The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31
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US. H0SP|T AIS
DYNAMITE FALLS AROUND
BUILDINGS CONTAINING
WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
TWO WOMEN ARE KILLED
Two Little Sisters of Same Family
Also Perish-Three American
Ambulances are Caught in Raid
and Patients Thrown Out.
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated freSS)
With the American Army in
France, May 30.-(Thursday)-
German airmen made pretentious
raid on the area behind the Ameri-
can lines in Picardy last night.
Bombs were dropped on all sides
OF one OF the largest hospitals in
4 town many miles to the rear Of
the front. American and French
wounded soldiers were carried to
cellars and caves by American
nurses and members OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Only few persons Were injured
by flying glass, as most of the win
dows in the hospital had been shat
tered by bombs dropped the pre-
vious night. Several private houses
were wrecked and number of
civilians, including several babies,
were killed and injured.
That the raid was planned on
much larger scale than recent ones
over this territory is evidenced from
reports made by many Americans
in villages over which the raiders
passed. The Germans came in wave
formation, then scattered widely
One squadron dropped bombs a
few hundred feet from an American
field hospital and at the same time
one of the long range guns shelled
village a few hundred yards away.
Raid Until Dawn.
The first alarm was sounded at
II o'clock. The dropping of bombs
and the firing OF many anti-aircraft
guns began almost Immediately
Later there was a brief pause. after
which the raiders returned to re-
main until almost dawn.
A new American evacuation hos
pital had been opened only yes
terday in certain village. A bomb
fell in front of it last night and |
windows, but none of the
patients was injured. In some in
stances, the bombs fell within 80 or
40 feet of hospital building, but
tortunately y there were no direct hits
a French nurse, her mother and
two little sisters were killed in a
house a short distance from a hos
pital. Another nurse was standing
on the upper floor OF the hospital
ninistering to patients when a piece
Of bomb struck her, piercing one
lung.
Five American nurses were in
The same hospital. They were Miss
Natalie Scott, of New Orleans:
Miss Helen Spalding of Brooklyn;
Miss Mary McCaldish. Miss Blanch
Gilbert, OF Cleveland; Miss Con-
stance Cook Of San Francisco.
Nurses Cheer Wounded.
While the raid was in progress I
he nurses went about cheering the
patients. Although many serious
,ases OF sick and wounded were ag-
,ravated because they had to be !
moved the nurses had TO carry
hem to the lower floors and the
.ellar.
1t was an exciting time" said
Miss Scott, but there was no panic.
some OF our boys actually slept 5
through it all. although their beds
we're showered with broken glass; :
Three American ambulances were
aught in the raid. Sergeant Ethan
Wells of San Francisco. who was
irving the first ambulance, said I
Our three ambulances were hur- :
wing to hospitals with patients
'hen a bomb struck a building di- :
ectly in front of us in 4 narrow ;
treet. Our ambulance was per-
Drated with small pieces of the flr
ig missile. all of us were thrown
ut. but escaped with slight
=
There was a terrific explosion
he next thing / knew was lying
n the ground. | looked around and
card the patients groaning. !
ulled myself together and found
ie patients uninjured except for
ie shock. Our ambulance was
lot to pieces"