Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06
TITANIC SURVIVORS.
RECEIVE $4,000.
Red Gross Committee Sets Aside
$4,000 for Certain Families
$4,000 Left.

New York. June "A preliminary re.
port of the disposition OF the $4,000 fund
raised by the Red Cross emergency relief
committee for the survivors OF the Titanic
and for those who suffered through
the loss of the ships dead. was made
public Yesterday by Robert W. De
Forest, chairman of the committee.
The report shows that about &c.,
ON has already been disbursed, about
$1,000 has been set aside for the fur
tier relief of particular families. and.
! tho balance is held for the relief of
other deserving persons or families
with whom the committee has not yet
got In touch Though six weeks have
elapsed since the Titanic foundered.
names and other Information are still
coming In to the committees offices at
No. los East end street relating to per-
sons and families that were severely
affected financially by the disaster. but
who have not yet made any application
for relief
In addition to the committees fund,
the bulk OF which was subscribed
through Mayor Gaynor, large sums
were collected by the womans relief
committee. the Stock Exchange and
almost entirely for immediate and
temporary relief, whereas the Red Cross
fund has been devoted. so far as possible.
to providing efficient permanent relief for
those in need Of It, The utmost harmony
prevailed among all those having charge
of relief funds, and the cooperation that
resulted was of great benefit to all con-
cerned.
BRITAIN RAISES 81. 800 600.
The funds raised by the lord mayor
of London, and by the mayors Of other
British cities, amount to almost 10
times that Of the Red Cross committee.
or about sl.50O,0oo and wherever it has
seemed just and wise. the permanent re-
lief of British subjects, who suffered
through the Titanic's loss, has been let
| to the British fund committees But the
Red Cross is taking care Of any British
persons or families that have decided to
remain in this country and weather their
troubles.
| Seventytwo widows 60 Of whom lost
their husbands in the disaster. have come
In for the bulk of the money set aside
for permanent relief by the Red Cross
committee. At present s6s. 100 has been
appropriated for these. and the larger
part of II has already been disbursed. Ten
| Of the widows have returned or will
return to Europe. and in their cases all
but Immediate and temporary relief has
| been left to the British committees by
mutual arrangement.
| In SO cases it was found that families
had been left practically or quite help
less through property loss alone. and for
them slS315 has been appropriated. the
bulk of which has been disbursed. In 102
other cases persons were reported TO
have suffered serious though not COM
| plete property loss. and the committee
has expended so.225 for their relief, in
addition to sS,275 received BY the same
persons from other sources. making a
total of 1880
COMMITTEE HAS AIDED 81
! The total appropriations of the COM
mittee so far amount to s97 800 for 257 in
| dividual cases. The committee is also
| investigating the needs of l0a other per-
sons, and will make proper appropria-
tons for them In due course out Of the
balance of the fund. None of these per-
| sons is in immediate want.
| In affordng relief to individual cases
| the committee has aimed. so far as posi-
| BILE. to restore those affected to the finan-
cial condition they enjoyed before the
disaster. This has not been possible to
any extent, for. as Mr.. De Forest re-
marks. the aggregate amount of all
losses sustained by those persons and
| families now known to the committee far
| exceeds the funds at Its disposal"
None Of the flrst-cabin passengers has
sought any relief from the committee,
but among the needest of the widows
| whose circumstances are the subject of
| investigation are two or three whose hus-
| bands Travelled first cabin on the Titanic
Pride has kept them from seeking assist.
ance. but friends have made their impov-
erished circumstances known to the COM
| mittee. Many of the persons needing re-
lief Travelled second cabin or lost relatives
who Travelled second. and the committee
has taken care of every th!rd-cabin sur
vivOr that needed assistance, and of every
known instance where lost third cd ON
passengers left dependent relatives in
this country.
MANY PUZZLIEG CASES
Many very distressing and some puz-
Izlins cases came before the committee,
and often 1t wss a difficult matter 10
"eri"c az" pcSt 10 dioTu proper relief
A ballet dancer in Barnum & Bailcy's
circus lost her mother. who was cross.
.ng on the Titanic with two small chill.
dren. brother and sister OF the ballet
dancer.
How to care for the children while
the circus was on the road was a prob
lem the ballet dancer submitted to the
committee. The girl finally decided she
would like to quit the circus and omen a
side show OF her own at Coney Island,
so she asked the committee to buy her
tent. some camp chairs and the span
gled skirt equipment Of half a dozen
dancers. The girl felt confident she
could earn sufficient income from
such a show to enable her to slppor,
her young brother and sister. but The
} committee could hardly see its way tc
laifording that sort of relief Arrange.
ments were finally made by which the
children are to be cared for while the
. performer remains with the circus.
a very sad case was that Of a Miss
Flood. who lost nine relatives on the III
tanic. her mother. two sisters, two
brothers an uncle, an aunt and two cous
ms. She was completely Frustrated ant
has no kin left In the world.
An extraordinary case was that OF Mrs
Johnson. professional singer. who's,
husband was drowned The shock so at
fected her that her voice Is gone and sh,
cannot make n living at her profession
any more. The committee has found he
+ new means of support by providing he