A Sick Hospital for Seamen
Senator Squire intervenes as reports surface about the wretched, dilapidated state of the Port Townsend Marine Hospital.
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Senator Squire today referred a petition which he had received from the surgeon in charge of the marine hospital at Port Townsend, showing the bad condition of the hospital, to the surgeon general of the marine hospital here, and has received assurances that everything that can be done by the surgeon general will be done at once to put things in order. The senator says that if legislation is needed he will push it through.
“The senator says that if legislation is needed he will push it through.”
Port Townsend's quarantine and marine health facilities were once critical nodes in Washington's Pacific trade; today, the historic structures are preserved, reflecting the shift from industrial shipping to heritage tourism.
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