prised of the storm while others slept but it was no less to their credit that they were early on the scene ready and willing to render aid to the injured and those bereft of their homes.
All of the hospitals were crowded and several hotels were opened as emergency hospitals. Many of the cases were slight casualties only but nurses and physicians served for long hours in looking after the wounded. All ambulances were busy for days, and besides the vehicles built especially for this purpose many cars to bring in the injured were volunteered.
Hundreds were badly hurt, some of whom may not recover. Newspapers reported about 500 fractured skulls. A fractured skull always is serious enough though not necessarily fatal. There were many broken bones, and any number who got nails and splinters in their feet and hands. The McAllister and Columbus Hotels in Miami, the Flamingo, Roney Plaza, William Penn, Floridian hotels at Miami Beach were thrown open for emergency cases, and to refugees, for the number of hospitals at Miami and Miami Beach was not sufficient to meet the extraordinary demand upon their accommodations.
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ORPHANS OF THE STORM BEING MOTHERED BY GIRL SCOUTS.
