The San Francisco call., 1909-09-21
LITTLE HOPE HELD
OUT BY SURGEONS
Head Of the Youths Directory
May Not Survive Is Fear
of Medical Attendants
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pain, and that blood flowed freely from
the mouth, caused the physicians 10
fear that internal injuries existed, as
well as the more apparent wounds.
Several stitches were taken IN dress
ing the facial and scalp WOUNDS ol lil1
patient, and Dr. Callnon. and other SUI ,-
geons assisted DR.. Pinkham in ms iash.
Many close personal frlends oi aso.
Crowley hurried to the hospitai as sool,
as they learned of the accident ana
before the patient was removed from
the operating table large NUMBER o.
prominent people from all walks o. NE
had gathered in the anteroom ineie
was at first some doubt whether athel
Crowley could be removed TO 81. Mais
hospital last night, but his conoltioh
late in the evening made this practica
bic and it was decided to make tne
change at once. He was taken ITonl
the central emergency hospitai AZ ii.oo
o'clock.
+ There was little change in Father
Crowieys condition during the even
ing to indicate the possible result al.
though he recovered consciousness a.
the end of about two hours The at
tending physicians stated that the
chances of his ultimate recovery ae,
pended largely upon whether ne nau
Gu ally SERIOUS lHtCi ihoi
Fear is to be entertained from the
shock to a man of his age and from the
possibility of internal hemorrhages, but
on the other hand his rugged strength
and unusual vitality are greatly In MS
favor.
Father Crowley's condition is just
fair; that is all can say of 1t, stated
Doctor Pinkham at midnight 1t Will
take at least IL hours to decide the
ca vi nf 1io~ Ax,ir rin
be reasonable to expect a considerable
shock, and his injuries are very Sc
we're"
Although neither Boyle nor Walter
Crowley censured Chauffeur Andertoh
for carelessness in connection with the
accident, which they stated seemed TO
them unavoidable, Anderton was taken
into custody by Policeman S. u. LoWen-
berg and charged with battery. He
gave practically the same account as
did Father Crowley's companions as to
| how the accident occurred. and, de-
clared that he was not running his car
more than seven or eight miles an
| hour as he turned from behind the Va
lencia street car in an effort to pass IL.
Father Crowley, who is 81 years old,
was born in County Cork, Ireland, but
came to the United States as boy. He
received his education by studying
| faithfully while undergoing great
hardships, being forced to work in the
mines at the time he was applying
himself to his books. He was ordained
| to the priesthood 25 years ago last De-
cember in Baltimore and has filled sew
eral important charges. Before coming
| to San Francisco he was rector at
| Dixon and in Los Angeles.
/ Shortly after his ordination Father
Crowley took up personal work among
poor and homeless boys. laying at that
! 1t f... "a ynVk
which he has followed INCREASINGLY. 1t
was he who years ago founded the
/ Youths Directory, an institution OF
which he has always been the exeeu-
tive head, which ranks-with any of Its
/ kind in the country and which TODAY
stands as his own greatest monument
in San Francisco. Though he has Won
friends on every hand and though lie
numbers among his closest personal
admirers men and women prominent In
every line of activity, 1t has always
been to the homeless boys that he has
| been closest and nearest.
Hundreds of young men in San Fran
cisco today owe their position and
everything they have to Father Crow
ley. Broad minded and big hearted
as he has always been, he never linz
/ tied the scope of the Youths Direc-
| tory to lads of his own chosen faith,
| but built upon practical ideas and
| with tfreleSS energy great HoHScc-
| tartan institption-a home and school
! for homeless lads, regardless of relig-
/ ious lines 1t is his hand that has
| guided the upbuiiding of the Youths
| Directory through many vicissitudes,
i his courage that had brought 1T to a
high plane of accomplishment and his
| efforts snat had housed it in mag
/ nificent home of its own prior to the
/ fire.
The fire wiped out the work OF
years. The handsome building that
| had cost years of labor vanished in an
1 hour Undaunted by this, Father
Crowley took up the labor again and
yesterday was drawing to completion
/ one more epoch of achievement. The
tag day last week was suggested by
him and brought thousands of dollars
into the new building fund. All day
| Yesterday Father Crowley was at the
Youths Directory building receiving
i money and reports of collections from
4 school teachers, and when the accident
| occurred last night was on his way tc
ST. Ignatius hall to go over in detail
/ with the tag day commfttee the ac-
counts of all the money received.