The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-11
Mother and Sick Babes
Slept For Two Nights.
Were Evicted From Home For
NOn-Payment CT Rent.
A Sad Case OF DeStitutiOn and Suf-
\ fering on Capitol Hill.

There is another sad case Of destitution
in the Norh End OF the city, and bare
statement of the facts will show that but a
short distance from comfortable homes
and we'll cared for children there was
misery as deep as could we'll be imagined.
On Webster court there resides family
named Dambroski, or at least the family
had its home there until. Thursday. The
man at the head of the family, 80 far as
the story of his neiRhbors go, is a sober
and decent fellow. who strives to make
living by peddling.
He has been sick for some time past
and he could not pay his rent. so legal
process To get q tenement was begun by
his landlord.
The children, ill-nourished. are feeble
and two of them were taken sick with
the whooping cough. The deputy sherin
came. OF course, IL was not right but the
mans traditions led him to oppose force
by force.
So he began puny attack on the
sheriff. 1t was SO weak "a blow that the
man struck that the big deputy picked
the man up in his arms causing the
latter TO cough, and ii seemed as il mt the
end of the cough there must be a hem
orrhage. The woman maddened by the
prospect of being put on the sidewalk
with her Dabe, sick husband and two sick
children. also attacked the officer.
FURNITURE PUT OUT.
The result was the arrest OF the man
and Of course orders were executed and
the furniture put out on the sidewalk.
The man was taken TO the County Court
house where he had "a short but severe
attack of illness
Mrs. Dam broski arranged her furniture
as we'll as she could on the sidewalk and
hoped for some aid before nightfall. No
one came and yet the children coughed.
The majority of the residents OF the
neigh borhood are of that old race that take
care of it's own poor in nearly every in
stance. The Dambroskis are Poles and
there are few natives of Poland IN this
city that have enough for themselves.
Last night the mother of the three child
rem went into tie Second police station.
4 he lieutenant was in charge and rs he
expressed it "he staked her claim" The
weather was at least kind at night Tut
the children grew no better out in the
night air. On Thursday night the mother
was alone with her sick children, when
neigbbor. a woman, just one of the hard
struggling neighhors, but whose heart had
that rich gold that in so many cases
those of her sex have, howered on those
that are weak, hungry and in need OF
food, came TO aid the weak.
THE NIGHT VIGIL.
This woman with Mrs Dambroski kept
the night vigil and took turns in rocking
the cradle and trying 10 ease the harsh
coughing Of the two other children. The
latter lay on some carpet thrown over tho
pile Of furniture-tbe setting up of bed
would take up too much room on the
SIDEWALK.
10 tho weary watchers morning came
and brought no relief only terror from
tho intense heat OF yesterday. The
neighbOT had 10 go Co her own house but
then She returned with breakfast that
broken heartod mother could not touch
but the childron between their spasms Of
coughing ate heartily.
This noon the family still occupied quar-
tiers on tho sidewalk