The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03
zen requisitioned to accommodate the

been requisitioned to accommodate the
injured.
AS stories are told Of the coming
of the storm, the heart strings are
torn and wrenched by the tales OF suf-
fering revealed. Listeners are moved
to conditions unimaginable.
Eleven Men in One Room.
At the general hospital. the wards
have been opened to accommodate the
injured and nurses are kept busy at
tending to the sufferers. Al the Grey
Nuns hospital. in one room are
stretched IL men. all of them unable
to move from the injuries which they
received. The nuns. including the sis
ter superior. are all at work and no
rest is allowed them. All the nurses
that could he secured are hourly visit
ing the sick and from there the report
comes that none of the patients are
SO seriously hurt that they will not
recover. Proha bly, the most seriously
injured outside of the two who have
broken legs is Mrs. McDougall, who is
unable to open her eyes.
The faces of many of the patients
cannot he recognized and hurried
glance at the forms lying on the cots
would lead one to think that the
Preparations are being made for a
long distance telephone exchange at
the corner of Albert and Dewdny
streets and instructions have been sent
to Montreal for switchboard.
1t is stated that no action will he
taken to drain the lake at present for
fear of typhoid fever. The lake will,
however. be dragged for dead bodies.
Accept Offers of Help.
The finance committee met this
evening and decided to accept all Of
fers of help which have been made.
among them being the following: City
of Winnipeg. Calgary. Edmonton,
Moose Jaw. government Of Manitoba,
Dominion government and Winnipeg
Telegram.
His worship was asked by the COM
n'lttee to reply to all wires received.
accepting their offers with the city's
thanks. a committee of forty young
men was appointed to canvass the city
and make lists of the missing and also
lists of the needs of the people who
We're driven out
special request is made that all
people who are living with others re
port at once to the city hall in order
that proper lists of the missing may
he prepared. 1t was stated that Cor
oner Johnstone had stated that the
total death list resulting from the ac-
cldent would reach over 20.
The militia. in conjunction with the
mounted police. will police the area.
Fifteen graves have been dug and
others are being arranged for. The
committee was opposed to the idea of
a public grave
One hundred tents will be erected
IN the parks while others will be pro-
Nlded through the city.
The president of the board of trade
offered if it We're needed. to hand back
what remained of the city's grant
Splendid Organization.
In no respect is the disaster more
remarkable than for the organization
OF the dltferent city departments for
the relief of the suffering.
relief committee with ex-Alder-
man M'Cannell at its head. has its
hea dquart"rs in the mayors office TO
dea With all cases of personal need.
Citlzens whose homes escaped de-
struction. file in. offering one. two or
.hree rooms for the accommoia ton of
the destitute. Up to noon TODAY very
lew cases had been brought to the at
tentlon of the committee. as the res