Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-27
WORK OF RELIEF
PROGRESSING IN
STRICKEN SALEM
Splendid Results by Militia and
Health fficers-Lawless-
ness Absent.

SALEM. Mass. June 27.-To insure
sanitary conditions in the camps es-
tablished for the homeless. was the
most Immediately pressing problem
which confronted those in charge of
the relief work of the fire stricken
city today. Officials of the State
militia and of the State Board Of
Health co-operated in this work Two
official camps were in operation, and
preparations were made for the es-
tablishment of a third into which
could be brought many persons at
present scattered in various open
places in the city
In each of the tents provided for
shelter there were four cots. In some
cases nine or ten persons occupied
single tent.
The militia found no difficulty in
maintaining order throughout the
night There were no attempts at
lootinS.
Governor Walsh's Statement.
Governor Walsh, after tour of in
/ spection of the burned district, said:
intend to see to it personally
! tnat every man rendered homeless
} and jobless by this great disaster
shall be given employment. ! intend
To visit Salem every day and keep in
the closest touch with the situation" A"
Two additional militia companies
were ordered to report here for duty
a relief committee of seven, ap-
pointed by Governor Walsh, had u
long conference with Mayor Hurley
and the local relief committee. The
local committee consists of one hun
dred. They appointed sub-commit-
tee of twenty, which again named
another committee of seven for the
! purpose of cooperating more effec-
lively with the governors forces.
After a survey of the situation, the
committee announced THE princi-
! pal need is money, not clothing or
! food. The people who were burned
out managed to save all the neccs-
| sary clothing. and there is on hand a
suff1cient supply of food to last a
! week or possibly longer" 1t was
! stated that contributions should be
directed to Gardiner NJ. Lane, treas
urer of the State Relief Committee.
Miss Boardman on Ground.
| Miss Mabel T. Boardman, national
relief secretary of the American Red
| Cross Society, arrived today and Of
| fered the services of the organZa ton
she represents. She said that Ernest
Bicknell national director of the Red
! Cross, would come tomorrow to help
in the work.
Experienced hands rapidly system
4 atized the work of providing for the
refugees. John +. Moors, one mem
Der of the committee, directed the
State relief work in the San Francisco
disaster, and Edmund Billings had
charge of the States relief committee
in the Messina earthquake. The State
relief fund it was announced tonight
had reached $97,019 In Salem the
sum of $4,000 was reached by night
fall. The relief committee voted to
expend a thousand dollars immediate
ly for the use of the homeless who
wanted to leave the city.
Hospital for Maternity Cases.
So many maternity cases were re-
ported that Mrs. Samuel J. MiXter,
wife of a Boston surgeon, and a num-
Der of women prominent in the
wealthy North Shore summer colony
organized a hospital for them in the
North Church
The list of dead as a direct result
of the fire was placed today at four
The identified dead were Mrs. Jennie
Cunningham and Samuel p Witty, a
Grand Army veteran. Another body
was burned so badly that its sex could
not be determined. The fourth body
was that of a child.