Show l HORRORS I OF ARMENIAN EARTHQUAKE AS A l DOCTOR VIEWED I IT a c ti nu b a i w. w r f i inu Lf A At 1 t vi Ai X 44 r LF f n r v s waua a y p a aA C U j A quake post-quake scene on one of the principle thoroughfares of is viewed above At left a brave father smiles into the camera from beneath the wagon top to which the catastrophe grove him for a habitation A youngster sitting amid the ruins of his home is seen receiving succor from a relief worker NOTE This NOTE This graphic description of the horrors of the Armenian earthquake was written among the ruins excl exclusively for NEA Service and The Telegram by the chief s sur sus' f geon at the Near East Relief hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- in and near It was in that region that the ca catas catastrophes catastrophe's as- as hand was felt heaviest By WALTER H. H SISSON M. M D D. D For NEA Servi Service e. e Armenia r I am writing this after five days of harrowing har liar rowing ro experiences in the very heart of or the sever severest st series of ot earthquakes earthquakes earthquakes earth earth- quakes that have occurred in Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian Armenia In inthe the past st century When the first tremor came cam I was sitting by the fireside in my little littlestone littlestone littlestone stone residence near the orphan orphan- I age V The whole house shook the I Iwas was like a storm at sea sea sea-a a great shrieking noise pushed through the walls and doorways and a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre I blast of air came down th the chimney instantly extinguishing the big wood fire and scattering embers over the floor The earth outside seemed to be full of ot opening fissures We Ve hesitated hesitated hesitated hesi hesi- to step out Then the tremors tremors tremors tre tre- tre- tre mors stopped I saddled my horse and galloped two miles to the main hospital where there lUere were pa pa- Fortunately this bu building withstood withstood with with- withstood stood the shock and soon the casualties casualties casualties cas cas- began coming in many of them frightfully mangled I 1 was amputating a ha hand d when the second second second sec sec- ond s shock ocl came at midnight It was twice as severe as the first and of ot cO considerably y longer duration Again the hospital stood firm and andI I went back hack to work From rom one village of people were dug clug out dead from the their l' l ruined homes We Ve have ha had thirty babies born to earthquake mothers all of them doing well Around me mea a whole hole nation is again reduced to the li lit lif of the refugee living like animals and flies er e everywhere where My Myown Myown Iy own home is wrecked and my fam family family ram ram- ily is camped in an alfalfa patch We Ve had a a few hours of or blizzard yesterday esterday although today Is like summer Yet I am very very proud the of-the way our Americans have already begun gun gunto to bring brin order out of ot chaos Our seven senn hospitals p partly in tents and partly under the stars are are disposing ing mg of unbelievable numbers of ot pa patients patients patients pa- pa in a manner best described by the ol old slogan Business as as usual Clara Olsons Olson's sons Grave rave ravet t k gw f Nix sw c M w s 0 J n nF nY Y F S 7 J J m R f l This shows members of a sheriffs sheriff's posse just after they had discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered shallow gra e in which the body of Clara Olson was buried burled near Rising Sun Wis Vis The picture was taken just lust before the body was lifted fr m the grave The girls girl's s sweetheart Erdman Olson is being sought as her slay slayer er |