Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-23

loss Is the records we had entrusted to /
these vaults and it has taught me q lesson. |
Hereafter we will have more safe room 1
and trust less to storage compartments Z
Of this character One OF the rooms in /
the building we had given up entirely /
TO the storage of our old records. They I
were entirely destroyed All OF our
stationery and advertising matter
was Of course destroyed. In fact, every
thing in the building excepting the
articles which we were fortunate in se-
curing Wednesday morning. are gone.
The safes are damaged beyond repair
and will have to be sold for junk.
"The Wells-Fargo Building is one Of
about six that did not fall, and they say
il will not have to be torn down, and that
they will start Immediately TO rebuild it.
They expect to occupy the first floor,
which is used BY the express company,
for Offices by September.
HOSPITAL PATIENT MOVED SEVERAL TIMES.
"Several of my friends will probably
be interested regarding Louis A. duBlois,
W. G. Spruance's assistant, who was un-
fortunately taken down with appendi-
citis few days previous to the disaster
He was in the Waldeck Hospital, having
undergone an operation, and was IN
| charge Of DR.. Wakefield who resided
within a short distance Of the hospital
and was giving him the benefit Of his
special care and attention. On Tuesday
afternoon it was found necessary TO re-
move the patients from the Waldeck
Hospital. as the fire was then quite close
and gaining rapidly Mr.. duBlois was,
therefore, removed with the patients 70
another hospital a few blocks distant
They were obliged TO again move all
these patients early Friday morning, and
as every hospital not already full of pa
tients had been destroyed, they removed
dubois with some 500 others TO the
Preside, where the Army Hospital is
located. Mr. Haight and myself were
very much concerned about duBlois,
having gone with him to the hospital
originally and arranged for his doctor,
nurses and accommodation. Mr. Haight
succeeded in locating him at the Presidio
Hospital on Friday morning and was adj
mitted only after he had explained that
he proposed 10 take dubois away. They
then had approximately 800 more pa
tients than the accommodations of the
hospital provided for. On Friday Mr.
Haight and myself went to the hospital
with a wagon and cot to remove Mr.
( duBlois TO my home, where we expected
to provide him with a trained nurse and
other conveniences. The hospital authori-
ties would not allow us to see dubois
excepting that we intended to remove
, him. ] did not want to attempt to dc
! this without communicating with him
! and induced one Of the messengers e
/ carry the word to duBlois that we wer,
! there and the purpose Of our visit HI,
{ sent back word that he very much pre-
ferred to stay where he was, that he hac
, not by any means gotten over the shocl
: Of having been removed twice, and OF
, talking with the surgeon in charge WI
decided to leave dubois where he was 70
the present. We visited the hospta
daily and communicated with him b.
9 letters until the first Of this week, whei
r visitors were again admitted Early il
a the week Mr.. Haight made another at
!. tempt to have Mr.. duBlois removed t,
2 his home in Alameda, where the nurse VIII
I took care Of him when be passed throug
;, the same proposition was staying. Mi
n Haight secured a launch and went {
. the Preside intending to take Mr.. duBloi
IS in this launch direct TO Alameda H
s. again requested that we leave him at th
3 hospital, and ] am satisfied that Il wa
n the best thing for him after ALL as it wi
/ give his wound an uninterrupted chano
l. Of healing, which is the all-importan
, thing now. personally saw him at th
le hospital Wednesday afternoon and talke
Is with him for quite while. He is in
very nervous condition, and i do nc
know that you can blame him when yo
consider all that he has gone through
He is receiving the best care and q
tention the Preside Hospital affords