The New York herald., 1922-01-30
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experiment with the other. Same result.
Col Taylor looked dazed. Then he
smiled and drew a long breath.
Not hurt q bit !" he shouted. and
sprang upright. But the strain had been
too much The officer swayed on his
feet. Rescuers helped him to a seat on
pile of debris. The Colonel remained
quiet for space of FIVE minutes.
"All right now," he said. and proved
1t by joining in the rescue work.
Rescuers caught sight of the face Of
q man in the wreckage. Debris con-
cealed his body. Can you get me out? 2"
The mans voice was faint A dozen men
attacked the pile of wreckage. AS they
worked the man tried to give them di-
rections. But his strength was nearly
gone. At last they got him out Brok-
enly he gave his name-Dr. Clyde Gear.
hart
There's a woman in there" said Dr.
Gearhart. II could feel her near me all
right. Never mind me; get her OUT
The woman was dead.
Lieut.. v. NJ. Parsons of the Marine
Corps, assisted in the rescue work.
Courage of those pinned beneath the
wreckage made it easier to save them"
said Lieut. Parsons. I'VE took out one
man whose legs presented the appear
Then he looked anxiously at his leg. He
was horribly mangled. He was con-
scious.
How about cigarette?' was the
first thing he said. I'VE gave one to
him. He took puff. inhaled the smoke.
Then he locke danxiously at his legs. He
smiled. Then he said: Looks as if / had
six instead of two Then he tainted"
At about ten thirty last night as the
number of rescued began to increase, a
young woman of about twenty whose
name could not be learned was taken to
the lobby of the theater on a stretcher.
She was badly injured, her pale face
showing the effects of her suffering. She
protested on being loaded into an am
bulance, saying There is nothing wrong
with me. look after some one else" This
was the characteristic spirit of those
who were rescued. Dying men joked
with one another while the rescuers
worked toward them through the net
work of steel wire. steel beams and con-
crete.
Disorganized and frantic efforts ham,
pered the rescuers greatly. In removing
possible to tell whether the rubbish was
being thrown over a spot where another
human being was imprisoned. under the
heavy concrete. No real work was done
toward clearing away the debris until
the army took hold of the work at about
130. Lack of light hampered the res
cuers throughout the night, hand flash
lights being almost the only means OF
searching beneath the debris. The the
ater management did all within its
power to remedy the situation, ordering
supplies Of all kinds. Several electricians
who were on the scene made leads and
fixtures from the material supplied.
Mrs. Dorsey Bush, telephone operator.
ma de possible the prompt care of many
victims at Garfield Hospital last night.
Mrs. Bush. in charge of the hospital
received notice of the dis
aster few minutes after 1t occurred.
Her first move was to call the emer-
gency wards and give notice that many
patients might be expected. Next she
got list of physicians from the classi-
fled section of the directory. While
the regular calls of the switch
board. Mrs. Bush found time to call
nineteen physicians and direct them to
report at the wrecked theater.
Another case ~ mothers anxiety
ana a daughters solicitude was illus
rated by that of Miss Helen Hopkins.
After physician had given morphine
10 her to ease her pain she begged some
body to call lier mother. who was seri
Dusly i'll with pneumonia, and tell her
she was all right. Upon being told the
mother said, THANK God Thank God
Tell her I'm praying for her. and Mrs.
Hopkins then asked for news concern
ing +. II. Ernest of Brooklyn. N. Y.
who was staying at her home and had
Miss Hopkins to the thea
.er. She was told he had been killed.
Women belonging to the Red Cross
Motor Corps mobilized soon after the
disaster to assist in the work of caring
FOR sufferers and transporting them to
hospitals. These women drove their
,ars continuously back and forth be-
tween the wrecked theater and hospitals
IN the face of the blizzard that gripped
Ill Washington early yesterday.
Miss Mabel Boardman. formerly n
of the District of Column |
oa. passed part of the night in the
vreckage directing efforts Of Red Cross
workers. Miss Boardman at one time |
vas a high official of the Red Cross.
The sad task of attempting to locate
friends and relatives known to have been
n the theater at the time of its collapse
vas greatly hampered by the lack OF
facilities Those COM
On nies that had not called all their cars
n were showed under with urgent"
H. hot ,a4 he A
yirl who did not give her name. rushed
,nxiousy into Garfield Memorial Hospi-
al 10 inquire about her mother and
ather. Upon being answered in the
negative she completely broke down
4 few sympathetic questions elected her
story. She had engaged taxicab. but
vas told she. could use II only thirty