The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-19
Directors Plan to Rebuild
and Repair Burned
Structure.
HOLD MEETINGS TODAY
Insurance of $4,000 Will
Likely Cover the
Loss.

NHIIG Tue ilIt 'Hhl WAS destroying
Cook hospital was still raging the men
, who have Ut all times sponsored the
institution and the directors of the
hospital were planning ways AMI
means by which the structure could
/ be rebuilt and immediate provision
made for the caring OF Fairmonts i'll.
boti at present and in tho next few
months.
This afternoon at press tine, the di.
rectors. with the doctors of the city
and others interested, we're in session
/ in the Chamber OF Commerce rooms
! deciding the moving OF the hospital
/ equipment, what il left OF 1t. 10 the
nurses' dornttory. which was uudam
aged. and by renting the house belong
Ing To Mrs. Booher next door. as Il
home for the nurses, make the prescn.
property do until the necessary repairs
can be made to the hospital proper.
The dormitorv has been recently re
papored ana renovated and is provided
With an ojcritirg room !:hich until the
! building OF the present hospital, was
used by DR., Cook In his practice
/ A meeting was held IN the Chamber
CT Commerce rooms tits morning ut
ton o'clock where a report of how
things stood, both in relation to the
building and the condition oil the pa.
TENTS, was made by DR.. France. Dr.
! France reported that the patients we're
all being cared for and were doing adj
nrirably.
I On the motion OF j. NJ. Jacobs, II was
ordered that a committee be appoint
ed 10 have the water removed from
the floors where j. was standing 10
depth Df:steTeFal in slSeSt Or. France
was authorized to SEQ to this.
The big question before the corning
meeting was the selection OF Il place
where the present and Immediately
prospective patients might be cared
tor. DR.. Sands addressed the meeting
and told that while the NCrm1! school
I and the old First ward hospital had
( been mentioned as pos Utilities. he was
strongly in favor OF euuippinC the
nurses GJrmitCr; cor tn" temporary
/ accommodation. Dr. Sands declared
! that in two lays time he believed the
dormirory could be fivcd to handle %
CT 50 patients.
Discussion was INDUCED III by Il
Lumber of those present and II was DC
cided that the entire meeting adjourn
until DnC.th;rty at which time it would
rcasscmblc at the hospital and see ut
, rst hand what might be done to pro.
, vide quarters in the dormitory. From
he results Of IN" inspection this ait.
crnoon the committees have decided
that the best thing to b. dome is to fit
up the nurses dOrmitury.
? Before aJiournlng tn" morning Scs-
ion a committee composed of Ray IF0I
I bert, r. l.. Burchinal and c. S. Riggs.
was appointed to make an estimate of
the damage done which would ai9O be-
j the nature OF. q bid as the sum for
which they would undertake to repair
he damage. This cGmrnittcn vii meet
with tho Insurance adiustcr: who ar
expected tomorrow ln>uranC" ~ Tia.
I building and furnishings Is carried to
the sum of $4,000.
4 committee Of ladies from The WO.
mans auxiliary will be appointed by
! the pre- idCnt. Mrs. G. T.. Hutchinson.
, his afternoon. This "olrmiht"c will
! fix an apprisal OF the damage done TO
furniture u'd riNings in the hospital
! 1t is hoped to have tn" durmi0 DRY tit
o lCu UP anu l''tuN ''l Id'N'HlA ny l1Hivl'
1 row evening.
One of the fine things connected
with the fire fighting last night. and
the caring for tho sick in tho hospital.
was the action Of the nurses. When
the fire was discovered there were
ten nurses on regular duty in the
building. Without FOR Il moment los.
ing their hcdUs they set about getting
the patients out and were almost Who'll
4 " responsible for every person being
, removed safely.
Inc nurses who were on ,uty last
night were Misses Morgan, MCNCar.
! ney. Crook. Glance. Hartman, Martin,
/ Deiling, Wattring Cunningham and
! head nurse, Miss Taylor. Miss Tay.
( lor made trip through the entire
building, room by room, after it was
, reported everyone was out, just to
make sure that no one had been over.
/ looked. Miss rriCkctt, who is office
nurse, was absent when the fire was
discovered but soon was Of the scene
and with the other nurses. worked all
night making comfortable the pa
ticnts, who were scattered in Il half
dozen different buil,u 5.