
e and its fall had no effect upon tn
: patients.
The Swedish hospital had tire
IS windows broken by the wind Will
e ST. Mary's escaped with no damag
l. other than the destruction of mum
e Der of fine shade trees that have bee
the pride of the hospital authorize
l. for years. In neither of these inst
ID tutions was there any panic. Asbur
s. hospital Jared better than any Of tn
+. others for there was no damage ther