New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-07
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p MI. ltc that j thought OF anything
like that.
MacFarlin was doing splendid work.
There is nothing you can compare his
work TO except smooth running au-
tomobile that carries you over the
ground az great rate of speed with
cut your approaching that you really
are travelling fast. | certainly propose
taking mis- case up with Commissioner
Woods. MacFarlin didn't do any more
than one should expect from a New
York policeman, but when one shows
up the way he did he should be recOg-
niZed. He is the sort of man that
ought to be around where emergencies
and big things are apt to happen.
Doctors DO Splendid Work.
The doctors and the pulmotors began
coming soon after ! 90 there. ! didn'
have time or inclination to ask names
They were a splendid lot. ] should say
that ] saw the pulmotor used on not
less than fifteen persons. There was one
doctor there from the Polytechnic Hos
pital-a big, gray-haired chap who
did splendid work He was sim
ply wonderful. Then there was another
doctor who happened to be passing IN
his car. and he jumped right into the
middle Of things. He was from Troy
q Scotchmsn. with just the slightest
burr TO his speech TO suggest his an
tecedents. When things quoted down
bit ! asked him his name.
at doesn't matter, madam, he sald
81 don't belong TO New York"
"But people will want to know. and
] want to know; you have done so
much good. relieved so much suffer
ing" | answered.
THAT, lady" said he, ais why went
into the profession"
Then a friend of his slapped him on
the back and said for me 10 never mind
his modesty, that the name was DR.. r.
S. Kinlach. of Troy. ! don't think he
liked his friend telling me his name.
The two boys who ripped the grating
off were right with me all the time. !
am sorry | did not get their names. as
| think both lost their overcoats. lhey
took them of, one TO put under the
head of a woman, the other 10 wrap
, around a woman who had lost her coat
in some way. Both seemed to be poor
bows. and the loss of their coats may
be serious to them. Poor reward for
such heroic work!
Everybody who came up out OF the
subway told a worse story than those
who had preceded. That was because
the conditions were getting worse every
minute, ! suppose. The irish guards
they said. behaved splendidly. One
woman told me how one of them, a
giant. had lifted her bodily and forced
a way out for her. Others said the
. same things-how gates were thrown
open quickly. One fellow, while women
were screaming md fainting, kept cry
ing above the din: "Take your time
evervbody's safe; watch your step!
lust as coolly as though he were let
ting passengers off in the Grand Zen
trail Station.
Saws Guards Were Heroes
Somebody says one Of the evening
papers stated that the guards were
rough. | heard of no such case
Every one with whom | talked, espe'
cially the women, said the guards were
heroes every one. | believe 1t. II
they had lost their heads or any num-
her OF them became hysterical or eX,
cited | hate to think Of what would
have happened. 1t was bad enough as
il was.
Even with all the care that the
guards took and the gallant-yes, thai
is the word conduct of the men pas'
sengers, some of the women were tram,
MED on. They fell fainting IN cars ano
on platforms, everywhere they could
and il was impossible that none shoulC
be stepped on. Some of those whom
assisted were badly SCARED about the
face.
There were so many things that hap,
pened that cannot think of them al
at once-cplendid things, the KIND o.
things one likes to think OF people
doing. There was one young man VINO
stood right at that hole handing the
women and men up as fast as they
came. He was just as gentle as
child. | asked him if the would not Dc
late for work. He smiled.
"I'm sorry, missus," he SAID, out
am one of the unfortunates. ! nave nc
work. This is the first chance l nave
had to work in a long time"
The boy was looking for WORK "heu
the accident happened. l TOOK ms
name and address. He is Charles Az,
freed, of 734 Eleventh av. wish
had a place to give that boy. 80,
Then there was fireman, Keilly; OF
| O'Reilly. of the ODD Company. After
seeing him | know what men say whei,
/ they sneak of another as game.
When they brought him out of th'
/ hole | thought he was done Tor
really thought he would never come
hack TO consciousness. After the doc
/ tors brought him around he tired e
get up. told him to lie stu, that nj
couldn't get up. ~ ;. -,
81 must" he said, give got TO g
hack. There's work back there.
don't know how many's dead
Firemen Ill, but Game.
He tried to get up, put fell back
/ The strength wasn't IN him. lie mad'
another attempt, and again fell back
The last saw of him two men were
/ leading, half carrying, him away an'
he was insisting that he was all righ
and was going back. dare say NJ
: did. ,,,,
Another young hero was a younl
man named Solomon, Leon Sa ONION
Of eos West oath ST., learned. H'
was a wonderful helper, bringing
water. bandages and applying com
presses. Unlike the other boys, M
seemed TO be well-to-do. lie az
everything that n trained hosplta
belper would be expected to do.
All this time, remember there were