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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 287
through a lecture given by Rev. Father Woesman. When it was finally
resolved to turn the hospital (Emergency Hospital as it AVIIS named)
over to the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, it was also voted to
transfer to them this $400, but this action was afterwards changed and
the hospital never received the money. About this time Mr. LaAvrence
Cable one of Sandusky's pioneer and most highly respected citizens,
purchased the Keech Homestead and deeded it to the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Ilorstmann, the deed reciting that the property Avas given for hospital
purposes. Through the efforts of the local clergy the Sisters of Charity
of St. Augustine were secured to take charge of the proposed hospital.
On September 8, 1902, two sisters of this order (Sister M. George and
Sister M. Adelaide) were sent to Sandusky to look after the repairing
and remodeling of Providence Hospital, the name given to the neAV
hospital. In October, 1902, Sister M. George was placed in charge of
Emergency Hospital, and remained there until the opening of Providence
Hospital on April 5, 1904, which Avas under her charge as Sister Superior
until January 1, 1911, when she was succeeded by Sister Eugene, who has
been an able successor. »
During the year 1909, an addition was built to the hospital, at an
expense of $16,000, to provide accommodations for the nurses>^In 1910
another addition was constructed at a cost of $3,000, to provide room
for an elevator. Providence is now an up-to-date hospital, of which the
citizens of Sandusky are justly proud.