Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-04
MAYOR A|NSL|E ASKS
AID FOR DESTITUTE
Proclamation Calls on People to
Assist COlored Flood
Sufferers.
RELIEF WORK is ORGANIZED
Section Found to BE Neglected and
insanitary, Without City Water
and With No Sewerage-Nyoman
Charged for Use of Hytlrant.

Mayor Ainslie yesterday issued a
proclamation appealing TO the peon,e
or Richmond to come to the aid NJ
iortE or more negro families whom
.he sudden food of Sunday left destI-
tute OF home. clothing and provcnder.
NJ, aheS are not only homeless" the
aso. writes. :'but they have lost
clothes. bedclothing. provisions. and
even their cooking utensils. Their
condition is Identical with that of the
Snio MOOD sufferers. to whose cry for
neap you responded so nobly and inag-
nihcently with gifts and contributions.
by an act OF providence these poor peo-
pre-. VINO were happy and content an
noul pelore the storm, are thrown upon
Sour county. Organization has been
erected to provide temporary relief.
and anything YOU will contrihute-
1000, clothing, bedclothing or money-
VIII be promptly and Systematically
applied to their relief. Money may BIO
sent to the Chief OF Police. Other
lieaoquarters or to Buchanan School"
RoSENBLOOaI GIVES
BEDDING TO NEEDY
The first lnrgc act OF charity was
peri FORMED by NJ. Rosenbloom & Son.
or / $50 and 1892 East Main Street. who
Yesterday gave away to twenty-seyen
applicants mattresses and bed springs
The flooded district was visited by Ser.
Geant c. M. Johnson of the First Po
| nee District, who furnished cards TO
those who had suffered most These
CARDS were honored by NJ Rosenbloom
& Son.
Relief work has also been taken I'm
by Dr. James Buchanan, general sec
| ie'ary or the Associated Charities, who
mas been supplying the destitute ne
groes with food and clothing.
ora b. Stokes, wife of Rev. William
| n. SotOReS, pastor
| Church (colored). and Blanche Butler.
OF the Colored Visiting Nurses Asso-
citation, are also aiding in the work,
and have boen authorized bv Major
! Werner to solicit and receive contri
! buttons in the basement of the Buch
anan School. Money and other con-
! tributions received by them Will be
distributed under the supervision of
Major Werner.
REPAIR WORK IS BEING
RAPIDLY PUSHED
Repair work is being pushed rapidIy.
ana within a few days the debris left
by the storm will have been cleared
| away Several small houses in the
rear of the Main street Station have
been ordered RACED by Building In
| spector Butler. They were dangerous
~ undermined by the action of the
| Shockoc Creek food.
: Food was furnished by the Asso-
ciated Charities yesterday to forty-five
families for three days. Rev. NJ NJ
Greg. pastor of the colored Presby-
terrain Church. at Seventeenth and
Christian Streets, will supervise this
distribution and see that suffering Is
reduced to minimum. Furniture,
{ bedding and clothing are greatly
needed
| The following arms have contributed
to the relief of the food sufferers.
Bromm Baking Company.
| Purity Baking Company.
a. B. c. Baking Company
:: Council of Colored Women hot cof-
T. w. Wood & Sons, ten bags Of
Irish potatoes.
Mr.. Wingneld, grocer, sugar, tea and
coffee.
\ The committee will receive supplio,
to-day at the Buchanan School. There
is dire need OF clothing and bedding
WOMAN CHARGES NEIGHBORS
| For USE OF HER HYDRANT
II was stated yesterday by relief
workers who have been on the ground
/ that in the blocks occupied before the
storm by the now destitute families tho
city has provided only one water con
nectiPn. This hydrant has been on
the premises OF woman who has
been making a practice of charging
her neighbors 36 cents a month each
for the privilege Of drawing water.
| Since they are out of funds, she has
| now withdrawn this privilege. Two
surface welle OF more than doubtful
| safety were flooded with the sewerage
from Shockoe Creek. and arc now even
| more insanitRry than before. Tho
destitute people have been walking
blocks with buckets begging water
from their more fortunate neighbors
! who live within the range of ordinary
| city conveniences.
! No sewerage hns been provided for
this section. and since tho overflow Of
water the most insanitary conditions
| are reported TO exist.