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Show Well Known Nurse Tells of Earthquake Frenzied people, falling buildings, shrieking of the trapped victims and an organization almost instantly effected ef-fected to help the distressed and wounded feed, clothe and apply medical me-dical aid were some of the highlights high-lights of the earthquake that recently rocked Southern California, according! to Miss Julia Hagan, who arrived inj Gunnison last Friday for a month's j .est and visit with her parents, Dr. i :ind Mrs. J. A. Hagan. Miss Hagan, a trained nurse, and who was in the St. j Mary's hospital at Long Beach when the heavy crash came, barely escaped j with her life. St. Mary's hospital was ' almost totally demolished while Miss i Hagan, assistant in the surgical de- partment, was on duty and caring for; a patient. Sensing her duty, she sawj her patient to safety and then began j searching out others in the hospital,! looking to their welfare. Fortunately, none of the patients were injured at; the St. Mary's, and all were removed to a church building nearby, away from all possible harm. After the', first . real disastrous shock, Miss Hagan was escorted chroughout the stricken area by a convoy of "White Jackets" from one .-f the ships anchored in the San Pedro harbor. In making the rounds, Miss Hagan was frequently called to .issist in the care of the wounded and worked ceaselessly for more than lwenty-four hours, and after a few :ours rest was again "on the job." Homeless, injured and; hungry and tired masses swarmed the streets the day after the main quake, and all had to be cared for. Those more fortun-. ate, together with the financial and food aid from adjoining communities and states, came to a loyal rescue. Since the earthquake Miss Hagan has been at the St. Vincent's hospital, where she graduated and received her training. Just as soon as St. Mary's, hospital is rebuilt, however, she will return there and resume her former position, that of assistant in surgery. |
