The evening world., 1910-12-19
POLICEMEN NURSES. PRIESTS.
ATTEND THE DEAD AND DYING
Old Fifty first Street Station. House Turned
Into a Hospital and Later Into
a MOrgue.

The explosion shook up. the old East
Fifty-frst street station, on the north
side of East Fifty-irst street between
Lexington and Third avenues one OF
the old fashioned dlngy whlte painted
stations OF which few remain a stream
OF policemen, buckiing their belts as
they an, came pouring out OF the bis
double doors while peoples ears were
still ringing with the shock As the
first OF them turned into Lexington We
nue., he stopped and staggered when he
saw the stretch OF ruin. and he turned
to cry:
Come on fellows: for Gods sake.
hurry"
Before they reached the centre OF
the chaos the we're met by q rush OF
wounded men. They carried several 10
the station. Others walked, helped
along by those who were dazed more
than hurt.
Tn to the knot OF policemen dashed
a big automobile. driven by a chauneur
named Warren. He had been Just be-
yond the worst force Of the shock. which
| overturned vehicles In the street.
..what can I do?" he asked. "Mr.
Marshall won't mind" He meant his
| employer, C.. II. Marshall, to whom he
| was taking the car.
Auto Used as Ambulance.
The police took the car for use as q
,emnorary ambulance. Two and three
at a time. injured persons were hfteo
into II and whisked to the station. where
the doorman and matron were busy
dragging bed clothing down from the
dornitortes to make pallets on the hoor
Of the platoon room The space In the
ueutenant,s room in front OF the cesk
Is very narrow.
Policemen hurying back - report. to
take new orders. physicians of the
neighborhood calling for passes which
would admit them to the fire lines. tht
arst of the frightened people who came
IN asx who was hurt"-all these were
crowded to one side. every moment oil
two. to rake room for a pitiful, man
gled wreck.
II was only a moment before thu
CHATTER OF ambulance bells filled thu
streets, accompanied always by thu
screams Of excited women and children
who were always scuttling from undel
the hoofs of the horses.
The matron and the doorman wer'
soon aided by blue sowned. white
aproned nurses from The Childs' Muir
sery and Hospital. who came fiyins
down the street as soon as they hat
learned that their own charges wer'
practically without injury. They haS
at nrst rushed to the spot OF creates
need-the place where the wrecked troll
ley car was being pulled to pieces 81
that It's passengers could be ached
Many Of the Nurses Hurt.
There they learned that there wer'
hurt men and women almost unat
tended at the station. Many OF thes'
nurses had been cut n bruised Il
their brave fight to get to all OF theiI
babies and take them to safety. No
a few OF them wore bandages aroun'
their heads. Thear work was 50 stead.
and so gentle that not a few of tn
surgeons and policemen lodging In an.
out OF the station hospital paused T.
pat them ON the shoulder n say
Good, girls; keep 1t up!'
Word OF the disaster was receives
at the Cathedral by Archbishop Earle!
In person. The shock of the explosion
had been 80 severe there that tn
Archbishop at first thought that tn
-. explosion was In the Cathedral itself
He learned from Police Headquarter
, where It was and how terrible.
Al once the Archbishop telephones