matic arch. The fracture involves the maxillary sinus of both sides and maxillary ridge between. The zygomatic arch is depressed. The laceration extends deep into the right maxillary sinus thence across the nostril and makes a V over the right supraorbital ridge and in the midforehead to the scalp. The nasal bones are fractured and depressed. The superior alvelor process is fractured, the mucosa lacerated and the teeth either broken off or hanging loosely in their sockets. The palate is shoved downward into the mouth, posteriorially and along the midline. Both wrists have Colles fractures with considerable radial displacement with some rotation of the joint surfaces. There is a comminuted fracture of the intertrochanteric region of the left femur with marked displacement. There is a fracture of the posterior and upper border of the acetabulum. The seventh, eighth, and ninth ribs are fractured in the right anterior axillar line. Treatment: July 4, 1942, the patient was first treated for shock. July 5, 1942, lacerations sutured using local anesthesia. X-rays of pelvis, lumbar spine, skull, face, and wrists. July 6, 1942, Colles fractures reduced and plaster splints applied. July 8, 1942, left femur in Thomas splint to correct deformity. July 11, 1942, depressed zygoma reduced. Prognosis: All wounds healed by primary intention. Fractured wrists, ribs, and facial bones have healed. The left femur is in good position, but little callus is shown. A plaster body case will be applied tomorrow to prevent motion and hasten healing. The face and nose needs further plastic surgery. The broken teeth need to be extracted and replaced with dentures. Very sincerely yours, X-RAY REPORTS J. OTTO GEORGE, M. D. July 5, 1942: Pelvis, lumbar spine, facial bones, right and left wrists. Pelvis: There is a comminuted fracture of the intertrochanteric region of the left femur. There is marked coxa-vera present and some posterior displacement of the distal fragment seen in the lateral view. There is a fracture of the posterior and upper border of the acetabulum. No displacement. Lumbar spine: Negative for bone injury. There are some calcified lymph glands in the abdomen. Facial bones: There is a badly comminuted fracture of the molar bone and the zygomatic arch on the right side with some depression of the central fragment. The fracture involves the maxillary sinus on both sides and the maxillary ridge between sinuses. Right and left wrists: There is Coole's fracture of the right and left wrists with radial displacement of the distal fragment and a fracture of the right and left radius and posterior displacement of the distal fragments of the radius nearly the entire diameter of the bone. There is posterior slant to the distal joint surfaces. July 6, 1942, wrist cast applied. Anterior-posterior position is good. Laterally there is a separation of the anterior one-fourth of the joint surface with the posterior three-fourths of the distal-radial joint surface and there is some depression of the joint surface at the line of separation. Left wrist cast: Cast applied. Anterior-posterior position is good. Laterally there is some posterior displacement of the distal fragment of the radius. The line of the joint surface is flat. July 16, 1942, left hip: Anteriorly-posteriorly there is still a small amount of coxa-vera present. Laterally there is a small amount of posterior displacement of the distal fragment. August 8, 1942, left hip: The position is good in both views. X-ray reports reported by S. E. Reese, M. D., radiologist for Providence Hospital. Re: Miss Thelma L. Orwig. Mr. J. PIPES, Portland, Oreg. JANUARY 8, 1943. DEAR MR. PIPES: In compliance with your request we completed an examination of the eyes of Miss Thelma Orwig, with the following findings: Vision: R. E. 20/20 J 1 L. E. 20/20 J 1. Tension, fields, funii: Normal. Media: Clear. External appendages: Normal. Pupil: Right eye partial dilated, reacts slowly to both light and accommodation. Extrinsic muscles: Right eye rotation downward greatly retarded and remains stationary when horizontal position is reached. Right eye turns in and rotates outward very slowly to about 10 degrees external to meridian. Homatropine refraction: R. E. 0. 75 20/15 L. E. 0. 50 20/15. Résumé: The injury suffered by Miss Orwig evidently caused partial and permanent loss of function of the following muscles: Inferior rectus, inferior oblique, external rectus, of the right eye. She suffers from diplopia or double vision. my professional opinion this will be permanent unless it may be possible to improve the condition by surgery later. GEO. E. HENTON, M. D. In APRIL 1, 1944. COAN & ROSENBERG, Portland, Oreg. (Attention: Mr. Coan.) MY DEAR MR. COAN: I have been requested by Thelma L. Orwig to make you a written report of findings of my examination of her eyes on October 10, 1943. and also to enclose my statement of charges for the same. Her vision is: R. E. 20/15 J-1; L. E. 20/15 J-1; tension normal; fields normal; no diplopia evident; homatrapine refraction 20/15 each eye plus J-1; fundii normal; right upper lid droops slightly. Summary: No pathology in relation to the eyes present other than the refractive error (which has been corrected) and ptosis of the right upper lid which is only partial. Prognosis: What the end result of the right upper lid ptosis will be, I am unable to state. However, since over a year has elapsed since the accident, it would seem probable that the ptosis would be more or less permanent. Very truly yours, CRIMINAL DEPARTMENT SHERIFF'S OFFICE GEO. E. HENTON, M. D. SHERIFF'S OFfice, MultnomAH COUNTY Officer: George Minielly. SPECIAL REPORT Date: July 4, 1942. Subject: Girl injured, falls from bridge. 1:25 p. m. called to Multnomah Falls. Reached there 20 minutes. Hiked up Larch Mountain Trail 1 mile. Met a group of people coming down trail with injured girl on stretcher. Girl alleged to have fallen off bridge 25 feet into Rock Bottom Creek. Railing of bridge gave way as she leaned against it to have picture taken by a friend, Harry Braught, age 29, of Oswego, Oreg., employed as special agent, Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa, Corbett Building, Portland, Öreg. The girl, Thelma Lee Orwig, age 26 years, of 1413 Southeast Thirty-second Avenue, employed at Kress & Co., demonstrating for Prudence Knitting_Co. She received skull fracture, both arms and legs broken, and back injuries. Face cuts. Was given first aid on trail and removed by Oregon ambulance from there to Providence Hospital. 6:30 p. m. I checked with hospital and her condition was reported as critical. Roped off broken rail space and notified United States Forest Service as to bridge. Bridge in poor condition. This bridge is of rustic construction and apparently due to age and weather is in poor condition and unsafe in my estimation. The broken rail was very rotten. Nails holding rail in ends could be pulled out with fingers. Two pictures taken of same. GEORGE MINIELLY. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public for the State of Oregon, this 17th day of July 1942. [SEAL] My commission expires December 14, 1942. C. HARRY PAULSON, Notary Public Memo to: Mr. Ralph A. Coan Re: Miss Thelma Orwig, 1413 Southeast Thirty-second, city. APRIL 19, 1944. This report is being prepared at your request, and with the permission of the above-mentioned patient. History: On July 4, 1942, while this patient was leaning against a bridge. railing on a trail on the way to Larch Mountain, the railing gave way, and she fell, sustaining severe lacerations and a crushing injury to the face, as well as other bodily injuries. She was taken to the Providence Hospital and was under the care of Dr. Otto George. In November I was asked to see this patient regarding her face injuries. Examination: There was a marked deformity of the nose which consisted of a flattening of the bridge, and inferior displacement of the right ala, a widening of the right ala, and numerous scars over the side of the nose. There was also a scar on the upper lip which ran into the right nostril. She had a comminuted fracture of the nasal bones with a posterior displacement. Treatment:__On November 24, 1942, under intratracheal anesthetic given, by Dr. John H. Hutton, the nose was refractured and an attempt was made to replace it to its normal position. A detailed description of this procedure accompanies this report. After care: I last saw this patient on December 8, 1942, at which time there was a definite improvement in her nose, although further surgery could be done to improve its appearance. She had had a cleft lip repair as a child, and this deformity complicated the repair of the nose itself. This report is accompanied by a carbon copy of the hospital surgical sheet, and also my statement in the amount of $275, which is a fair and just charge for the work which has been rendered to this patient. Sincerely, CHARLES E. GURNEY, M. D. STATEMENT OF HARRY BRAUGHT STATE OF OREGON, County of Multnomah, ss: I, Harry Braught, Oswego Lake, Clackamas County, Oreg., being first duly sworn, depose and say: That I accompanied Miss Thelma Lee Orwig on July 4, 1942, and was present and witnessed her fall from a bridge on Larch Mountain trail as more specifically set forth hereinafter. That I arrived in the company of Miss Orwig at the Multnomah Falls Lodge on the Columbia River Highway about noon on July 4, 1942; and from the lodge, we proceeded up the Larch Mountain trail stopping at the second bridge to take pictures. The bridge runs north and south crossing the stream about 20 or 25 feet above the water. Upon arriving at the bridge, I took a position on the east side of the bridge, resting my hand upon the top log railing. Miss Orwig stood on the north side of the bridge and approximately 15 feet west of the approach thereto and in that position took a picture which is attached hereto and marked, exhibit 1, which said picture is a picture of myself. Immediately thereafter, I exchanged places with Miss Orwig, she taking the identical position that I had occupied. We were rather particular about the position as we were anxious to obtain photographs that had identical backgrounds and differed only in the person photographed. As Miss Orwig stood on the bridge, she rested most of the weight of her body on her right foot and her right hand with her body facing northeast in approximately the same position as that assumed by me and disclosed in exhibit one. As I was focusing the camera and about ready to take the picture, I saw the railing give way and Miss Orwig fall backward. Miss Orwig fell head downard and first struck a boulder below the bridge. This boulder was approximately a 4-foot cube and was located on the north bank of the stream, its southern portion being submerged in about 3 feet of water. Miss Orwig's body came to rest on about the center of this boulder with her body slumped in the water from the waist down and her head, chest, and arms resting on the boulder. The north bank of the creek or stream at this point is practically straight down. In order to reach the creek from the south side of the bridge, it is necessary to travel about 50 feet beyond the bridge approximately and then proceed west about 100 feet through heavy brush and down grade over boulders and embankments to reach the stream level. My first move after the accident occurred was to half slide and half leap down the north side of the bank of the stream in order to reach Miss Orwig as soon as possible. I moved her into a position where it was impossible for her to slide into the water, administered first aid as best I could, assured her that I would return as soon as I could, and went for help. I ran down the trail approximately one-fourth of a mile, taking a branch trail which leads to the top of Multnomah Falls and shouted three times slowly and distinctly, "Help." The roar of the falls was so terrific that I was afraid that I could not be heard and ran back to the main trail where I met two young fellows. I dispatched one of them to the lodge at the foot of the trail for help and returned to the scene of the accident with the other. We made preparations to get Miss Orwig across the stream in as comfortable and warm a position as possible to await help. While we were thus engaged two or three people arrived and during the next hour a number of people congregated; with the aid of everybody present we completed all the preparations for the trip down the trail. These included cutting a trail through the underbrush from the main path to the creek edge, building a makeshift stretcher, administering first aid, and organizing carrying teams for the trip down the mountain. Approximately an hour was consumed between the time of Miss Orwig's fall and the time we succeeded in bringing her back to the top of the bridge. Thereafter we proceeded down the trail about half the distance to the lodge where we met George Minielly, a deputy county sheriff of Multnomah County. He was accompanied by a first-aid attendant from the lodge. These men had first-aid equipment with them and a regulation stretcher. They gave Miss Orwig additional first aid and carried her to the lodge and waiting ambulance in which she was taken to the hospital. After Miss Orwig had left for the hospital, I returned to the scene of the accident with Mr. Minielly for the purpose of taking pictures of the scene and making a report of the accident. The attached two exhibits, marked exhibit__ -- and exhibit----, are photographs taken upon our return to the scene of the accident. I took both of these photographs upon my return to the scene of the accident with Mr. Minielly and exhibit was taken from the same spot where Miss Orwig had taken my picture and where I prepared to take hers. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of Miss Orwig as she fell. Exhibit shows that portion of the rail which gave way and which Officer Minielly and I retrieved from the creek bed and placed in the position shown in the picture. Prior to the accident the bridge railing appeared sound and firm and I had no intimation that it was otherwise. In fact, as subsequent developments demonstrate, the accident could easily have happened to me. Upon examining the bridge after the accident with Officer Minielly, I found that the railing was weak and that the timbers had badly deteriorated through dry rot. The piece of railing that gave way, was so deteriorated on the underside that the wood could be crumbled to dust in your hand. This condition, however, was not apparent upon casual observation; in fact the railing appeared to be very substantial and had it not so appeared, I certainly would not have leaned against it. Attached hereto and marked exhibit is a copy of Officer Minielly's report, the original of which was filed with the sheriff's office. I am advised that Officer Minielly is now in foreign service with the United States Army. I make this affidavit for the purpose of assisting Miss Orwig in presenting her claim to the Congress of the United States. HARRY H. BRAUGHT, Jr., Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public for the State of Oregon, his 21st day of June 1944. SEAL] О BELLE SCHNEIDER, ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, YAKIMA, WASH., AND OTHERS MAY 5, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. BYRNE of New York, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 1619) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1619) for the relief of St. Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Wash., and others, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to pay the sum of $1,085.50 to St. Elizabeth Hospital, Yakima, Wash.; to pay the sum of $8 to Hopkins Mortuary, Toppenish, Wash.; to pay the sum of $250 to Dr. Guy Marcy, Seattle, Wash.; to pay the sum of $100 to Dr. Thomas Angland, Yakima, Wash.; to pay the sum of $15 to Emily Pursell, Yakima, Wash.; and to pay the sum of $1.52 to Brown's Pharmacy, Toppenish, Wash., a total of $1,460.02. STATEMENT OF FACTS It appears that James Whitebull, a Canadian Indian, not a beneficiary within the meaning of the Interior Department Appropriation Act 1946 (59 Stat. 318, 344), was injured as a result of resisting arrest by Deputy Special Officer Lawrence Goudy, Indian Service policeman, on November 3, 1945, in circumstances indicating a violation of the act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 696), providing a penalty for the sale, gift, etc., of intoxicating liquor to an Indian. Mr. Whitebull broke away from the special officer and refused to halt when commanded to do so. The officer fired into the ground when Mr. Whitebull was 50 to 60 yards away; the bullet, striking the hard-packed cinder bed about 25 yards from the policeman, ricocheted and struck the escaping Indian in the back of the neck. Mr. Whitebull was immediately taken to the St. Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance since no Indian Service facility is available in Toppenish, Wash. The hospital, individuals. |