SURGEON’S COURAGE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7019, 6 January 1910, Page 4

SURGEON’S COURAGE.

■William J. Wade, a y- nv « the' fl New York Herald '), who, v x» at. tho eighth floor of the new building at the corner of Fourth-avenuejand eevonth street, was stopped at his- "orn by -the swinging of a steel beamv H slipped from its chain while £ tod, and crashed against the Ipft le" breaking it in two places. Wade tvflis helucd to a beam toward the oentie of the 'building, and held prevised stretcher of steel by of his fellows labourers, for if m tno writhing caused by his jwm he e'™ l ,' to either side he would hnvo lalten through to the basement a, hundred feet bolowf A dull for on ambulance.,woe sent 'meanwhile to Bellevue hospital., and arrived in short wrHi Dr. Shlson-in. charge. Ho saw the ,at » glance, and seizing his bag of imints and bandages, started up to mid-air porch where his patient was -awaiting him. For .three flights he piocccdod by rude atdirways, for four by ladders, and then they swung the 6Uigooti in a boatswain’s chair to the eightn floor. Over swaying boards ho made his way to Wade. 1 ... "Now, if one or two of yon boys wilt take .care of me while' Pm busy, for 1 might get so interested that I woum lose my balance, we will proceed with the ' bone-setting,” said the surgeon. Ho balanced himself to where- Wade was lying and then. straddling a beam while strong hands steadied him from either eidc lie . went swiftly about bus work. ‘While Dr. Stileon was working, the foreman was xiggiug ; tli© (most remarkable aerial ambulance even put into commission. It consisted of q, section of planking held up. lit the corners with chains, and it was swung at th© end of a wire cable. The wounded, workman was first, placed on tho. hoi fit and thou tho surgeon took a place by his side. A third man joined th© party, 1 -in. order to .steady the contrivance in its journey to tbo street. The driver sant th© ©lectrio ambulance toward th© spot where, h© expected, the lift ,to descend, and he cal* culated with such accuracy that it was hardly any task at all to elide Wade into the .couch awaiting him. -