Byline: Ada Sweet; 1889-12-13; The Chicago Tribune; pages 2
Report: Sensational: the Hidden History of America's "Girl Stunt Reporters"
Tags: healthcare, policing, Chicago
"Clang! Clang! Clang! The sharp alarm rings out clear and loud above the roar of traffic. What is it You glance up to see a patrol-wagon hurrying through the crowded streets and if you give it a thought it is that it bears away to the police station some drunken man or arrested thief and you forget the next instant all about it. Pause a moment and follow, in thought, thtat rattling, clanging, madly galloping police outfit. In it may lie in silent agony some workman who has just fallen from a high wall or scaffold in a great building; or an old man, perhaps, lies there, crushed into bleeding helplessness by some passing wagon on the crowded street; or a victim of fire, suffering all the torment of martyrdom. Nay, there may lie in that crashing, swaying vehicle some mother in the first terror and pangs of maternity, or a little child who, in its play, has met death in some sudden and terrible form."
Description:Ada Sweet's follow-up article to Stackhouse's patrol-wagon stunt.
Rights: Ada Sweet, "An Ambulance Corps Needed," The Chicago Tribune (Newspapers.com a paid subscription)
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