The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
MISERY IN TRESSALY.
English Relief Ship Finds Thousands il
Need of Help.

Need of Help.
Chalcis, Thessaly, Letter in London
Standard.
Thursday afternoon was deVeled to
visit To Kalia, a village some three
miles distant on the mainland, where
some 200 refugees were dwelling. Huts,
half of which We're devoted To living
and the other half to stables, were filed
with these people. In one a little or
phan girl was living by herself. with
huge SOW occupying the other end and,
really, the pig was as well off as the
child. The little one was made happy
by the present Of a blanket and went to
her hut again, with PROSPECT of being
fairly warm for The future The mayor
of the village and the sergeant of the
gendarmes. both Vety portlv Greeks and
looking as il they were not starved,
went around with us. showing lis where
the families were. As fast as the orders
for blankets We're given they were
taken to a house in ThalC.s. belonging
to Mr.. Noel, where the blankets We're
stored Then three of the si@naimeu of
the ship, whom Captain Hu@hes-Hal-
lett had kindly placed at the disposal of
Lady lldgerton, We're busy serving out
blankets under the direction Of some Of
the workers. These men were splendid
att the work and really deserve great
praise for the way they bucFled to.
They were exceedingly handy. and, if
necessary, could have been left to do
the work of distribution by themselves.
We weighed and left Chaics about 3
o'clock a. m. on Friday and reached
Oreus about H. and by ! p. m. the relief
party We're on shore and were busy till
dark. Many of the people We're living
| in little huts made of reeds and
branches. The ground is low and
swampy and in the wet weather that
has now set in the people must suffer
| terribly. All the afternoon we were go
ing from house to house and hut to hut
finding each more wretched than the
last. Sickness was very common ana
the sufferings of the poor iEvalids are
terrible. Smallpox has made its APP
pearance and may spread to a large
extent The patients when discovered
are moved to a small church, laid on
the floor of hard earth and left TO them
selves TO a large extent On one occa-
sion they We're two days without food
\ soup kitchen is at work here, and
were it not for that many would be
nearly starved. BY dark we had nearly
got through the town and We're glad to
get on board out of the sight OF SO much
misery. We had to divide the place
into two parts. Lady Egerton taking
one to visit and Mr.. Noel the other.
ON Saturday morning a move was
made to a village a few miles inland
called kurshora, where large number
are living. Here we found the same
misery, the same Wretched huts-out-
houses and stables fun, the two
churches with several families in each,
sickness and want Astounding. one
church was given US as our issuing sta
ton by the priest and we We're busy till
the last blanket and piece Of cloth and
flannel was gone Everything down to
the sack!ng of the bales and the oiled
paper inside was given away, and still
only about half the people Were helped.
one or two villages near-one st.
George and another whose name | do
not know-were also helped, but mere,
too, many had to he left unreiievcd.
There is no soup kitchen here. bu. Ii is
proposed to divide that IT 0reus and
bring half of it here, and shat vii be
good thing.
As to the numbers of the people i is
hard to speak exactly, but al fhaicts
there are between 8 600 ana 1000 and at
Oreus and the neighborhood about the
same What is Ia become of them ii is
hard to say. They cannot 80 back and
when they do they naNa M seed. all
the tools are destroyed and they are
too late to do anything this NeaI for the
harvest next. Tnessaly had advanced 4
good deal during the las few years,
but this terrible misfortune vii threw
il back a great dUel In the meantime.
the people must ROMAN where they are,
and with the wet and cold months of
winter at hand they must suffer terri
bly, The Greek government docs little
for them ana in their present bankrupt
state | doubt II they can do more. The
Greeks among whom they live ire kind
to them and have - some extent given
them shelter. but As a rule are not rich
enough to feed and Clhlne thcla. 80 that
unless foreign-that Is practically En-
glish-help is sent they must suffer