Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-26
VICTIM PRAISES
LOCAL HOSPITAL
Tells of Conditions There on
.EventfuI Saturday Night

The following letter received by
the EVENING NEWS this morning
from one of the persons injured In
the recent auto bus accident at Sc
warren, regarding the hospital and
the recent upheayal there, explains
itself:
New York, Dec. %, 1912.
Editor Perth Amboy Evening News,
Perth Amboy, N. j.
Dear Sir:-I being n of the un-
fs"tunates injured at the "Sewaren
Crossing on Saturday, December
14th, and naturally wishing to learn
the extent of injuries sustained by
the other passengers, as well as the
progress of their recovery, have had a
copy of your valuable issue every
day since the accident occurred.
In fridays, December 19th). Is
sue, | was much surprised by the
headlines: Hospital superintendent
and Assistant Superintendent Res
ignations Asked For" and as to
some of the causes for such action.
I therefore, consider 1t only just
to those mentioned in the article,
that you grant me space, for what ]
term "~Vind1cat1On.
/ was assisted on board the train
that brought the dead and injured
to your city; but refused the medical
aid at hand, for the reason ] knew J
was neither dead or dying, and re-
quested that those more seriously in
jured, be attended to first.
Upon arrival at Perth Amboy kind
friends had an automobile take me
to DR.. HeDry's, where it was said he
was out of town; but that his assist
ant, DR.. Hanson, was at the hospital.
] then said We had better go to the
hospital, as likely all the medical
fraternity had been summoned there.
On arrival at the hospital, / naturally
asked for DR.. Hanson, who was In
the hospital office at the time. His
appearance appealed to me, moi from
the standpoint as to the years he had
attained In age, but from knowledge
OF my own as to the up-to-date meth
cd Of the younger surgeons and ply
sicians. J must honestly acknowl-
edge, regardless of this feeling, that
he has proved exactly what ] sized
him up to be, a man worthy OF the
highest recommendation. He was
certainly an artist in my case, and
has brought me around equal to the
worlds best in his profession. |
had a bad laceration of the nos and
forehead. fractured rib and both legs
badly damaged, which DR.. Hanson
will tell you.A | was not aware / was
so badly used up at the time, or
might have remained at the hospital.
i 4 f0,.aI Tho hor{ ~ n n M OF
1875 Market street, your city. until
today, when / was removed to New
York. '
On my arrival at the hospital |
saw the young lady Assistant Super
intendent and the Hear Night Nurse,
| believe, ard both were doing the
work of at least six. They appeared
to be in a dozen places at the same
time, doing all in their power to as
sist the physicians and the injured;
and furthermore, | must say, from
what ! saw of your city hospital, ii
was very far above the average hos
pitfalls of the country today-clean-
illness and order certainly prevailed.
I consider it a worse injury than
those sustained by me, to think that
.dissension was caused at a time when
your city was taxed to the limit in
caring for those poor unfortunates.
Let us hope that the better ma
ture of your hospital board will right
what looks like a wrong to those
mentioned.
Very truly yours,
LOUIS e. WHITE,
Hotel knickerbocker, Broadway and
42nd ST., New York City.