Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-31
HUN filters BOMB
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by MANY Americans IN villages over which
the raiders passed The Germans came
III wave formation and then scattered
widely
RIG GUNS SHELL VILLAGE.
One squadron dropped bombs q few
hundred feet from an American field
hospital and nj the same time one of the
long range guns SHIELDED a village n few
hundred yards away
The first alarm was sounded at II
o'clock. The dropping of bombs and the
firing OF many antI-alrcraft guns began
almost Immediately Later there was a
brief pause after which the raiders re-
turned to remain almost until dawn
\ new American evacuation hospital
had been or"' only yesterday in a
certain vill,Ge. A b nh fell in front Of it
last night and Uttered windows, but
none of the ,...Icnts was injured.
BoMBs FAILED TO mr."
In some Instances the bombs fell within
80 and 10 feet OF a hospital building but
fortunately, there were no direct hits
4 French nurse, her mother and two
little sisters were killed in house a
short distance from a hospital
Another nurse was standing on the
upper floor Of the hospital ministering TO
patients when piece of bomb struck
her piercing her lung
Five American nurses were IN the same
hospital They were Miss Natalie Scott,
OF New Orleans; Miss Helen Spaldlng,
OF Brooklyn, Miss; Mary MeCadlish,
Cleveland. and Miss Constance Coo, of
San Francisco,
HERoINES THESE NURSES.
While the raid was III progress they
went about cheering the patients. Al
though many serious cases OF sIok and
wounded were aggravated because they
had to be moved, the nurses had 70 ca rry
them 10 the lower floors and the cellar.
1T WAS an exciting time, said Miss
Scott. but theirs YVES no panic Some
of our boys actually slept through Ii all
although their beds wsre showered with
broken glass.
Three American amEulanees were eaug &
In the raid. Sergeant Ethan Wells, Of
San Francisco, who was driving the first
ambulance, said:
Our three ambulaaees were hurTylng
to hospitals with patients when bomt-
wrecked building directly in front of Us,
in narrow street. Our ambulance was
perforated by flying missiles We were
all hurled out, but escaped with few
scratches.
Private Robert A. Bowman, Of Gal
weston who was in the same car, said:
81 here was u terrific explosion The
next thing | knew ! was lying on the
ground looked around, and heard
the patients gruaning. / pulled myself
u H.,
jured, except Tor the shock. Our atRbu-
lance was shot To pieces
The second car apparently received the
full force Of the explosion, and was com
pletely wrecked.
Private Roscoe Wiley OF MadisonvilIe
Texas, WAS driving the third ear Ser
geant J w NoIder Of Altoona, Pa. and
three patients were with him.
There was wreckaga all around us, ="
said Sergeant Nolder. Injured civilians
in the shattered houses nearby were beg
glng for help. We all pitched in as soor
as we had recovered from the shock, and
assisted In the work Of rescue. We had
To dig many persons from the debris,
by the light of small pocket lamps. Mean
while enemy aircraft wore buzzlng ovar-
head. The baTrage was deafeniDg. Bombs
continued to fall Il was worse than
anything in the trenches ! would rather
have been ia No Mans Land"
In one village large funeral establish
ment opposite hospital WAS bombed and
wrecked
The Americans and French joked and
laughed One American said:
We've got Fritz goat. We licked the
tar out OF him when we took Cantigny.
Nov that some Of us are sick or injured
and helpless he wants revenge. III muir
dering sick and wounded defenseless
women and old men and children is his
dea of 'Kultur' we must destroy 'KuItur'
4 it takes us hundred years"