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| Saturday, April 11, 2015 The Goshen News
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THE GOSHEN NEWS
GOSHEN — Following the first tor-
nado on Palm Sunday, Goshen Hospi-
tal Administrator Kenneth Swanson
reports:
• 6:30 p.m. — Mrs. Francis Eby,
evening supervisor, is alerted by po-
lice and rounds up the three doctors
on duty — Haney, Rheinheimer and
Hooker. She calls for extra bedding as
the first Midway patients arrive.
• 6:45 — Off-duty doctors, employ-
ees and volunteers arrive. A call for
more blood is made to Fort Wayne.
The radio stations issue a call for help
at the hospital. The cafeteria is cleared
of tables.
• 7:00 — A laundry was contacted
to bring our Monday load early. Ralph
Gunden of Goshen College brings
sheets and mattresses to High Park.
Extra beds set up in lobby and hall-
ways. Pharmacies deliver needed sup-
plies.
• 7:30 — Dr. Gunderson and RN
Florence Yoder evaluate patients.
Auxiliary police arrive to handle traf-
fic, visitors and relatives. First major
surgery begins. Dr. Weldon Troyer
reports short wave communications
available.
• 8:00 — Called Chicago for first
medical supplies. Began discharging
patients with minor injuries. Began
feeding people and had a list of pa-
tients available for relatives who were
looking for them.
• 8:30 — Opened college dormito-
ry and admitted patients. Dr. Amstutz
and physicians from Warsaw covered
that building. Dr. Mosemann and stu-
dents from the nursing program were
a great help.
• 9:00 — High school and college
students helped escort patients to
clinic.
• 9:30 — Began discharging vic-
tims; cleaned vacated rooms.
• 10:00 — Transferred intensive
care patients to nursing stations.
• 10:30 — Opened up Goshen
College gymnasium as temporary
morgue.
• 11:00 — Began sending some
workers home; return at 7 a.m.
• 11:30 —Cleaned up kitchen to get
it ready for breakfast.
• 12:00 — Sent some doctors home
for rest; did surgery until 4 a.m.; there
were 150 patients treated at Goshen
General Hospital with only two neu-
rological patients transferred to other
facilities.
— Compiled by Stu Swartz
FIRST-CLASS Response
FROM THE ARCHIVES
goshen news file photo
Nurses in the pediatric ward
at Goshen General Hospital comfort children who survived the torna-
does which ripped through Midway Trailer Court and Sunnyside Addition in Dunlap. Edward, 5, and John, 4,
are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie York of Midway Trailer Court and their mother lived through the tornado
and are both listed in fair condition at Goshen General. York, who was working when the devastation occurred,
is shown by the bedside of one of his sons.
from the darkroom
goshen news file photo
Men and women
take a moment for a meal at
a local school gymnasium during recovery efforts
from the Palm Sunday Tornadoes.
goshen news file photo
The Dunlap fire station
has served as the
headquarters for law enforcement agencies assist-
ing in the investigation of the tornado destruction.
All agencies used the station to complete lists of
residents in the area who were still being checked
to determine who was still missing, injured or dead.
