The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
RELIEF SPECIAL
OFF FOR Ohio
Red Cross Train Carrying Sup
plies Leaves Union Station
at Midnight.
is ROUTED OVER N. & w.
Nurses Accompany Consignment.
Thousands Contribute to Help
Flood Sufferers.

The Red Cross relief train to the Day
ton flood sufferers, carrying supplies o.
bedding, clothing. and food. left Wash
fngton at 1l:45 o'clock last night. TIL,
train is composed of five baggage anc
| express cars and n sleeper. It bears tn,
supplies collected at the merchants hooc
sufferers relief department and by tn,
| American Red Cross.
These supplies consist of go cots an6
mattresses, 100 blankets, $50 cases OF
clothing. bedding. groceries. canned
meats, and other supplies; five medica
chests, and large quantity of other
| materials.
Gen. Davis. Mai Lynch, ten nurses
supplied by the Red Cross, and a party
of about twenty other persons who will
look to the distribution of the supplies
left on the train. Tho Red Cross end
| of the work is in charge of F. II. Nc
Lean.
The train left Washington over the
Southern Railway for Lynchburg, whence
1t will be switched TO the Norfolk and
Western and endeavor to reach Cincin-
natl by a roundabout route from the
South. From Cincinnati an effort ia
run thet rain through to Dayton will be
made. 1t is expected that the trip will
take several days.
Twelve van loads Of supplies were sent
to thet rain from the collection head
quarters, I'LL + Street Northwest. All
day yesterday thousands of persons Wis
tied the depot where clothing ana food
for the flood sufferers were being col
lected. Serviceable outfits were con-
tributed by the hundreds. Twenty pack
ers were kept busy from o'clock in the
morning until 10 o'clock at night Grating
the supplies. The depot will be kept
open for some time to come from ?
o'clock a. m. to s p. m. to receive further
contributions.
Took on Overcoats.
Numerous little sidelights of great
human interest were seen al the COL
lection depot yesterday. No less than
ten men came in with great piles of
clothes. and after they had thrown
down the clothing took off their over
coats and threw them on top of the
pile for the homeless people of Ohio.
despite the sharp weather here. One
hundred and eighty-nine cases were
sent from the depot, and in addition
sixteen mattresses and fourteen cots
were sent out. The clothing all was
of a high quality and was received in
great quantities. Men. women. and
children all contributed their mite.
No less than 100 residents of Ohio. who
had received no word from their rela-
tlVeS back home, visited the rCltef depot
during the day in an effort to obtain
passage on the special train. In all
about 5000 persons visited the station
during the day. and made contributions
OF clothing and other supplies. r Street
was lined from Eleventh to Twelfth
Streets with cases of supplies pending
the assembling Of the train. There is a
great scarcity of cars. owing to the un-
usual conditions brought about by the
floods, and it was late in the afternoon
before the special train was made up.
The local department stores furnished
packers TO the central depot. the
Merchants Transfer and Storage Com
pany collected supplies from all over
town. and brought them to the central
depot later Transporting them to the
special train in crates.
The Adams and Southern Express
companies have volunteered to carry
supplies and money to the flood sec
tions of the Middle West and 10
Omaha. The Pennsylvania Railroad is
now fitting up special cars for use in
this service. and any shipments of
money or clothing or food will be
transported free of charge when con-
signed to municipal authorities or 10
organized charitable societies. These
contributions are now being received
in large numbers at the offices of the
Railroad and the offices
and stations of the express companies.