The American City 1917 1918 Vol 18 Classic Reprint

Author : American Fund for French Wounded
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334682346
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book American Fund for French Wounded written by American Fund for French Wounded and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Fund for French Wounded: September, 1917-January, 1918; Vols 2-3 Ear the town of S. In a little N valley under the snow capped mountain-s, eleven hundred soldiers were coming home on leave. They were a happy lot of men, sing ing. Cheering, leaving war behind them. Suddenly there was a scarcely perceptible jar, and then slowly, at first not noticably, the train began to gain momentum. As it passed the stations, never stopping, the soldiers saw from the windows the scared faces of the people watching the train ash by. The heavy cars had broken from the engine, the brakes would net work, and at a turn of the rails the whole train piled up in wreckage worse than any battle field. Fire broke out and many were killed. The rest, wounded, their clothes torn from them, were carried to the hospital of 8. Here we, visited them, bringing gifts from the American Fund. Our meager supply of tobacco was showered upon them with prodigal band's. One could see their drawn faces relax even as they lighted the cigarettes. The little coml'ort scented for a moment to dominate the great pain.' The gentle sisters of charity, who are the nurses in the hospital, told us the story of the wreck, and begged the American Fund to replenish their stores, as the accident had exhausted their supplies almost to the lam bandage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."