The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
BRIDGET FRS ABROAD SUFFER HORRORS OF WAR Terrible Experiences Are Related By Women Who
 Were Caught WALKED STREETS FOR DAYs WAITING SHIP lxorbitant Prices Paid for Second Glass and Steer
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Terrible experiences are being rec forded by returning refugees from France, Germany and England. Among Etlle worst yet encountered by persons lfhae of Mrs flames B. Stratfon, of fBpston xnoEher-in-IaW of Mrs F. EStratton, formerly Miss Mabel Hub- ben. Daughter of Mir. and Mrs. F. A.
 3ubbe1L A51 Myrtle averlue.
 Accewdf1g DO letters received at the TzzbbeM home here Mrs. James B. |stzafton. with her daughter, Clara, EsRz1ed for London and Paris on June t1B They were in Holland when the war broke out and fled to Paris, iwheEe, without friends to care for E1hean q terrible month has been spent ie1pece to obtain passage tornorroHv from Liverpool.
 me experiences of Mrs. strafton. as related in letters home, are most pa2hefie For days they tranTed the stxeefs or Parts, fearing to spend the ally s11Hw secured a train to the coast, ] they wexx Tepeate tesfiy stepped and on one occasion were thrown vfo1entfy 1 From the train, sustatnang injuries from which fz1ey have not yet recpv- egez. Their baggage consisted Of 2 single sraft case They effects have been eoEnpleteay lost.
 At Dover they were conn He'd to sit on a sea-yvaH from a- r1 until 4G o'clock the following day before they could embark, and, even when I remcaafng Lso71lzDr1 were compelled to pay @AO0 for passage that ortlinariIy } cost Less than $10O. secomd-cabin.
 89FHs Sfra4ton expects to arrive in Hx4dgeport shertly where she will re- cupeRa4e before returning to her Dor chester residenee-
 Stories of the mad scramble of < American tourists to secure transpor- tatdon, are told by Mrs John Peterseng 1 Of 14A 4th street, who arrived in this city, after a two weeks voyage from | Copenhegen- The gsh4p upon which she secured passage, -eOscar II", dock cd h Hoboken on Wednesday, after one of the slowest and most danger oIs trips made in modern times With her was her eight year old daughter Mabel
 At the outbreak of hostflities if, liner parents in Eshjen6, Denmark. No word Of The approaching war had been heard and upon the day that waa waB declared, ships immediately caucexfed sailing, and hundreds of touxzgts were without means of re- turning to t1als country. On Aug. 1st, thousands of refugees, who had been f fra-re7zH% through Germany and Aus l tr4a-Hungary fIocked into Denmark. l Accommodations were difficult to se- jcure-
 W49bfn ivy ven4y-four hours after the news of the war reached Denmark Mrs Petersen declared that food stu16Be had advanced in price from 2B to 50 per cent. There was nc work tc b0 obtained. and the poor people were suffering with the lack Of food The refusal of tradesmen to accept anything but gold and silver placed an additional burden upon t1aedr shoulders.
 Abf tf1e end of three days, it be- came necessary for the Danish au- thorAk1es to pass a. law, requiring l store keepers to accept paper money. and splanlng a heavy penalty for all ] who refused. As a last resort. the
 government took over the food sup j former level. Mrs. Petersen said that there is plenty of food in Denmark and that the government is storing for fear of a long drawn out strug-
 s1A.
 Trssrs was no necessity for this ratafng of food products. declared
 Mra. Petersen. for it was harvest time. and there was more grain and Eother produce than Denmark itself l could consume. The government alse issued paper money of small denon- inatfon.
 On all sides. preparations are be- ing made should Denmark be drawn into the struggle. No further troops
 are being taken into the army, but i evaryw here, the authorities are re
 strained as though they fear that Denmark might have to protect itse11 from invasion. A strict censorship is being maintained upon the. newspa-
 pers, but Mrs. Petersen declared thai 1 the war is even more horrible than 5 reported in cur papers,.
 During the last few days stay ir
 Essh5erg Mrs. Petersen says large rumbHs of tourists locked into the
 country from Germany. The majority
 were nervous and in posr health be.