Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-31
DROP BOMBS
ALL AROUND
BUT HIT NONE
Soldier Patients Rushed
to Cellars = Flying
Glass Hurts Few
BULLETIN.

Bl LIZ I'm
With the British Army in
France, May 81, (By the Asso-
, eiated Press Another big
british hospital was bombed by
German airmen early yesterday
morning and once more many
medical workers and some pa
fents were killed and wounded.
the hospital caught hre after
a large section OF the building
had been demolished by a
bomb. 4 few women nurses
we're among the slain and their
bodies, together with those OF q
considerable number more OF
the personnel and patients are
buried in tine ruins, according
to the latest reports.
With The American Army in
France, Thursday, May 30.-By
the Associated Press -Cer-
man airmen made preten.iOus
raid on the are behind the
American lines in Picardy last
night. Bombs were dropped on
ali sides of one OF the largest
hospitals in 4 town many miles
TO the rear of the front. Amer
lean and French wounded sol
diers were carried to cellars
and caves by Am srican nurses
ind members OF the American
Red Cross.
Only a few persons were in
jurod by flying glass as most of
the windows in the hospitals
had been shattered by bombs
dropped the previous night.
Several private houses were
wrecked and number OF civil
hHs, including several babies,
we're killed and injured.
That the raid was planned on F;
much larger scale than recent onei
over this territory is evidenced
from reports made by many Amer
leans in villages over which thu
raiders passed. The Germans cam,
in wave formation and then scat
Tered widely. One squadron drop
ped bombs few hundred feet from
IN American field hospital and a
The same time one of the long rang
guns shelled a village a few hun
ired yards away.
Nike All Night Stay.
The first alarm was sounded a
Il o'clock. The dropping Of bombs
IND the firing of many anti-aircraf
guns began almost Immediately
later there was brief pause, after
which the raiders returned to re
main almost until dawn.
In some instances the bombs fel
within 80 or 40 feet of a hospita
but. fortunately, there
we're no direct hits. A French
lurse, her mother and two little
listers, were killed in house {
hort distance from a hospital. An
ther nurse was standing on the
PIPER floor of the hospital, minis
ering to patients, when a piece o.
'omb struck her, piercing her lung
Nurses Stick at Posts.
Five American nurses were il
ne same hospital. They were Mis-:
'atalie Scott Of New Orleans, Miss
ielen Spalding of Brooklyn, Mis-:
larry McCadlish of Atlanta anC
liss Constance Cook of San Fran
isco.
While the raid was in progress
ley went about cheering the pa
lents. Although many cases o.
.ek and wounded were aggravated
ecause they had to be moved, the
arses had to carry them to the
over floors and the cellar.
1t was an exciting time" said
liss Scott, but there was no panic
ONE Of our boys actually SLEPT
lrough it all, although their beds
ere showered with broken glass.
Three AmbuIances Caught
Three American ambulanceS
ERE caught in the raid Sergear:
Than Wells. of San Francisco
no was driving the first ambu-
nee. said.
Our three ambulances were
arrying to hospitals with patients
Zen a bomb wrecked q building
lfeetly in front of US. in a mar
'R street. Our ambulance was
eftorated by flying missiles. We
ere hurled out but escaped with
few scratches"
The second car received the full
'fce OF the explosion and was
rocked completely.
PriVate Roscoe Wiley. Madison
lie, Texas. was driving the third
u. Sergeant J ". Nolder, of Al
'ona, Pa and three patients were
ith him.
There was wreckage all around
!, said Sergeant Nolder In
fed civilians in the shattered
buses nearby were begging for
Up. We all pitched in as soon as
: mad recovered from the shock
"a assisted in the work of res
le- We had TO dig many persons
On the debris. by the light OF
naA pocket lamps. Meanwhile
iemy aircraft were buzzing over
.1d; The barrage was deafening-
SMos continued TO fall. II was
0fse than anything in the trench
!, ! ! would rather have been in
07Aans land"