Evening star., 1922-01-30

The Star representative was reporting
supnosed dead in the ruins to his
paper when cry pierced the room.
one of the proprietors rushed to the
phone and asked the reporter to talk
in lower tones, as Mrs. Michaelis' hus
band was still in the wreckage.
Loses Father, Brother, Sister.
AS early as 1890 Saturday night
Robert NJ. Fleming, president of the
Sterrett d Fleming Company. auto
mobile dealers. was on the scene look
ing for his father. brother and sister.
all of whom lost their lives in the dis
aster.
Mr.. Fleming bore up bravely, even
when it seemed certain there was
little hope of their recovery. Accom-
panied by the representative of The
Star he made several tripS to the i'm
provised morsue in the FIRST Church
Of Christ, Scientist, and as bodies
were brought in the reporter would
inspect them and then give descrip-
tions to Mr.: Fleming. He finally iden-
TINED all of his relatives.
DR.. j. E. Bianchi, Guatemalan min
lister to the United States, was an
other who seldom left the phone used
by The Star representative. DIR.
B!anchi. while certain his a:ster. Mrs
Virginia Feraud, attended the theater.
hoped against ,hope that maybe it
might not be true
AS each description was telephoned
in to the paper he would stand silently
by and merely shake his head He.
100. accompanied the reporter on
many trips to the morgue in search
OF his relative.
PhysIcian's Office in Use,
Scores of injured taken from the
wreckage were first taken to the
home of DR.. ]. B. Gregg Custis at
1915 Columbia road. DIR. Custis there
| has complete operating room, and
each case of injured from the Column
bla road side of the building was
taken there, where the pain was re-
lieved by hypodermic. cuts stitched.
or other wounds dressed. Every ef-
| fort was made to relieve the suffer-
ing.
AS soon as the first aid treatment
was applied the case was transferred
to a hospital to- make room for an
other. Many times there were a
line of litters waiting on the floor
from the front door to the operating
room in the rear. While DR.. Custfs,
assisted by DR.. Stiles of the public
health service and Commander
warner. surgeon. U. S. Navy, worked
ilne OF litters to ascertaia whether
1T was necessary to put them on the
table before sending them to the
hospital. or whether treatment could
ne gwen without the necessity of
table" attention.
trained nurses had been mobilized
to assist in the first aid work. MANY
OF the cases were dispatched to their
homes after treatment in the first aid
station at DR.. Custis' house.
Manager Collins of the Shoreham
Hotel was among those who sent
trucks with coffee and sandwiches for
the relief workers. The hotel also
was thrown open to the injured and
rescuers. 'N
r. c. Mills Of 1854 Lanier place was
nlghly complimented by those in
charge Of the rescue work for the aid
ne contributed. Mr.. Mills. on learn
ing or the news. quickly gathered up
an the auto jacks procurable, rushed
70 the scene, and throughout the
| night worked indefatigably with his
| useful tools
Gave Life for His Wife.
That Howard Kneesi, one Of the
| pest known automobile men in the
| city, gave his life for his wife was
| attested by her last night. Mr..
] Kneesi, with his wife and young
! son, was sitting near an aisle when
| the crash came. He showed Mrs
kneesi to safety. but was caught
himself in great pile of debris. His
| baby was rescued later. Mrs. Kneesi
was not seriously injured.
Howard kneesi, as he was known
| to all identified with the automobile