The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
Thousands Of Homeless Wo
men and Children Sheltered
From Elements Only by
Tents
Relief Work Now
In Full Progress
Hungry Being Fed. Families
Reunited and Everybody Is
Made Comfortable as Posi-
ble-$3O0,O0O Subscribed

Salem. Mass. June 2T.--Light
showers tonight and Indications that
the weather would be unsettled over
Sunday rendered the prospect OF
caring properly for the thousands
made homeless by Thursdays con
1agiatjon g difficult one for the
authorities to face. A moderate rain
would DO no great harm, as the tent
axe Is amrle TO shelter the women
and children who lack wooden roofs
to cover them, but a heavy down
pour could not fail to make the task
Of preserving the health IF the re-
fugees q hard one.
Relief work Is in full progress.
All the hungry are being fed, Fami-
lies are being reunited and every
body is made az comfortable as
money and kind hands can make
them on short notice. Sanitary ar
rangements have been adequate so
far Ne disease has developed
among the homeless, except a case Of
n4easles. TIE health authorities are
Observing all the precautions or
military camp life
Merchants Extend Credit.
Houses are what are needed now
The stores Of Salem and some IN
Boston are extending credit fer furni-
ture. Salem grocers, provision deal
ers furniture and clothing houses are
giving credit to the refugees ON their
promise To pay. Persons who were
burned out and who have obtained
homes or lodgings in other sections
took ADVANTAGES Of theso oifers and
furnished their houses or rooms Some
OF the people who were burned out
are borrowing money ON the strength
Of their insurance policies. and others
who don't care to obtain extensive
credit, are leaving their policies with
st0rckeepers as security.
The banks had plenty Of money as
the Boston banks had sent down thou-
sands Of dollars for this emergency.
But the great problem is shat or hHid-
ing homes, and this 1t Is eNpest ted the
general committee which Is handling
the state fund. VIII take up Monday
While there is need of many articles
10 relieve the victims clean clothing
is a prime necessity.
Ruins Dynamitcd,
Dynamite squads were pat az work
rhe morning Wrecking the lettering
walls Of buildings which threatened
/ the safety Of the pubic Blast after
blast shook the city at short inter-
walls during the day, The danger con-
nected with this work was shown by
the first explosion at the Field shoe
f1Ef GDy. Nltn Inc pi|Sf n0HatFhH ~
bricks were hurled into the air many
failing in the crowds watching the
operations, ard several persons were
/ injured
/ Passes issued by the military au-
thorities for admitta - into the
/ burned districts Were withdrawn tom,
porarily and the police and militia.
men kept he people back a consider
able distance before any more walls
were shattered,
The relief fund is increasing rapidly
and nearly $500, GOO has been sub
scribcd,
Fire TerrorileS italians.
Tonight a fire broke out about 9
O'clock in q wooden three family
tenement on Summer street. near the
corner Of High, close to the place
where the @ontiagra iion on THURSDAY
WIS stopped in thar section. The root
Of the building caught fire four times
Thursday and suddenly tonight the
shingles burst into flames. The occu-
pants Of this and other houses in the
neighhorhood are Italians and a panie
seized them 80 the tenednent burned
like shavings. lighting mp the sky
The Italians seized their household
goods and rushed into the streets
with them, but the tjremen soon go,
70 work and prevented any spread OF
the flames,
Rain began falling heavily late to-
night