Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
[By the Associated Press.]


With the American Army in France,
May 30.-German airmen made a pre-
tentious raid on the area behind the
American line In Picardy last night.
Bombs were dropped on all sides of
a large hospital many miles in the rear
of the front.
American and French wounded SOL
diers were carried to cellars and
caves by nurses and members of the
Red Cross.
Only few persons were injured by
flying glass. as most of the windows of
the hospital had been shattered by
bombs dropped the previous night
Several civilians, including babies. were
killed and injured.
Raid Planned on Large Scale.
The raid was planned on a much
larger scale than the recent ones over
the American lines, as evidenced by re-
ports from various sections.
The Germans came in wave forma-
tion and then scattered widely. One
squadron dropped bombs o few hun.
fdrea feet from an .AmectcaH field hpa,
lpital and at the same time one OF the
long-range guns shehed village few
hundred yards away.
The first alarm was sounded at II
o'clock. The dropping Of bombs and
tho firing Of many aircraft guns be-
gan almost Immediately. Later there
was q brief pause after which the raid
ers returned to remain almost until
dawn.
Score No Direct Hits.
In, some instances the bombs fell
within thirty or forty feet of n hos
pital building but fortunately. there
was no direct hit. A French nurse
her mother and two little sisters wefe
killed in house a short distance from
a hospital.
Another nurse was standing on the
upper floor Of the hospital 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
Spaulding. of Brooklyn; Miss Mary
McCandlish, Of Atlanta; Miss Blanche
Gilbert, Of Cleveland. and Miss Con-
stance Cook, Of San Francisco.
Garry Patients to Safety.
While the raid was in progress they
went about cheering the patients. AL
tho many cases of sick and wounded
were aggravated because they had to
be moved. the nurses had 10 carry them
to the lower floors and the cellar.
ut was an exciting time" said Miss
Scott, but there was no panic. Some
of our boys actually slept thru 1t all
nltho their beds were showered with
broken glass"
Ainbulances Caught in Raid.
Three American ambulances were
caught in the air raid. Sergeant Ethan
Wells. of San Francisco. who was driv
ing the Arst ambulance. setd:s
"Our three ambulances were hurry
ling to hospitals with patients when a
bomb wrecked a building in a narrow
street. ahead Sf u.s. We were hurled
out but escaped WITH few scratches"
The second car apparently received
the force of the explosion and was
wrecked completely. Roscoe Wiley. OF
IMadisonville,, Wis, was driving the
third car. Sergeant J. w. Nolder, OF
Altoona, Pa, and three patients were
with him.
Assist In Rescue Work.
"There was wreckage all around u.s.
he said. injured civilians in the shat
tered houses nearby were begging for
help. We all pitched in as soon as we
had recovered from the shock and as
sisted in the work of rescue. We had
Ito dig many persons from the debris
Iby the Hight Of small pocket lamps.
meanwhile enemy airplanes were
lbuzzing overhead. Bombs continued to
fall. 1t was worse than anything in
the trenches. would rather have been
i'm no mans land"