New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-08
WOMEN END RELIEF WORK
Distributed Clothing and $685.
900 to 536 Titanic Survivors.
MRS. HENRY ISSUES REPORT
All Was Done at Total Cost of
Only S15.40-S500 Reserved
as a Burial Fund.

Mrs Nelson H Henri, chairman Of the
Vomans Relief Committee which cared
for destitute survivors from the Titanic,
made public Yesterday report showing
how the money and clothing received had
been distributed At meeting OF the orig
inal committee of fifteen members on Mon
dav night all transactions were reported as
| finished, showing that the situation had
been met and creditably handled In fifteen
DAYS.
Five hundred and thirty-six survivors re-
ceived aid of some sort
The total amount Of the subscriptions re-
Ceived BY the womans committee was &s,-
liz %. The total number Of subscribers was
go. II was the original intention of the
committee 70 dsburse funds TO those re
quiring immediate help at the White Star
Line pier the night the Carpatna docked.
but as the committee from the New York
Stock Exchange attended 70 this phase Of
the relief work scarcely $50 vas expended
a. that time
After visiting the institutions % which
survivors were taken and ascertaining their
needs, temporary headquarters were opened
al No ! Madison avenue the next morning
During the week that followed the greater
part Of the money and clothing that filed
three rooms were distributed
In the report ~ the committee q was
shown that the amounts received by the
survivors a. the various homes which shell
tered them temporarily we're - follows:
The Clara de Hirsch Home for Girls,
sl.3l5 "a St Lukes Hospital sl.4-s NJ. the
Junior League House. s2.7ll oi the Saliva
ton Army. S2Oel o5, St Nincents Hospital.
ST.. 900. the SUedish-Lutheran Home. 1856 Os
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid
Society. S24ll 0s: the American Seaman 8
Friend Society. S57l: special cases where
relief was afforded. people being cared for
by private individuals. $500 q. The total
amount expended this way was So.l9s. The
expenditures for new clothing amounted TO
s2.3225 81.
In addition 10 the cash dshursed n csl
surviving passengers s24T - was distrib-
uted among the 275 members OF the crew.
When the Bapland sailed with the ma
iority Of them on board the money was
given TO the purser with directions 10 give
Il sterling 10 each OF the iremen. r. to each
petty officer and sailor and r. 10 each Of
the stewards and stnVardessee.
The total cost of distributing the cloth
ing and about 5000 in cash was only 81 ~
Letterheads cost "a % AMI the remaining
81 81 was expended for lettering on the
Office doors. check for 81 81 submitted
With a request that II be used toward re-
lieving the families NJ the Titanic musi-
clans was forwarded 10 England
The amount remaining in the hands ~
the committee is $50 50 OF this sum ts1 -
Is being held In trust 10 ne distributed
among the stewards and stewardeSsss II
the Carpathia upon the return OF that ship
The last $50 will he reserved 4 burial
fund, either 10 give the victims Of the dis
aster fitting burial or 10 return Their,
bodies 70 Their families
The members Of the woman rells, COM
mittee which attended to the temporary
needs of n" survivors we're Mrs Ab-am
Hewitt, honorary chairman Mrs Nelson n
Henry. chairman, Mrs. J Herman Aldrlch.
treasurer, Mrs Richard Irwin. Mrs Henri
+. Dimock, Mrs Edward Il Hewitt. Mrs
William Church Osborn, Mrs Van Nech-
ton Ocott, Mrs. Henry .Whitney Munro.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mis- virginia
Potter, Mrs Herbert :. Satterlce Ms Paul
Dana. Miss Sarah cooper Hewitt. Mss
Eleanor c. Hewitt. Ms. Charles Alex
ander Mrs. \. 81. dodge and Ms Anne
Morgan