The New Frontier of Healing in Aberdeen
Dominican sisters establish a hospital to treat the frequent, hazardous accidents of the Grays Harbor logging industry.
One of the best and most important institutions in Aberdeen is the hospital established here this last summer by the Dominican sisters, of New York, an institution that is calculated to do great good on account of the accidents resulting from the many mills, and logging camps that are in continual operation in this Grays Harbor country. The sisters at present occupy three frame buildings, but the plans have just been completed for a large and commodious brick structure that will be built at once. This building will offer every accommodation possible for the sick, and is an ornament to the city. From October 1st to December 31st, twenty-one patients were treated in the hospital, coming from all parts of the harbor. In almost every instance the patients were suffering from accidental injuries.
“An institution that is calculated to do great good on account of the accidents resulting from the many mills, and logging camps.”
St. Joseph's Hospital highlights the inherent dangers of the early timber economy in Aberdeen, where healthcare was an immediate, reactive necessity for the labor force. Today, the facility's legacy persists in the regional healthcare networks that continue to serve the coastal community.
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