Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-20 | Page 1 | 8 Yanks Die in Bombed Hospital

8 ANK UI IN BOMBED 8 HOSPITAL HU PIT Al Great reaf Red Cross Sign Aids Boche Murder Murders s Fliers to Make Killing of Wo Wounded at Night By Associated Press Pre Wi WITH ITH l TIlE THE AMERICAN W w. ARMY ON THE LORRAINE LORRAINE LOR LOR- RAINE FRONT Sept Sep Eight 20 Eight Amer Americans American cans were k killed lle a clearing hospital al was v V s s pit hit it by Ty ya y a a a aGerman German shell Y Wednesday The enemy threw a large Jarge number of ot highe high e explosive projectiles l In In the the region region of tOt the hospital hospit 1 on on i ta two c suc successive nights hit hit hit hita a large laige t tent where ga gassed sed pa p patients t were con confined confined fined IT WAS WAS WAS' DELIBERATE A A large targe red S against a field of white had had be been n on th the ground b be be- be tore roie the hospital S 'S so r that Jt could co ld be observed by avla or Officers say 4 y that t the he ns' ns were deliberately tiring firing on th the hospitals a as there es-there thel are no Woods where the troops might be I concealed The rhe majority of the Am Anier Americans rl ar ana s ki killed In ri the hospital were Vere privates who who- had hadeen been een gassed recently west of ot Vandi- Vandi I oros ros Several members of ot the medical corps wV were ath ng the tIe injured pj red CONFUSION IN N DA DARKNESS KNESS The shell struck the h hospital about midnight and th there re was great confusion contusion contu- contu sion don O ng io o the darkness Oth Other r I shells continued to tall saIl in tn n thee the near vicinity of ot the hospital Officers ers speak k in tn t terms of ot f the heroic attempts of at the attendants attend attend- ants nt i to relieve relle jh the h suf of the wounded J m n el o of the st staff staf fl I lid ild all possible notwithstanding daner danger dan dan- ngeT n geT ger er from the other th r shells The nurses ur s st. tt t. t the thC I. I are 11 i as as wo en nunes are not flOe permitted so 0 near t the e t. t i io- io jd t 1 J i t I f c 1