G ROVER FACTORY FIRE
 
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 Hox. EDWARD H. KEITH. Mayor of Brockton at time of disaster, 
 and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Relief Fund.
 
 HISTORY 
 
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 AID OF SUFFERERS FROM THE R. B. GROVER & CO. 
 
 FACTORY FIRE, BROCKTON, MASS., 
 
 MARCH 20, 1905 
 
 PREPARED BY 
 
 Rev. ALBERT F. PIERCE, D.D., 
 
 Secretary of the Jldoisory Committee 
 
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 SAMUEL USHER 
 
 176 TO 184 HIGH STREET 
 
 BOSTON, MASS.
 
 PRINTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRUSTEES 
 OF THE FUND, FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGB 
 
 INTRODUCTION 5 
 
 NAMELESS IN DEATH (Poem) 6 
 
 I. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FIRE 7 
 
 II. THE WORK OP RESCUE 11 
 
 List of Killed 14 
 
 III. A CITY IN MOURNING 16 
 
 Description of Monument 24 
 
 IV. STARTING A RELIEF FUND 27 
 
 V. ORGANIZATION OF THE RELIEF WORK 32 
 
 VI. THE AID RENDERED 38 
 
 Those who were Injured 39 
 
 List of Those Receiving Temporary Aid 4O 
 
 Widows and Adult Dependents 52 
 
 Dependent Children 59 
 
 Rules Governing Children 60 
 
 List of Children 62 
 
 VII. INSURANCE AND BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATIONS 65 
 
 VIII. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES 68 
 
 IX. A PERSONAL WORD OF APPRECIATION 70 
 
 SUBSCRIPTIONS 75 
 
 REPORT OF THE TREASURER 119 
 
 ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Portrait of Mayor Keith Frontispiece 
 
 R. B. Grover & Co. Factory Facing page 7 
 
 After the Fire 10 
 
 Monument to Those Killed in the Disaster 15 
 
 House of Engineer, through which Boiler Passed 31 
 
 House of Miss Pratt, where Boiler Lodged ,,64
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 THIS history was prepared at the request of the trustees of the 
 Brockton Relief Fund, and is intended as a simple record of the 
 work done in granting aid to sufferers from the R. B. Grover 
 & Co. factory fire. It was felt that the friends who had so gener- 
 ously and cheerfully contributed of their means to the fund were 
 entitled to a full report of all the money received and paid out, 
 and of the methods which were used in its distribution. 
 
 Very naturally the responsibility of collecting and arranging 
 the material has fallen upon the Secretary of the Advisory Com- 
 mittee, as he was more closely in touch with all the different 
 parts of the work; but this record has been read to and approved 
 by the Board of Trustees, and goes forth with their official 
 indorsement. 
 
 While the work was in preparation several inquiries came as to 
 the amount of relief rendered through other channels, and also 
 as to the proportionate number of workmen who were members 
 of various fraternal and beneficiary organizations. While such 
 inquiries lie somewhat outside the simple history of the relief 
 work, yet realizing their value from the sociological point of 
 view, and their bearing upon economic conditions, the writer has 
 willingly taken the time to put the facts so far as he could ascer- 
 tain them into permanent form for the sake of their value to 
 the student of social life. 
 
 In the preparation of this report the Enterprise and the Times, 
 of Brockton, and The Shoeworkers' Journal, of Boston, have 
 cheerfully rendered material assistance and shown many cour- 
 tesies which the writer wishes publicly to acknowledge. 
 
 With this brief word of explanation this history is sent forth 
 as a record of real charity on the part of a generous and sympa- 
 thetic public. 
 
 BROCKTON, January, 1907.
 
 NAMELESS IN DEATH. 
 
 (To the unidentified in Brockton's tragedy of March 20, 1905.) 
 
 Crouched at complacent feast, Death, sombrous-winged, 
 
 Reckons his largess with approving eye; 
 While Grief hath fashioned lyres, a thousand-stringed, 
 
 Far-sounding chords that question while they cry. 
 
 Out into tideless, into dreamless drift, 
 No friendly craft bespoke them while they sailed. 
 
 From whence they came prayer also came the gift 
 Of those who sought to lift the veil, and failed. 
 
 Question them not, Grim Mariner, nor swerve 
 From out the straightest course thy hand may frame; 
 
 Before the Master, who had bid them serve, 
 Nameless they come, to each receive a name. 
 
 H. L. MARSHALL. 
 
 (Reprinted from the Brockton Enterprise, by permission.)
 
 HISTORY 
 
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 BROCKTON RELIEF FUND 
 
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 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FIRE 
 
 On Monday morning, March 20, 1905, the shoe factory of R. B. 
 Grover & Co., located in the south end of the city of Brockton, 
 Mass., was suddenly and completely destroyed by fire. Along 
 with it the Dahlborg Block, the building known as the old Drake 
 Tavern, four dwelling houses, two storehouses, and a blacksmith 
 shop were also wholly consumed, besides three dwelling houses 
 partially burned. This was one of the most disastrous fires the 
 city has ever known, the property loss reaching $250,000, and 
 the buildings destroyed covering some four acres of ground. 
 But great as was the property loss, it was insignificant when com- 
 pared with the destruction of human life and the injuries inflicted 
 upon scores of workmen. 
 
 The firm of R. B. Grover & Co. was among the best known 
 in the city, the Emerson shoe which they manufactured having 
 gained for them a wide reputation. They employed about four 
 hundred and fifty workmen, and on the morning of the disaster 
 some three hundred and sixty were in the building. The factory, 
 which was a frame structure four stories high, was located on 
 Main Street and extended along Calmar to Denton Street. At 
 ten minutes before eight o'clock, soon after the work for the day 
 had begun, suddenly, and without previous warning, the large 
 boiler of the factory exploded. It was carried right up through 
 the building, breaking the foundations and separating the tim- 
 bers, causing the factory to collapse. After being lifted, the 
 boiler was driven like a huge projectile clean through the dwelling
 
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 house located north of the'factory on Denton Street, which was 
 the home of the engineer, and one hundred feet farther north 
 into the dwelling house owned and occupied by Miss Mary Pratt, 
 crashing into the side of the house and knocking it some two 
 feet from its foundations. Fire immediately broke out and 
 spread all through the factory. The escaping gas from the 
 broken pipes fed the flames which within a few minutes envel- 
 oped the entire building. Even the suddenness and fierceness 
 of the fire would not have caused the loss of life had it not been 
 for the collapse of the structure. In some places the floors of 
 the different stories fell to within two or three feet of each other, 
 and the spaces between were filled with a tangled mass of ma- 
 chinery, pipes, and shafting. These pinned many of the work- 
 men down as well as hemmed in and cut off the escape of others. 
 Fifty-six persons perished in the fire, and two others died within 
 a few days from the injuries received. About fifty more were 
 seriously hurt, and many others had narrow escapes, some of 
 whom received wounds, burns, and bruises, and many were 
 rendered complete nervous wrecks. 
 
 Among the killed and injured were workmen who had been in 
 the employ of the factory for only a few days; others who had 
 been a long time idle, and had just returned; while still others 
 had gone to work for the first time that fatal Monday morning. 
 Of the last class mentioned was Mrs. Dora Clark, of Whitman, 
 who entered the factory for the first time in her life only ten 
 minutes before the explosion occurred. The rending floor that 
 threw a friend with whom she was conversing outward and to 
 safety, threw her inward and into a seething caldron of fire, in 
 which her body was burned beyond recognition. 
 
 The case of Mr. James Ray Cole, who was not in the employ of 
 the Grover Company, but who served the factory daily with 
 drinking water, just as strikingly illustrates the uncertainty of 
 human affairs and the fatality which often attends human life. 
 He had just entered the building on his daily round when the 
 explosion came, and the penalty demanded was the forfeit of 
 his life. A young wife and two little children were left to mourn 
 and to wonder at the seeming dark and mysterious ways of 
 Providence. 
 
 But the instances of escape from what otherwise appeared
 
 Grover Factory Fire 9 
 
 certain death were just as significant on the one hand as the 
 apparent fatality on the other. Several persons had ceased 
 working in the factory the Saturday night previous. Judging 
 from circumstances, had they been in their accustomed places, 
 escape would have been impossible. Other workmen had just 
 gone from the building; some had for the moment been called 
 from the danger point, while still others were unavoidably 
 detained at home for a short period, thus reaching the factory 
 just after the explosion had taken place. 
 
 These incidents are mentioned to illustrate the tragic phases 
 of human experience, and to show how strangely mixed are the 
 bright and somber colors that are woven in the web of human life. 
 
 The following is a list of the buildings which were wholly con- 
 sumed or partially destroyed by the disaster. 
 
 1. The R. B. Grover & Co. shoe factory. Entirely destroyed. 
 
 2. A story and a half dwelling house on Main Street just north 
 of the factory and near the fire station, known as the Marcus 
 Reynolds home, owned by the Grover Company. Entirely 
 destroyed. 
 
 3. The Dalhborg Block, a three-story structure, situated on the 
 south corner of Main and Calmar streets, containing three stores, 
 offices, and a public hall, and owned by Mr. C. F. Dahlborg. 
 Completely destroyed. 
 
 4. The building south of the Dahlborg Block and known as the 
 old Drake Tavern, owned by Mr. Emerson Goldthwaite, containing 
 a restaurant and lodging rooms run by Mr. Luke S. Elmore. 
 Entirely destroyed. 
 
 5. The Dahlborg workshop, two stories high, situated on Cal- 
 mar Street and owned and used by Mr. C. F. Dahlborg for his 
 plumbing and tinsmith trade. Wholly burned. 
 
 6. A two-story building, situated on Calmar Street west of the 
 Dahlborg workshop, owned by Mr. C. F. Dahlborg and used by 
 him for storage purposes. Entirely destroyed. 
 
 7. A blacksmith shop also situated on Calmar Street, owned 
 by Mr. C. F. Dahlborg and used by him for a storehouse. En- 
 tirely burned. 
 
 8. A two-story dwelling house at 104 Denton Street, owned by 
 Mr. Emerson Goldthwaite and occupied by Mrs. Holmquist and 
 Mr. Peter Anderson. Entirely burned.
 
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 9. A two-story dwelling house at 99 Denton Street, owned 
 and occupied by Mr. John W. Taft. So nearly destroyed as to 
 be practically worthless. 
 
 10. A frame dwelling house on Denton Street north of the 
 factory, owned by the Grover Company and occupied by Mr. 
 David Rockwell, the engineer. Wrecked by the boiler passing 
 through it. Rendered worthless. 
 
 11. A three-story house at 93 Denton Street, owned by Mr. 
 August Burgess and occupied by himself and Mr. William Emery. 
 The upper story burned and the house much damaged. 
 
 12. A house at 85 Denton Street, owned by Mrs. J. A. Peterson 
 and occupied by herself and her son, Mr. Oscar Peterson. Partly 
 burned. 
 
 13. A house at 74 Denton Street, known as the Galen Pratt 
 house, owned and occupied by his daughter, Miss Mary Pratt. 
 Knocked from its foundations and injured by the boiler crashing 
 into it.
 
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 II 
 
 THE WORK OF RESCUE 
 
 The disaster witnessed many narrow and even miraculous 
 escapes, and incidents of rescue are recorded which are thrilling 
 in the extreme. If it came within the province of this report, 
 such stories could be related, so full of pathos and the spirit of 
 heroism and self-sacrifice, as would stir the blood and fire the soul. 
 No one can listen, for instance, to the account of Mr. George E. 
 Smith, large of frame and big of heart, himself standing with his 
 feet so firmly pinioned that he was unable to move them even a 
 hair's breadth, yet assisting his nephew to escape and extricating 
 Mrs. Lena S. Baker from a perilous position and saving her life, 
 without having a higher conception of the heroic in man and 
 receiving a fresh revelation of the divine spirit in the human soul. 
 
 But all of these things were chronicled in the daily press at 
 the time. Full and accurate descriptions were given of scores 
 of incidents, with only such variations and conflicting statements 
 as were due to the excited condition of those looking on, or to 
 the mistakes and misapprehensions natural to the persons being 
 rescued. It is neither the province nor the purpose of this report 
 to present these matters in detail. Those who are interested to 
 know more are referred to the columns of the Brockton Enter- 
 prise and the Brockton Times, both of which papers devoted 
 large space to an account of the catastrophe, and did much 
 towards stirring the sympathies of the people and enlisting them 
 in the work of caring for the injured and aiding the widow and 
 the fatherless. 
 
 But the work of rescue was the work of humanity and was 
 earnestly and heroically engaged in by every one present or near 
 enough to respond to the call. Other things for the moment were 
 forgotten, and men gladly risked their lives to save those whose 
 lives were imperilled. Crushing timbers and stifling smoke and 
 burning flame were doing their deadly work, and only instant 
 and heroic action would be of any avail. First of all and fore- 
 most in the work of rescue were the workmen of the factory who
 
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 themselves were fortunate enough to escape. These assisted 
 their fellows, extricating them from fallen timbers, rescuing 
 them from the most perilous positions, and carrying them to 
 places of safety. And many who were themselves wounded and 
 burned and in great danger lingered long enough to lift an ob- 
 struction from another, and to guide or enable him to effect his 
 escape. The workman who, with a broken collar bone and 
 suffering from other injuries, heroically kept on working until 
 he was almost forcibly caused to desist, and was sent home to 
 have his injuries attended to, is a case typical of many. The 
 spirit of selfishness was not seen, but the nobler ones of charity 
 and love and self-sacrifice were everywhere displayed. 
 
 The efforts of the workmen from the burning factory were sup- 
 plemented by those of their fellow-workmen from the Churchill 
 & Alden factory across the way, the clerks from adjacent stores, 
 and men from offices and homes nearby; mechanics, business 
 men, laborers, physicians, and priests of the Most High, without 
 distinction of class or race or creed, thus joining in the work of 
 saving human life. It is without exaggeration to say that had 
 it not been for the self-sacrifice and heroism thus displayed, the 
 number of the killed and maimed would have been twofold 
 greater than it was. Pinned down, hemmed in, rendered uncon- 
 scious by falling timbers, placed for the moment beyond the 
 power of self-help, the way of escape cut off, many more 
 would have perished had not willing hands been near to render 
 the assistance needed. 
 
 Many of the injured were able to care for themselves and went 
 unaided to their homes. Others required immediate surgical or 
 medical attention. These were taken to stores and homes in 
 the vicinity, where their wounds were dressed and such temporary 
 help given as was possible. Telephone calls summoned physi- 
 cians and nurses from every part of the city, who came hurriedly 
 to the scene to render all possible aid. They worked with a 
 devotion and skill worthy of the highest praise. Their labors 
 were supplemented on every hand by neighbors and friends, who 
 cheerfully rendered whatever assistance was in their power. 
 Most of the injured were sent to their homes after receiving tem- 
 porary attention, but some of the more critical cases were taken 
 to the Brockton and Relief hospitals, where they might have
 
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 the advantage of the best facilities and care which these places 
 afforded. Among those treated at the former hospital were 
 Mr. Andrew J. Lundell, who later died from the severe and ex- 
 tensive burns received, and Mr. Elmer H. Dodge, whose injuries 
 required the amputation of the right leg above the knee joint. 
 Of those sent to the latter hospital, the most serious cases were 
 Mr. Hiram J. Pierce, the assistant engineer, who died from his 
 injuries, and Mr. William Lovejoy, of East Bridgewater, who 
 suffered not only from a severe spinal injury, but also from pneu- 
 monia developed through the inhaling of gases and smoke and 
 from the exposure to which he was subjected. 
 
 In the work of caring for the injured too high praise cannot be 
 spoken of the many physicians who contributed so freely and 
 cheerfully to this end, and who did much to alleviate the suffer- 
 ings of the unfortunate; of the nurses who gave such kind atten- 
 tion and sympathetic aid; and of the hospitals where such 
 efficient and painstaking services were rendered without hope 
 or expectation of reward. In the case of the Brockton Hospital 
 this course was natural, as the institution is partly supported by 
 public funds; but the Relief Hospital is a private institution 
 without any assured income, yet it not only contributed its serv- 
 ice, but returned to the relief fund a donation of two hundred 
 and fifty dollars sent by the relief committee to partially 
 reimburse it for the expenses incurred incident to the fire. 
 
 The task of recovering from the fire the bodies of those who 
 perished was carried on under the personal supervision of his 
 Honor, Mayor Edward H. Keith. A large force of workmen 
 was employed, who made a thorough search of the ruins. The 
 work was prosecuted all through the hours of Monday, and when 
 darkness came electric lights were strung and the work continued 
 through the night and all day Tuesday, until the entire ground 
 had been covered and it was felt that further search would be 
 futile. So thoroughly was this work done that every piece of 
 timber, shafting, and machinery was moved and every foot of 
 space explored; and when afterwards it was feared by some that 
 bodies had been overlooked, the mayor, who was anxious that 
 everything possible should be done, repeated the operation, 
 going over the entire ground a second time in order that the 
 fears of the public might be allayed. Some time later the ashes
 
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 and debris were entirely removed and carted away, that assurance 
 might be made doubly sure. 
 
 As fast as the bodies were recovered they were placed in boxes 
 and taken to a temporary morgue in a room of the building at 
 1007 Main Street, owned by Mr. Sylvester Rice, to await possible 
 identification. Each case was numbered, and all information 
 that might lead to identification was carefully preserved and 
 tabulated. So badly were the bodies burned that it was only 
 through little bits of clothing, rings, keys, charms, or other per- 
 sonal effects that their identity could be discovered. All of this 
 work of caring for these bodies was under the direction of Dr. 
 A. E. Paine, the medical examiner, in which work he was ably 
 assisted by Dr. E. P. Gleason, the city physician. These two 
 men labored incessantly, Dr. Paine in particular giving all of 
 the hours of the day and night from Monday till Thursday with 
 scarcely any interruption. It was only through his most careful 
 and persistent work that the number of the unidentified was 
 finally reduced to thirty-five. 
 
 The following is a list of the fifty-six who perished in the fire, 
 together with the two who afterwards died from the injuries 
 received. The former residence of each person is given, and the 
 names of those who were identified are indicated. 
 
 WALLACE R. ABERCROMBIE, 91 Florence Street. 
 
 Mrs. ARTHUR ATWOOD, 102 Myrtle Street. 
 
 IRVING C. BAKER, 30 Hope Street. 
 
 Miss SERENA S. BARROWS, 50 Glenwood Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 HARRY C. BARTLETT, East Bridgewater, Mass. (Body identified.) 
 
 FRANK W. BELL, 619 Main Street. 
 
 LEON BERGENSON, Barrows Block, Main Street. 
 
 Miss MYRA BURGEN, 51 Market Street. 
 
 GEORGE B. BURGESS, 365 North Warren Avenue. 
 
 LINUS BURGESS, 748 Main Street. 
 
 ERNEST C. CARLSON, 28 Carleton Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 JESSE CHANDLER, 118 French Avenue. 
 
 Mrs. DORA E. CLARK, Whitman, Mass. (Body identified.) 
 
 JAMES RAPHAEL COLE, 1024 Warren Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 WALTER E. COPELAND, Elm Square, West Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 Mrs. MARY J. CURTIS, Windsor House, corner Warren Avenue and Elm 
 
 Street. 
 
 ALBIN DAHLBORG, 73 Denton Street. 
 TIMOTHY J. DESMOND, 40 Bradford Street.
 
 Monument in Melrose Cemetery, Brockton, erected by the city to the 
 memory of those who perished in the disaster. The thirty- 
 six unidentified bodies are here interred.
 
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 Miss FLORENCE A. DUNHAM, 56 Chestnut Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 FRANK L. EMERSON, 51 Myrtle Street. 
 
 Mrs. GEOROIE B. EMERSON, 28 Myrtle Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 WALLACE N. FINAL, 25 Grant Avenue. 
 
 Miss MART FITZPATRICK, 55 Plain Street. 
 
 ALPHONSE J. FORTIER, 162 Myrtle Street. 
 
 HARRY S. HALL, West Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 ALMORAN HALLETT, 23 Haverhill Street. 
 
 GRANVILLE HARTWELL, 601 Ash Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 ISAAC S. HOXIE, 185 Menlo Street. 
 
 Mrs. LILLIAN B. HURD, 806 Warren Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 JAMES JACKSON, Abington, Mass. 
 
 WILLIAM F. JEPFERS, Union Street, East Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 Mrs. STELLA KELLEY, 15 Park Street. 
 
 HENRY C. KIBBEE, Elm Street, Bridgewater, Mass. (Body identified.) 
 
 THOMAS F. L ANGLE Y, 162 Lawrence Street. 
 
 Miss NELLIE LEARY, 15 Smith Avenue. 
 
 Miss MARY LEONARD, 17 Pine Street. 
 
 BARNABAS LEWIS, 515 North Main Street. 
 
 Mrs. HANNAH LINDBERG, 5 Ouster Street. 
 
 J. SAMUEL LOVEJOY, 23 Haverhill Street. 
 
 JEROME A. MAYO, corner Main and Market streets. (Body identified.) 
 
 Mrs. FLORENCE M. MERRILL, 895 Main Street. 
 
 Miss MARY T. O'CONNELL, 290 North Gary Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 Mrs. EMMA B. PRAY, 9 Sheppard Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 ALBERT S. RAY, Campello, Mass. (Body identified.) 
 
 DAVID W. ROCKWELL, 80 Denton Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 GEORGE E. SMITH, 976 Warren Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 JOSHUA F. SNOW, 87 North Main Street. 
 
 STEPHEN SNOW, 120 Belmont Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 RICHARD W. SPRIGINGS, 159 Warren Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 Mrs. JENNIE STILES, 51 Market Street. 
 
 JOHN N. SULLIVAN, 674 Montello Street. 
 
 Mrs. EMMA M. TALLMAN, 26 Appleton Street. (Body identified.) 
 
 SAMUEL A. TILEY, 370 Ash Street. 
 
 Miss MARION TUFTS, 16 Essex Street. 
 
 J. VICTOR TURNER, 923 Warren Avenue. (Body identified.) 
 
 HENRY M. WEEKS, 4 Essex Street. 
 
 ANDREW G. LUNDELL, 20 Ouster Street. (Died in the Brockton Hospital.) 
 
 HIRAM J. PIERCE, 60 Myrtle Street. (Died in the Relief Hospital.)
 
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 III 
 
 A CITY IN MOURNING 
 
 Thursday, March 23, 1905, will long be remembered as an 
 eventful day in the history of Brockton. It marked one of the 
 scenes in the grim tragedy which death had played in our midst 
 and which had filled the city and adjacent communities with such 
 deep gloom. This was the occasion of the public burial services 
 held over the remains of the unidentified dead. It was felt that 
 #s these bodies could not be separated and known, and thus 
 xeceive a fitting burial at the hands of their families and kindred, 
 it was right and proper that the services should be of an official 
 as well as public character. 
 
 At the request of the mayor, the ministers of the city met on 
 Tuesday afternoon and selected places where the services should 
 be held, arranging the order of exercises, and designating those 
 who should participate therein. On the evening of the same 
 day, at the call of the mayor, a joint meeting of the city council 
 was held to consider what action should be taken of an official 
 character. At this meeting the council passed resolutions ex- 
 pressing their deepest sympathy with the bereaved in their afflic- 
 tion, and voted a sum of money sufficient to purchase a burial 
 lot in which should be placed the bodies of the unidentified, and 
 to erect thereon a suitable monument to their memory. In 
 accord with this vote an order was passed appropriating the 
 sum of $1,500, $1,000 of which should be expended in the purchase 
 of a monument, and the balance used in securing a lot in Melrose 
 Cemetery, which should be properly graded and beautified. It 
 was also decided that Thursday, the time chosen for the public 
 burial services, should be properly observed by the entire city. 
 In keeping with this action the following order was unanimously 
 passed: 
 
 " Ordered, that the offices in the City Hall and all city departments, includ- 
 ing schools, shall be closed on March 23; and it is 
 
 " Resolved, that it is the sense of the City Council that all places of business
 
 Grover Factory Fire 17 
 
 be closed on that day in deference to the friends and relatives of the persons 
 who lost their lives in the catastrophe at the R. B. Grover & Co. factory." 
 
 In carrying out this order of the City Council the mayor issued 
 the following proclamation : 
 
 CITT OF BROCKTON, MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
 March 22, 1905. 
 
 As Thursday, March 23 inst., has been set apart for public funeral services 
 over the remains of the victims of the late appalling catastrophe at the factory 
 of R. B. Grover & Co. in this city, in order that there may be a proper observ- 
 ance of the solemnity of the occasion, I have directed, in accordance with 
 vote of the City Council, that the flags of the city be then displayed at half- 
 mast, and that all municipal buildings, offices, and schools be closed. I also 
 request that all shops, stores and factories and all other places of business, so 
 far as possible, be closed. 
 
 Signed, EDWARD H. KEITH, Mayor. 
 
 When Thursday arrived, the streets of the city were thronged, 
 not only with its own citizens, but with many who came from the 
 surrounding towns. So great was the interest manifested, and so 
 intense the desire to attend the services, that it was soon dis- 
 covered that the City Theater and the Porter Congregational 
 Church where it had been arranged that services should be held, 
 would be entirely inadequate to accommodate the number who 
 desired admission. The order, as originally arranged, was carried 
 out with the exception of the changes made necessary in 
 providing for additional meetings. 
 
 The principal service was held in the City Theater, where his 
 Honor, Mayor Edward H. Keith, presided. Upon the platform 
 were seated his Excellency, Gov. William L. Douglas, the alder- 
 men, the councilmen, and official chiefs of the various depart- 
 ments of the municipal government, the general president and 
 other officers of the Boot & Shoe Workers' Union, several clergy- 
 men of the city and surrounding community, both Catholic and 
 Protestant, and a number of other persons representing the labor 
 unions and fraternal societies of the city. In introducing the 
 services, Mayor Keith said: 
 
 " Fellow citizens, and all who mourn to-day, our city has been 
 visited by a terrible calamity, the magnitude of which almost 
 baffles the power of description. It has cast a gloom over our 
 community so dark as to sadden the stoutest heart and cause 
 even the strongest to tremble with awe. And now, as we are
 
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 rising from our prostrate condition of overwhelming grief and 
 suffering, we find our first duty in the care of the wounded and 
 maimed, and also in the burial of the dead. Guided by a common 
 impulse, our city to-day is hushed in mourning, and this multi- 
 tude has assembled to witness the last act of love and respect 
 paid to the victims of this great disaster. May God grant that 
 never again in all our future history shall we be called upon to 
 pass through so terrible an experience." 
 
 Following the remarks of the mayor, Rev. Robert L. Rae, 
 pastor of the Waldo Congregational Church, read the ninetieth 
 psalm; Rev. Julian S. Wadsworth, pastor of the Central Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, offered prayer; the boys' vested choir of St. 
 Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, fifty in number, directed by the 
 organist, William G. Clifford, sang "Asleep in Jesus," and fol- 
 lowed this by chanting " De Profundis," " Out of the depths I 
 cry "; Rev. William E. Keating, senior curate at St. Patrick's 
 Roman Catholic Church, delivered a memorial address; St. Pat- 
 rick's Church male quartet sang " Gathering Home "; Rev. 
 Dr. Rush R. Shippen, pastor of the Unity Church, followed this 
 with a tender address, and the benediction was pronounced 
 by Rev. S. D. Turner, pastor of the Lincoln Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 The second service arranged was held in the Porter Congrega- 
 tional Church. Rev. W. H. Morrison, pastor of the Universalist 
 Church, presided. The service opened with an organ selection by 
 Mr. George Sawyer Dunham, and a dirge was played by the Milo 
 Burke Band, which was stationed in the rear gallery. After 
 introductory remarks by the chairman, Rev. J. Alfred Anderson, 
 pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church, read the Scripture lesson, 
 and prayer was offered by Rev. W. O. Ayer, pastor of the Warren 
 Avenue Baptist Church; a selection was sung by a quartet com- 
 posed of Mrs. R. R. Littlefield, Miss Susie R. Wade, Mr. C. L. 
 Estey, and Mr. George W. Sprague; addresses were made by Rev. 
 Dr. F. A. Warfield, of Milford, a former pastor of the Porter 
 Congregational Church; Rev. George B.Titus, pastor of the First 
 Baptist Church, and Rev. F. A. White, rector of the St. Paul's 
 Episcopal Church; the Gerrish male quartet, composed of 
 Messrs. A. L. Willis, F. A. Dunham, T. A. Norris, and F. S. 
 Sprague, sang " Lead, Kindly Light," and the service was con-
 
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 eluded with the benediction by Rev. Louis G. Hoeck, pastor of 
 the New Jerusalem Church. 
 
 So great were the crowds upon the street clamoring for admis- 
 sion in order to hear the services that three other meetings were 
 hastily improvised. 
 
 The doors of the First Congregational Church were thrown open, 
 and instantly the auditorium was crowded with people. Rev. 
 Dr. Albert F. Pierce, pastor of the South Congregational Church, 
 presided. Rev. Sherman E. Ellis, pastor of the South Street 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, read the Scriptures, and prayer was 
 offered by Rev. H. H. Jones, pastor of the Messiah Baptist Church. 
 Brief addresses were delivered by Rev. G. Elmer Mossman, pastor 
 of the Pearl Street Methodist Church, Rev. Dr. F. A. Warfield, 
 of Milford, and the chairman of the meeting. The quartet of 
 the South Congregational Church sang " In Heavenly Love Abid- 
 ing," and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Edgar B. 
 French, pastor of the Wendell Avenue Congregational Church. 
 
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church was also thrown open and in- 
 stantly crowded to the doors. The meeting was presided over 
 by Mr. C. R. Barrett. The choir sang " Nearer, my God, to Thee "; 
 an address was made by Rev. Sherman E. Ellis, pastor of the 
 South Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and this was followed 
 with " Lead, Kindly Light," sung by the choir. Rev. W. H. 
 Morrison, of the Universalist Church, then followed with an ad- 
 dress, and after a brief prayer the recessional, " O what the Joy 
 and the Glory must be," was sung by the choir. 
 
 Canton Hall was the third place that was opened for an over- 
 flow meeting. This was presided over by Rev. Julian S. Wads- 
 worth, pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. 
 John F. Kelliher, pastor of St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church; 
 Rev. R. L. Rae, pastor of the Waldo Congregational Church, Rev. 
 G. A. Rainville, pastor of St. Joseph's Church of Salem, formerly 
 pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of this city, and Rev. 
 Mr. Wadsworth delivered addresses. 
 
 When the several services were ended, the funeral procession 
 was formed on Main Street at the foot of Ward. It was under 
 the direction of the city marshal, Mr. William A. Boyden, with 
 Major Charles Williamson, Capt. George E. Horton, and Mr. 
 Francis E. Pope, as aids, and was composed of military, civic,
 
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 and fraternal organizations to the number of thirty-two. These 
 were divided into four divisions, each division being led by a 
 band of music, and at the head marched a platoon of police. 
 The funeral cortege when formed was the most imposing proces- 
 sion ever seen in Brockton. There were 2,451 men in line in 
 the various marching formations. These were followed by five 
 hearses and fifteen undertaker's wagons bearing the remains of 
 the unidentified dead, and sixty-four carriages containing members 
 of the bereaved families. Employees of the R. B. Grover & Co. 
 factory to the number of one hundred, serving as a guard of 
 honor, marched with solemn tread beside the vehicles containing 
 the remains of their deceased shopmates. Five conveyances were 
 filled to overflowing with the wealth of floral tributes that bore 
 silent but unmistakable testimony to the love and esteem of 
 sorrowing friends. To the solemn strains of the " Dead March" the 
 procession passed down Main Street to Belmont Street, thence to 
 Warren Avenue, to Pleasant Street, to Brockton Heights, and to 
 Melrose Cemetery. 
 
 At the cemetery the bodies were placed in the receiving vault, 
 and the last solemn rites of the church were said by Rev. Ira E. 
 David, of the Olivet Memorial Church, Rev. August L. Anderson, 
 of the Swedish Congregational Church, Rev. R. M. Wilkins, of 
 the Franklin M. E. Church, and Rev. Edwin P. Moulton, of the 
 Wales Avenue Free Baptist Church. When the voice of prayer 
 had died away, a squad of Company I, Heavy Artillery, under the 
 command of Capt. George E. Horton, fired a salute, the taps 
 were sounded, and the solemn services for the day were over. 
 
 The compiler of this record has studiously avoided elaborate 
 description. There has been great temptation in this direction, 
 for the material is so abundant and of such character as to inspire 
 the heroic and the beautiful. But the writer has sternly repressed 
 himself and kept within the limits of a simple account devoid of 
 all ornamentation. But he cannot refrain from inserting at this 
 point the following descriptive sentiment, written by one of the 
 reportorial staff and printed in the Brockton Times in its issue of 
 Friday, March 24, the day after the public funeral.
 
 Grover Factory Fire 21 
 
 SORROW, THE GREAT COMMONER, UNITES THE CITY'S THOU- 
 SANDS IN SIMPLE TRIBUTE TO THE NAMELESS DEAD 
 
 As the sun sank slowly to rest upon its billowy bed of night, 
 Brockton's rent and bleeding heart gave its final throb of sorrow. 
 Its nameless dead had been carried reverently to the area of their 
 long earthly sleep. The last rites had been said. The city had 
 paid its greatest tribute. In the western heavens, limned against 
 the sky as bright and as clear as that heavenly message of Bethle- 
 hem that gave hope and joy to the wise men of the East, beamed 
 the great evening star. Out of the darkness came the light. So 
 out of the darkness of the mourning comes to-day the light of 
 endeavor for those that live. The city has officially mourned. 
 
 And such a mourning was there. In the theater, in the churches 
 and halls chosen for the services which were to do honor to the 
 lost loved ones, who shall ever be classed in earthly records by the 
 cold numerals of the unidentified, were thousands of the weeping, 
 sad-eyed men and women of the city. In the streets there were 
 thousands more. In five places services of sorrow were held at 
 once, and still the streets showed no diminution in the numbers 
 of those who came from far and near to join in the great expres- 
 sion of sympathy and brotherly love. 
 
 When the eloquent words of the clergy were still, and the last 
 crumbs of verbal comfort had been scattered, that the suffering 
 might feed and be of better cheer, and the last note of the sad 
 music had died away, the people went out into the streets. City 
 officials, clergy, and others closer in touch with the vast sadness 
 and its cause formed in the funeral cortege. Then to the meas- 
 ured, somber sweetness of the dirges this long, sinuous line of 
 black wound its slow way to the place of interment through miles 
 of streets, whose covering of mud and slush was hidden by the 
 thousands of those who came to see and respect by their presence 
 the feeling at the depth of it all. 
 
 In times of joy and celebration Brockton's streets have been 
 filled many, many times, and the air has been rent with the blare 
 of brass and the shrillness of vocal jubilation, but never before 
 with all that vast concourse of people was there the stillness. It 
 was the stillness as of one standing upon the very edge of the 
 yawning abyss of death. Before the funeral procession passed, 
 while the crowd waited, waited, and watched from their points 
 of vantage, there was an occasional quiet jest, which only caused 
 a sigh of relief at the slight easing of the tension, but as the squad 
 of police appeared, and the strains of the death marches or the 
 muffled beat of the drum came wafted gently on the still air to 
 the ear, a hush fell on all. Throughout that long line of march, 
 as the procession went by, the sound of the falling feet of the
 
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 marchers alone stirred the silence. The softest whisper could 
 have been heard. It was the stillness of a great, overwrought 
 crowd, than which there can be nothing more awful in its grim 
 impressiveness. 
 
 Those men who marched have shown in the past few days that 
 they are men. They marched " in the silent manliness of grief," 
 and the thousands inwardly mourned with them. There was no 
 creed, no color line, no hostility of capital and labor; the common 
 strifes of men were forgotten, and all were brought closer together 
 in the beautiful harmony of the universal brotherhood. Sorrow, 
 the great leveller, the great arbiter, had done its work. 
 
 In that nerve-testing stillness now and then was heard a re- 
 pressed sob, but there was no loud weeping, no cries, no hysteria, 
 - the heaviness of the burden was too great for that. But there 
 were tears, and there were dry eyes to which tears would have 
 brought sweet relief. There was the touching tribute of the 
 marching Knights of Columbus, in the formation of the cross, 
 symbolical of all that Christ in his mercy and goodness can offer. 
 
 Further along, noticed by but few, came the Liberty Band of 
 Campello. 'Mid the music of the dirge there was one instrument 
 that was still, the clarinet of David W. Rockwell, the engineer 
 who lost his life at his post of duty. Draped in crape, it was 
 borne quietly by a boy. 
 
 At the end of the long line of marchers came the four hearses 
 with their single caskets, and behind them the sixteen vehicles 
 of death, bearing the other caskets. All knew that within them 
 were those poor remnants of the broken earthly shell, marked by 
 no name, distinguished only by number. Further yet again 
 came the carriages of those who mourned. As far as the eye 
 could reach came that interminable line of black. As the last 
 passed out of sight the watcher felt his greatest realization of the 
 wide compass, the terrible greatness of the disaster. 
 
 As the cemetery was reached compassionate night slowly low- 
 ered its sable mantle, as if to hide from vulgar sight those last, 
 sad scenes. Into the cemetery passed the dead and those who 
 mourned. The soldiers drew up in lines for them to pass through. 
 The crowd gathered about. One by one the caskets were placed 
 within the rude toolhouse. Now and then a lighted match added 
 its weird light. The last of the nameless was placed on the top 
 of that funeral pile. Cartridges were shoved into the breaches 
 of the guns of the firing squad of Battery I. The snap of the lock 
 clicked. The bugler sounded taps. The squad fired its salute. 
 The flashes from the rifles fitfully lighted the scene, and showed 
 the drawn faces of those who watched, and those who, from 
 within those black carriages, made blacker in the night, drew 
 aside the curtains to look their last long look at the cold coverings 
 that held the shattered remnants of their loved. Gaunt and
 
 Grover Factory Fire 23 
 
 drear they looked in their sadness. Over all shone steadily that 
 bright star in the heavens. 
 
 Straggling in broken lines through the streets of the city last 
 night, in gloom of the shadow of unlighted business blocks, re- 
 turned those bodies of devoted men who had followed to the grave. 
 Their feet dragged, but the lively music and the merry rattle of 
 the drum told that it was over. From the darkness comes light; 
 from death springs up eternity; from the great sorrow of the 
 municipality must come the brightness of love and care for those 
 who are gone. To-day, bravely, vigorously, the city takes up its 
 work. 
 
 While the number of bodies placed in the receiving tomb on 
 the day of the public funeral was forty, yet on that same day 
 one, and subsequently three others, were identified, which left 
 the final number of unknown at thirty-six. These bodies rested 
 in the vault until Tuesday, April 11, when they were interred 
 in the lot which had been provided for this purpose. The day 
 was cold and raw, and rain was driven before a bitter wind. 
 Friends to the number of half a hundred had gathered to witness 
 the services, which were simple but deeply impressive. A circular 
 trench some forty-two feet in diameter had been dug in the center 
 of the lot. Into this the caskets in their pine box coverings were 
 lowered, and placed in the position of spokes in the wheel, all 
 pointing to the common center which later was marked by the 
 monument erected to their memory. Standing on an elevation 
 somewhat above the people, the Rev. Dr. Albert F. Pierce de- 
 livered a brief address recounting the scenes that had led up to 
 the present, describing the plans for the burial plot and the monu- 
 ment, and speaking a few words of comfort to the sorrowing 
 friends. Rev. George B. Titus followed with an earnest and 
 tender prayer. And when the benediction was pronounced, 
 friends lingered about the grave loath to leave the spot that held 
 such sad yet sacred memories. 
 
 Each grave is marked with a simple slab that bears a number, 
 not a name; and in the keeping of the superintendent of the 
 cemetery is a list which tells whether it is male or female that is 
 interred under the respective numbers. The friends of the de- 
 ceased, by common consent, have chosen certain numbers which 
 represent their dead and which they decorate with flowers in token 
 of their affection and love, a touching and beautiful custom.
 
 24 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 The memorial erected by the city was placed in position in the 
 center of the lot on September 14, 1905. The monument is 
 thirteen feet in height, six feet at the base, and is made of polished, 
 frostproof granite. It stands facing the southeast, and has upon 
 the shaft the following inscripton: 
 
 ON MARCH 20, 1905, 
 
 A BOILER EXPLOSION 
 
 AND FIRE DESTROYED THE 
 
 R. B. GROVER & Co. SHOE FACTORY. 
 
 THERE WERE 58 LIVES LOST 
 
 AND 150 PERSONS INJURED. 
 
 On the panel at the base of the monument is chiseled: 
 
 ERECTED BY THE CITY OP BROCKTON 
 IN MEMORY OP THOSE WHO PERISHED 
 IN THE FACTORY DISASTER, MARCH 20, 1905. 
 
 On the northwest side of the shaft appears : 
 
 IDENTIFIED AND BURIED ELSEWHERE: 
 
 EMMA B. PRAY 
 DORA E. CLARK 
 ALBERT S. RAY 
 JAMES R. COLE 
 STEPHEN SNOW 
 LILLIAN B. HURD 
 JEROME A. MAYO 
 HENRY C. KIBBEE 
 HIRAM J. PIERCE 
 GEORGE E. SMITH 
 EMMA M. TALLMAN 
 J. VICTOR TURNER 
 ERNEST C. CARLSON 
 RICHARD W. SPRIGINGS 
 DAVID W. ROCKWELL 
 MARY T. O'CONNELL 
 ANDREW G. LUNDELL 
 SERENA S. BARROWS 
 GEORGIE B. EMERSON 
 HARRY C. BARTLETT 
 FLORENCE A. DUNHAM 
 GRANVILLE HARTWELL
 
 Grover Factory Fire 25 
 
 On the southwest face of the monument is inscribed : 
 
 UNIDENTIFIED AND BURIED IN THIS LOT: 
 
 HARRY S. HALL 
 CLAIR ATWOOD 
 MYRA BURGEN 
 FRANK W. BELL 
 LINUS BURGESS 
 MARY J. CURTIS 
 IRVING C. BAKER 
 LEON BERGENSON 
 JESSE CHANDLER 
 ALBIN DAHLBORG 
 FRANK L. EMERSON 
 GEORGE B. BURGESS 
 WALLACE N. FINAL 
 ALPHONSE J. FORTIER 
 MARY FITZPATRICK 
 TIMOTHY J. DESMOND 
 WALTER E. COPELAND 
 WALLACE R. ABERCROMBIE 
 
 On the northeast face of the monument the list of the unidenti- 
 fied is continued as follows: 
 
 UNIDENTIFIED AND BURIED IN THIS LOT: 
 
 JENNIE STILES 
 NELLIE LEARY 
 MARIAN TUFTS 
 STELLA KELLEY 
 ISAAC S. HOXIE 
 JOSHUA F. SNOW 
 MARY LEONARD 
 SAMUEL A. TILEY 
 HENRY M. WEEKS 
 JAMES JACKSON 
 BARNABAS LEWIS 
 JOHN N. SULLIVAN 
 HANNAH LINDBERG 
 ALMORAN HALLETT 
 J. SAMUEL LOVE JOY 
 WILLIAM F. JEFFERS 
 THOMAS F. LANGLEY 
 FLORENCE M. MERRILL
 
 26 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 After meeting all of the expenses of the city incident to the 
 fire and the public burial, the balances remaining from the 
 amounts appropriated for this purpose were put into a common 
 fund to be expended in beautifying the burial lot and its sur- 
 roundings. An artificial lake is to be formed just west of the 
 monument, and that portion of the cemetery graded and orna- 
 mented. Already the spot is visited by many sightseers and may 
 be expected to prove a center of interest to the increasing number 
 of visitors to this burial place of the dead. The monument is not 
 pretentious, but it speaks silently and eloquently of the city's 
 esteem for its unfortunate citizens and of their sympathy for the 
 sorrowing friends.
 
 Grover Factory Fire 27 
 
 IV 
 
 STARTING A RELIEF FUND 
 
 As soon as the results of the disaster were realized, it was evi- 
 dent that something must be done to relieve the distress which 
 must inevitably follow. For so large a body of workmen to be 
 instantly thrown out of employment was a serious matter in 
 itself; but to meet the necessary expenses of caring for the sick 
 and maimed, the burial of the dead, and the maintenance of 
 orphan children and helpless, dependent aged, meant a work 
 of sympathy and charity which would tax a most generous public. 
 Yet never did a people respond more cheerfully; and in this work 
 Brockton had the sympathy and aid of the entire country, par- 
 ticularly that portion which was in any way related to the shoe 
 industry. So readily and generously did the contributions flow 
 in that it gave every one a new conception of the spirit of human 
 brotherhood. 
 
 The first contribution came in the form of a check for $1,000, 
 and was sent to the mayor of the city to be used according to his 
 individual judgment. This gift was from the United Shoe 
 Machinery Company, of Boston, and was forwarded early in the 
 afternoon of the day of the fire. 
 
 On the evening of the same day the Joint Shoe Council, of 
 Brockton, met and passed resolutions of sympathy and donated 
 $500 as the beginning of a general relief fund. At the same time 
 action was taken instructing their secretary to communicate with 
 all the boot and shoe workers' unions of the country, asking them 
 for donations in aid of this object. A study of the contributions 
 will show that the shoe workers' unions in the various states very 
 generously responded, in addition to a donation of $2,500 from 
 the national organization with headquarters in Boston; and it 
 will be seen that the unions of Brockton and vicinity contributed 
 as organizations the sum of over $6,000. This is very liberal 
 when we recall the fact on the one hand that the members of 
 these same unions made generous contributions as individuals 
 through the subscriptions that were taken up in the various
 
 28 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 factories, and on the other that the organizations, in addition to 
 their gifts, paid out the sum of over $10,000 in insurance and 
 weekly benefits to the injured in this disaster. 
 
 On Tuesday afternoon the Brockton Shoe Manufacturers' 
 Association held a special meeting, and after passing resolutions 
 of sympathy, adopted a motion calling upon all the members 
 of the association not only for personal gifts, but to use their best 
 endeavors in having subscriptions taken among their several 
 friends and the employees of their factories. In addition the 
 following communication was sent to the various members of 
 
 the trade: 
 
 BROCKTON, MASS., March 21, 1905. 
 
 Gentlemen, At a special meeting of the Brockton Shoe Manufacturers' 
 Association held this afternoon to make provision for and arrange to relieve 
 the necessities of the sufferers of the lamentable disaster at the factory of 
 R. B. Grover & Co., the Association, in addition to personal contributions, 
 appointed a committee to make an appeal to their business associates to 
 assist in relieving the suffering among the injured and the families left without 
 support. 
 
 Your cooperation is earnestly and respectfully solicited, and any amount 
 that your sympathies will prompt you to donate will be gratefully received, 
 acknowledged, and placed where it will be of incalculable benefit. 
 
 Checks may be sent to Hervey Dunham, Brockton, Mass., Treasurer of the 
 Association. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 T. D. BARRY, 
 JOHN S. KENT, 
 MYRON L. KEITH, 
 GEORGE H. SNOW, 
 J. E. TIBBETTS, 
 PRESTON B. KEITH, 
 HERVEY DUNHAM, Treasurer, 
 T. J. EVANS, Secretary, 
 
 Committee. 
 
 As the result of this appeal more than $11,000 were added to 
 the general fund. 
 
 As soon as it became known that a fund was to be started, the 
 people began to show practical interest. On Tuesday the George 
 E. Keith Company sent a contribution of $2,000; on Wednesday 
 Gov. W. L. Douglas gave his personal subscription of $1,000, 
 and many other citizens contributed generously. The same day 
 Mr. E. A. Grozier, editor of the Boston Post, sent his personal
 
 Grover Factory Fire 29 
 
 check for $500 and opened the columns of that paper to receive 
 subscriptions. About the same time the Brockton Enterprise 
 and the Brockton Times each made a personal gift and opened 
 their columns to record donations. While other papers con- 
 tributed generous sums and aided by their influence, special 
 credit is due to the three already mentioned for spreading infor- 
 mation and creating interest in the movement. General interest 
 seemed to grow apace, and the fund was rapidly increased. By 
 Wednesday over $10,000 had been raised and by Friday over 
 $24,000, while the papers of Saturday announced that the fund 
 had grown to more than $39,000. Many agencies contributed 
 to this success. Without making invidious distinction, it may 
 be mentioned that Col. John J. Whipple secured several large 
 sums through personal solicitation, and some of our merchants 
 aided materially by inclosing cards in their business letters 
 addressed to the trade. The responses to these appeals were 
 surprisingly hearty and generous. 
 
 At the beginning of the following week the general relief com- 
 mittee appointed Mr. George Clarence Holmes as chairman of a 
 special committee on subscriptions, with the earnest hope that 
 the fund might be largely increased. To Mr. Holmes as chair- 
 man of this committee a great deal of praise is due. Plans were 
 formulated; churches, schools, fraternal societies, and business 
 organizations were appealed to; and personal letters by the hun- 
 dred were sent to various individuals and firms throughout the 
 country. As a result of these efforts large gifts came from many 
 individuals. Particular mention should be made of the donation 
 received from the Carnegie Hero Fund. In a general letter 
 sent out by Mr. Holmes, mention was made not only of the un- 
 selfishness of the workmen while escaping from the burning 
 building, but of the real acts of heroism and self-sacrifice that 
 were displayed by many. This particular sentence in the letter 
 attracted the attention of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, and he imme- 
 diately requested his representative to look into the situation 
 and ascertain if it called for any action on their part. As a 
 result of the correspondence thus begun, and the personal visit 
 of Mr. Carnegie's representative to Brockton, a donation of 
 $10,000 was made to the fund. This came at a time when inter- 
 est in the matter had somewhat abated, and served to give such
 
 30 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 impetus to the movement that the amount was carried up to 
 over $100,000. 
 
 When it was first suggested that an appeal be made to the 
 country in general for aid, it met with considerable opposition. 
 It was felt that Brockton was able to care for its own, and that 
 local pride should prevent us from soliciting from the public at 
 large. It was soon discovered, however, that the work was of 
 such magnitude that we were unable to bear it alone; and in 
 addition it was found that the burden belonged not simply to 
 Brockton, but to many other sections. While the explosion and 
 fire occurred in our own city, and the dead and injured were 
 within our own homes, yet all were not residents of this place. 
 Among the killed and injured were found citizens of not only 
 fourteen towns in Plymouth County, but residents of three other 
 counties of Massachusetts, and not less than four other states and 
 provinces. It was thus seen that it was but simple justice to 
 appeal for outside aid, and it was with the assurance that the 
 appeal would meet with a hearty response on the part of a gener- 
 ous public. 
 
 At the close of this record there is published a full list of the 
 subscriptions that were made. If any omissions are found, or any 
 errors whatever are discovered, they must be attributed to the 
 oversight of the one preparing this report. Considerable care 
 and labor in its preparation have been given, and it is hoped that 
 the report is reasonably correct. 
 
 If there are any errors that are not typographical, they are of 
 names and addresses. Names were not always written in the 
 most legible manner, and it is not strange if some names and 
 addresses were not recorded correctly when one recalls to mind 
 the excitement and confusion of that first week of the fire. The 
 amount of the subscriptions, however, as prepared for this report, 
 tallies exactly with the report of the Treasurer. 
 
 The names of donors are placed in alphabetical order under 
 each town, and the towns and cities are given in alphabetical 
 order under each state, with the exception that Brockton is 
 placed at the head of the list, and Massachusetts first of the states. 
 While we gratefully recognize the sympathy and generosity of 
 the many cities and communities which came to our relief, it 
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 per cent of the fund less the Carnegie donation came from our 
 little city alone. But to all sections which sprang to our aid, 
 and to every individual who sent a contribution, however humble, 
 to help us in mitigating the sufferings of the injured, and in minis- 
 tering to the needs of the unfortunate and helpless, we express 
 our profoundest gratitude and thanksgiving; and upon all we 
 invoke the blessing of Him who said, " Inasmuch as ye have 
 done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me."
 
 32 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE RELIEF WORK 
 
 It very early became evident that the disaster was so great 
 and widespread as to call for relief on a large scale. Not only were 
 many breadwinners thrown out of employment, but several 
 families lost their sole support through the death of friends or 
 through the injuries they received which incapacitated them for 
 work for an indefinite period of time. In the latter case there 
 were special care and medical service demanded which some were 
 unable to provide. That some united effort for relief was neces- 
 sary was not only evident, but was voiced by many citizens in 
 several ways. The first definite step in this direction, however, 
 was taken by the Brockton Joint Shoe Council, which was called 
 together on the evening of that dreadful day. The Council 
 passed resolutions of sympathy, appointed a committee of eight 
 to confer with like committees that might be named by other 
 bodies, and voted an appropriation of $500 towards a relief fund. 
 The committee consisted of Messrs. Emmett T. Walls, Thomas C. 
 Farrell, Frederick E. Studley, James Farrell, F. Moriarty, W. E. 
 Jacoy, Walter Steele, and John P. Meade. 
 
 A joint meeting of the City Council summoned by Mayor 
 Keith was held on Tuesday evening. Suitable resolutions were 
 presented and passed, and after action was taken respecting 
 the public funeral and burial of the unidentified dead, which 
 action is elsewhere recorded, the following order was adopted: 
 " Resolved, that a committee, to consist of his Honor, the Mayor, 
 three members of the board of aldermen, with such as the council 
 may appoint, be constituted to take such action in this sad exigency 
 as they shall deem proper, and to act in conjunction with any 
 committee or committees which may be appointed for such 
 purpose on the part of our citizens or of any organization." 
 
 The following were appointed as the committee: May or Ed ward 
 H. Keith, Aldermen C. Chester Eaton, Arthur E. Kendrick, and 
 Edward Gilmore; and Councilmen George Swann, George W. R. 
 Hill, Franklin Howes, A. T. Clancy, and William E. Bullivant.
 
 Grover Factory Fire 33 
 
 At a public meeting called by Mayor Keith, and held in Canton 
 Hall on Friday evening, at which his Honor presided, expressions 
 of public interest and sympathy were made, and a committee of 
 eight citizens named to be members of the General Relief Com- 
 mittee. The following eight persons were chosen: Mr. Walter 
 Rapp, Mr. George Clarence Holmes, Mr. George W. Alden, Mr. 
 Edward Cox, Dr. J. H. Drohan, Rev. Dr. Albert F. Pierce, Mr. 
 Arthur Taber, and Mr. Fred Hoyt. 
 
 The same evening the manufacturers and merchants of the 
 city convened and appointed Mr. Myron L. Keith, Mr. Perley G. 
 Flint, Mr. Emery L. Low, Col. John J. Whipple, Mr. John S. Kent, 
 Mr. William L. Wright, Mr. Hervey Dunham, and Mr. Kenneth 
 McLeod to represent them upon the relief work which might be 
 planned. 
 
 These thirty-two persons thus appointed convened that same 
 Friday evening at nine o'clock in the chambers of the Common 
 Council in City Hall, and organized themselves into the " General 
 Committee of Relief for Sufferers from the R. B. Grover & Co. 
 Factory Fire." All the members of the committee were present, 
 and organization was effected by the choice of Mayor Keith as 
 chairman and Mr. George W. Alden as secretary. Mayor Keith 
 suggested the name of City Treasurer, Mr. William H. Emerson, 
 as treasurer of the relief fund, and he was unanimously chosen for 
 that position. After informal discussion it was voted: " That a 
 board of five trustees shall be appointed by the mayor, of which 
 Mr. Edward H. Keith shall be chairman, who shall have entire 
 custody of the funds raised for the relief of the sufferers from the 
 R. B. Grover & Co. factory fire, and that the trustees shall have 
 authority to pay out the funds according to such plans and 
 methods as shall be devised and approved by the general com- 
 mittee." In accord with this vote the Chair announced the 
 names of the following persons to serve as trustees: Edward H. 
 Keith, Hervey Dunham, John J. Whipple, Myron L. Keith, and 
 John P. Meade. 
 
 The following was then unanimously voted: " That a com- 
 mittee of investigation and recommendation, consisting of three 
 members from each of the special committees now assembled, 
 be appointed or elected as the committee of the whole may 
 desire. This committee shall be considered as an advisory
 
 34 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 committee, and shall report as such times as the general com- 
 mittee may order." After conference on the part of the special 
 committees, the following persons were named as the Advisory 
 Committee: Messrs. Arthur E. Kendrick, George Swann, and 
 Franklin Howes, of the City Council; Messrs. Thomas C. Farrell, 
 Emmett T. Walls, and Frederick E. Studley, of the Joint Shoe 
 Council; Messrs. John S. Kent, W. L. Wright, and Kenneth 
 McLeod, of the Manufacturers and Merchants; and Messrs. Dr. 
 Albert F. Pierce, Walter Rapp, and Dr. J. H. Drohan, of the 
 Citizens' Committee. 
 
 Upon the adjournment of the General Committee the twelve 
 persons chosen as the Advisory Committee met in the committee 
 room of the Council Chamber and organized by the election of 
 Mr. Frederick E. Studley as chairman and Dr. Albert F. Pierce 
 as secretary. This Council Chamber room was afterwards placed 
 at the disposal of this committee, and was not only used as the 
 place of meeting, but was made the headquarters for relief, and 
 was kept open every week day and evening for several weeks. 
 
 The Advisory Committee, after discussion and a full interchange 
 of opinion, decided, not in exact form, but substantially, as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 1. That aid should be given to every sufferer from the fire who 
 was in actual need, whether said person was injured or not; or 
 whether employed by the R. B. Grover & Co. firm or not. 
 
 2. Temporary relief must not be delayed in any proper case, 
 but must be quickly rendered. 
 
 3. Every case so far as possible shall be personally investigated 
 by at least two members of the committee, that the interests of 
 the fund may be properly safeguarded and all parties justly dealt 
 with. 
 
 4. Whatever aid is rendered shall be a direct gift of money to 
 the individual or family, and the committee cannot assume re- 
 sponsibility for medical attendance, nurse's fees, or any expense 
 otherwise incurred. 
 
 5. Where more aid is required than a single donation, it shall 
 not be given in large sums, but in weekly payments according to 
 the nature of the individual case. 
 
 6. Blank forms shall be prepared on which a record of each 
 serious case shall be made, including the nature and extent of
 
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 injury received, wage-earning power, number of dependents in 
 the family, other sources of income, etc. The following is a copy 
 of the blank adopted, which is very general in form, and which 
 was used in whole or in part according to the individual case 
 investigated. It required discriminating judgment on the part 
 of the visitors. 
 
 No 
 
 BROCKTON RELIEF FUND 
 
 FOR 
 
 SUFFERERS FROM R. B. GROVER & Co.'s FACTORY FIRE 
 MARCH 20, 1905 
 
 Death or Injury 
 
 Name Address 
 
 Age .... Married or single Occupation Weekly wages 
 
 Life insured. . . .Where and how much. . 
 
 Own any real estate Value . 
 
 REMARKS (as to amount of mortgage, interest due, etc.) 
 
 Number in family dependent upon above person. Give names and ages, if 
 they are children. The same, if they are elderly people. State wage-earning 
 capacity of any at work. 
 
 NAME AGE OCCUPATION 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 . 
 
 Additional information 
 
 THE INJURY 
 
 Nature and extent. . . 
 
 Surgical aid rendered 
 
 By whom 
 
 Probable duration of disability.
 
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 Where was injured finally taken 
 
 Remarks by visitor. (Note carefully existing conditions.) 
 
 Name of visitor . . . . Date 
 
 REPORT OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
 
 Name of Patient Address 
 
 (The Relief Committee would esteem it a great favor if the attending physi- 
 cian would not only report the nature of the injuries and probable duration 
 of disability, but also impressions as to the financial condition of the patient, 
 as such information will greatly assist the committee in a wise distribution 
 of the funds contributed for this purpose. All information strictly confiden- 
 tial.) 
 
 [Signed,] 
 
 , Physician. 
 
 Address, 
 
 Date, , 1905. 
 
 ACTION OF THE RELIEF COMMITTEE 
 
 (Signed) Chairman. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Date, , 1905. 
 
 ACTION OF TRUSTEES 
 
 To W. H. EMERSON, Treasurer: 
 
 You are authorized and directed to pay to 
 
 Name 
 
 Residence 
 
 The following sum $ 
 
 C Weekly ] 
 
 Payable-^ Monthly ^ 
 
 [Otherwise J 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Chairman of Trustees. 
 Date, , 1905.
 
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 This last rule subjected the committee to some criticism at first, 
 a few persons resenting what appeared an impertinence in making 
 unnecessary inquiries; but it was soon perceived that unless the 
 Relief Committee was in possession of such knowledge they would 
 have little to guide them in the appropriations which they were 
 to make. 
 
 In order that no worthy cases should be neglected, the com- 
 mittee instructed the secretary to have the rooms open from ten 
 in the morning till five in the afternoon, and from seven till nine 
 in the evening. Notices were inserted in the public press, and 
 people were urged to report to the committee the names of per- 
 sons injured in the disaster, or any others whom they believed to 
 be in need of aid on account of loss through the fire. 
 
 Much of the work of the Advisory Committee naturally de- 
 volved upon the chairman and the secretary, but every member 
 of the committee cheerfully cooperated and rendered all possible 
 aid. A great deal of time was given in visiting the injured, and 
 not only was every case in Brockton looked after, but the com- 
 mittee spent many hours and at considerable personal sacrifice 
 in going to East Bridgewater, Stoughton, Randolph, and surround- 
 ing towns on the same errand. Members of the committee went 
 even as far as Worcester and North Brookfield to investigate and 
 report upon individual cases. 
 
 Some understanding of the labor involved may be inferred 
 when it is said that there were eight meetings of the General 
 Committee, each taking an evening, fifteen meetings of the Board 
 of Trustees, and twenty-five sessions of the Advisory Committee, 
 the latter beginning at seven in the evening and often lasting 
 until midnight. There were two hundred and twenty cases 
 personally investigated by two or more members of the committee, 
 some of them being visited several times. And in addition to 
 these were the cases of the children which had to be separately 
 considered. But this was not too much of time or care to be 
 given when it is remembered that a fund of over a hundred 
 thousand dollars was to be distributed and among so many with 
 such varying needs.
 
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 VI 
 
 THE AID RENDERED 
 
 The committee very naturally shrink from making public the 
 aid rendered. They particularly feel it to be a delicate matter to 
 publish the names of recipients ; and they would much prefer to 
 cover the work of mercy with the veil of obscurity. But there 
 are two considerations which led them to change their mind. 
 First, there is the duty to donors of the fund. The committee 
 were intrusted with large interests, and the individuals who con- 
 tributed so generously of their means have a right to know how 
 it was distributed. And secondly, as much of the work done has 
 already found its way into the public press, it was judged it would 
 be much more satisfactory if no discriminations were made, but 
 a complete statement were given of all the work done and to all 
 persons interested. Furthermore, the committee believe that a 
 study of the cases and conditions will lead the public to feel that 
 on the whole the trust was carefully administered and the real 
 purposes of the fund secured. 
 
 / It will also be borne in mind that the gifts were different from 
 ordinary charity. The need was created by extraordinary cir- 
 cumstances, and among the recipients were some of the very best 
 citizens of our community who, through no fault of their own, 
 were rendered powerless to provide for their families; and to 
 minister to them in their time of need was the duty of their 
 neighbors and friends. Two things must be remembered: first, 
 some persons absolutely refused aid, though it was pressed upon 
 them by the committee; and secondly, many others declined to 
 report their cases though they were in real destitution, and 
 knowledge of their condition came to the committee through 
 others. With one or two exceptions no attempt at imposition 
 was made; the spirit of greed or selfishness was nowhere mani- 
 fested, and the experience of the committee of investigation 
 leads them to testify to a keen sense of justice and a high standard 
 of morality among the people.
 
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 It may be that some cases needing aid were overlooked. The 
 persons were too modest to speak for themselves, and the knowl- 
 edge of their condition did not come to the committee. It may 
 also be true that some mistakes were made in the method and the 
 amount of relief granted, but such errors were of the head and not 
 of the heart. The committee did the very best they knew how. 
 
 The persons who needed assistance were divided into three 
 classes: (1) Those injured, or who otherwise suffered from the 
 fire; (2) widows and other adult dependents of those who were 
 killed; and (3) children who were left orphans. These classes 
 were considered separately, and the method of granting relief 
 was different in the three cases. 
 
 THOSE WHO WERE INJURED 
 
 This class was itself subdivided. There were those who were 
 but slightly hurt and who needed just a little to tide them over 
 the exigencies arising from the unusual situation. In this class 
 were also included some not injured, but who lost their clothing, 
 money, and personal effects; and being thrown out of employ- 
 ment, and having others dependent upon them, were unable to 
 adjust themselves to the situation without assistance. In several 
 such instances temporary aid was given. In the second place 
 were those who were seriously injured and under extraordinary 
 expense, because they required the care of trained nurses as well 
 as medical attention, and at the same time had their families 
 dependent upon them. To such substantial aid was rendered 
 from week to week as necessity required, until in several instances 
 the sum amounted to hundreds of dollars. So serious, however, 
 were some of these cases that it was to the great regret of the 
 committee that the condition of the fund did not permit of further 
 help being given. Certain individual cases might properly have 
 received assistance for at least two years. 
 
 In order that the subscribers to the fund may know just what 
 disposition was made of their money, the following list of persons 
 aided is given, together with their addresses, a brief summary 
 of their injuries and losses, and the amounts donated to each 
 individual. No mention is made of the several cases investigated 
 by the committee where no appropriation was made.
 
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 It may appear to many that unequal and perhaps unjust dis- 
 tribution was made in some instances. Such judgment is quite 
 likely to arise from the meager information in the possession of 
 the reader. The committee had to take into consideration not 
 merely the extent of the injury, but such facts as (1) Is the person 
 married or single? (2) Has he a family dependent upon him? 
 (3) Has he an income of his own? (4) What societies does he 
 belong to and how much will he receive from them? (5) Is he 
 at the hospital being cared for without expense, or looked after 
 by friends at home, or dependent upon strangers, etc. It was 
 with a knowledge of all these things, and only after patiently 
 considering all the circumstances and factors in the case, that the 
 committee reached its decisions. And so clear were all of these 
 matters in the minds of the committee that with very few excep- 
 tions their action was unanimous. 
 
 LIST OF THOSE RECEIVING TEMPORARY AID 
 
 1. Miss Susie R. Bicknell, 7 Hervey Street. Severe bruises 
 and contusion of body and limbs; very severe nervous shock; 
 injured in back. March 25, $25; April 5, $15 per week for three 
 weeks; April 12, $20; April 18, $15 per week for four weeks; 
 June 2, $15 per week for four weeks; June 12, $340; July 21, $100. 
 Total, $650. 
 
 2. Miss Mary J. MacDonald, 16 Essex Street. Bruises and 
 severe nervous shock. March 25, $25; April 5, $25 per week for 
 four weeks; May 2, $15 per week for four weeks; June 12, $115. 
 Total, $300. 
 
 3. G. Walter Lawrence, 25 Tremont Street. Two ribs frac- 
 tured, and cut across forehead requiring five stitches. Badly 
 injured. March 25, $25; April 18, $75; May 17, $50; August 4, 
 $150. Total, $300. 
 
 4. Thomas Clifford, 600 South Montello Street. Collar bone 
 fractured. March 25, $25; April 5, $20 per week for four weeks. 
 Total, $105. 
 
 5. Jesse Leavitt, 66 Pearl Street, Stoughton. Sprained ankle 
 and rupture of the ligament. March 25, $25; April 5, $25 per 
 week for four weeks. Total, $125. 
 
 6. Jerry St. Onge, 74 Provost Street. Besides bruises, received
 
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 a rupture which necessitated going to the hospital for an opera- 
 tion. March 28, $25; April 18, $25; May 2, $20 per week for 
 four weeks; also suit of clothes, $11.28; pad, $3.08; July 12, $75. 
 Total, $219.36. 
 
 7. William N. Shipman, 183 Spark Street. Two ribs broken; 
 chest sprained; legs bruised; badly burned on face, neck, arms, 
 and hands. March 28, $25; April 21, $10 per week for four weeks; 
 May 26, $10 per week for four weeks; May 29, $200. Total, $305. 
 
 8. William Lightfoot, East Bridgewater. Contusion of spine; 
 severe contusion of left thigh; numerous small burns; developed 
 into a severe case of bronchitis from inhalation of soot and gases. 
 March 28, $25; April 12, $10 per week for four weeks; May 12, 
 $10 per week for four weeks; June 12, $495. Total, $600. 
 
 9. Henry Walsh, 35 Blaine Street. Cut on head; chest bruised; 
 and nervous shock. April 18, $50. 
 
 10. Thomas F. McSherry, 444 Centre Street. Contusions, 
 abrasions, and burns of face and arms; rib fractured; severe 
 nervous shock; eye injured. April 12, $25; April 18, $25 per 
 week for four weeks; May 26, $15 per week for four weeks; June 
 12, $40; July 21, $100. Total, $325. 
 
 11. Peter Joyce, 46 Huntingdon Street. Left wrist fractured; 
 arm and back severely strained; leg bruised. April 5, $25 per 
 week for four weeks; May 2, $15 per week for four weeks; May 
 29, $100. Total, $260. 
 
 12. John H. Joyce, 77 Farrington Street. Bruises on head and 
 body; leg injured; severe nervous shock. April 5, $25 per week 
 for four weeks; May 26, $30; June 26, $170; July 21, $100. 
 Total, $400. 
 
 13. George A. Monk, 128 Clifton Avenue. Wounds on head, 
 face, and hands; left eye injured requiring extended treatment. 
 May 9, $100; June 12, $50. Total, $150. 
 
 14. Charles L. Rollins, East Bridgewater. Severe burns on the 
 face and neck; ears, left shoulder, forearm, and wrist injured; 
 contusion on right side and hip; separation of the cartilage of one 
 rib; severe nervous shock. In Relief Hospital for several weeks. 
 April 5, $25 per week for four weeks; May 2, $15 per week for 
 four weeks; June 12, $90. Total, $250. 
 
 15. Miss Minnie Geary, 12 Union Street. Severe bruises; con- 
 tusion of left breast from being pinned down by falling timbers;
 
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 severe nervous shock. March 25, $25; April 5, $25 per week for 
 three weeks; April 18, $15 per week for four weeks; May 29, $15 
 per week for four weeks; June 12, $80. Total, $300. 
 
 16. Bror Lundell, 20 Ouster Street. Severe burns on face, neck, 
 forearms, hands, and feet. April 18, $75; May 2, $75; July 28, 
 $75. Total, $225. 
 
 17. Leon Hartwell, 601 Ash Street. Loss of money, clothes, 
 and other property. April 18, $35. 
 
 18. Mrs. Thomas Delano, 12 Bartlett Street. Two deep 
 wounds in front of the elbow; an abrasion on back of arm; wound 
 on the shoulders; very severe nervous shock. April 21, $50; 
 May 2, $15 per week for four weeks; May 29, $100; July 21, $30. 
 Total, $240. 
 
 19. William Burke, 744 Montello Street. Cut on head; bruises 
 on body; nervous shock. March 28, $25; April 14, $50. Total, 
 $75. 
 
 20. Thomas F. Quirk, 51 Dover Street. Collar bone broken; 
 badly bruised. March 30, $25; April 18, $25 per week for four 
 weeks; May 12, $25; May 26, $25 per week for two weeks; June 
 16, $75. Total, $275. 
 
 21. Elmer H. Dodge, 148 Market Street. Head cut; arm 
 bruised; right leg crushed, requiring amputation above the knee. 
 Taken to the Brockton Hospital. March 25, $25; April 18, $25; 
 and $15 per week for six weeks; June 12, $1,060. Total, $1,200. 
 
 22. Arthur C. Pierce, 60 Myrtle Street. Left arm and shoulder 
 severely injured. April 18, $25; July 21, $150. Total, $175. 
 
 23. Karl Olson, 227 Sawtelle Avenue. Received internal in- 
 juries and a severe blow on the head. March 28, $25; April 5, 
 $25 per week for three weeks; May 2, $10 per week for eight weeks; 
 June 28, $500. Total, $680. 
 
 24. Mrs. Lena S. Baker, 199 Centre Street. Cut on head; 
 hands bruised; back injured; bruises all over body; severe ner- 
 vous shock. April 7, $25; April 12, $15 per week for four weeks; 
 May 9, $15 per week for four weeks; June 26, $55. Total, $200. 
 
 25. Miss Mary A. Leyden, 27 Exchange Street. Nervous 
 shock; contusion of left side, hip, and thigh. April 18, $25; 
 May 2, $25. Total, $50. 
 
 26. Miss Lizzie Leyden, 27 Exchange Street. Contusion on 
 forehead, left shoulder, small of back, and right thigh; severe
 
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 nervous shock. April 12, $15 per week for four weeks; May 2, 
 $20 per week for four weeks; June 12, $210; July 21, $50. Total, 
 $400. 
 
 27. Miss Ella Whitcomb, 613 Warren Avenue. Struck on 
 lower part of back by steam pipe; severely bruised; severe ner- 
 vous shock. April 12, $15 per week for four weeks; May 9, $15 
 per week for four weeks; June 28, $380. Total, $500. 
 
 28. Miss Kitty Noonan, 100 Forest Avenue. Left side bruised; 
 contusion of limbs and body; severe nervous shock. April 19, 
 $50; May 2, $10 per week for four weeks; June 12, $160. Total, 
 $250. 
 
 29. Warren Lewis, 9 Brook Street. Loss of clothing. April 
 19, $20. 
 
 30. E. F. Raymond, 138 Belmont Street. Several bruises and 
 severe nervous shock. May 2, $100. 
 
 31. Mrs. Walter E. Tripp, 62 Market Street. Contusion and 
 bruises of shoulders, back, and hips. Chief injury was from 
 heavy timber falling upon her shoulders, thereby injuring her 
 spine and chest. April 19, $50; May 12, $10 per week for four 
 weeks; June 12, $160. Total, $250. 
 
 32. Orrin M. Reynolds, 61 Myrtle Street. Two ribs fractured; 
 cartilage separated from three lower ribs; contusions on head and 
 other body bruises. April 12, $25 per week for four weeks; May 
 9, $15 per week for four weeks; June 12, $190. Total, $350. 
 
 33. William A. Emerson, 28 Myrtle Street. Fingers cut; leg 
 and back injured; left foot wrenched and turned completely 
 around. Very severely injured. April 12, $25; April 18, $25 
 per week for four weeks; May 26, $25 per week for four weeks; 
 June 12, $225; July 21, $250. Total, $700. 
 
 34. Nathaniel A. Lewis, 71 Turner Street. Severely injured 
 in attempt of friends to remove him from beneath fallen timbers, 
 causing severe strain upon muscles about upper chest and shoul- 
 ders and also injury to the spinal cord. April 5, $25; May 1, $25; 
 May 2, $25, and $15 per week for eight weeks; May 19, $50; June 
 12, $600. Total, $845. 
 
 35. Mrs. William Cornell, 10 Turner Street. Contusion and 
 bruises of both limbs and left thigh; severe nervous shock. 
 April 19, $25; May 29, $100; June 28, $25. Total, $150. 
 
 36. Mrs. L. A. Wight, 93 High Street. Cut over right] eye;
 
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 chest, arms, and back bruised; nervous shock. April 12, $25 
 per week for four weeks; May 9, $10 per week for four weeks; 
 June 12, $60. Total, $200. 
 
 37. Arthur Atwood, 102 Myrtle Street. Contusions of hand 
 and arm. April 19, $40. 
 
 38. Mrs. Isabelle Simmons, 146 Forest Avenue. Bruised; 
 nervous shock; loss of clothing and money to the value of $55. 
 July 21, $40. 
 
 39. Miss Lizzie Mulvihill, 11 Prospect Street. Right side and 
 ankle injured; number of bruises on body; nervous shock. 
 April 6, $25; May 26, $10 per week for four weeks; June 12, $60. 
 Total, $125. 
 
 40. Felix Pellend, 317 Grove Street. Rib broken; internal 
 injuries received, causing internal hemorrhage. March 30, $25; 
 April 5, $25 per week for four weeks; May 2, $25 per week for 
 four weeks; June 28, $375. Total, $600. 
 
 41. Miss Nora Coughlin, 95 East Ashland Street. Jumped 
 from a window and received contusions of the back and severe 
 nervous shock. Sent to the Relief Hospital. April 15, $25; 
 April 18, $7 per week for eight weeks; June 12, $19. Total, $100. 
 
 42. J. F. Brothers, 28 Foster Street. Loss of clothing, etc. 
 May 12, $35. 
 
 43. A. P. Janes, 111 Green Street. Loss of property, etc. 
 May 12, $30. 
 
 44. Charles H. Jagoe, 74 Chestnut Street. Contusions of the 
 body and legs and severe nervous shock. April 7, $25; April 
 19, $15 per week for four weeks; May 26, $30; June 9, $100. 
 Total, $215. 
 
 45. Mrs. Charles H. Jagoe, 74 Chestnut Street. Injured on 
 the thigh; numerous contusions of the body; severe nervous 
 shock. May 29, $30; June 9, $20. Total, $50. 
 
 46. Mrs. Charles Howard, 775 Main Street. Contusions, slight 
 cuts, and nervous shock. Jumped from the fourth floor. April 
 21, $25; May 12, $35. Total, $60. 
 
 47. Mrs. Minnie A. Kelley, 97 North Main Street. Concussion 
 of the spine and severe nervous shock. In the hospital for sev- 
 eral weeks. April 12, $10*per week for four weeks; May 17, $10 
 per week for two weeks; June 2, $10 per week for four weeks; 
 June 28, $100; August 5, $50. Total, $250.
 
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 48. Miss Katherine T. Clancy, 602 Warren Avenue. Injured 
 in the back, and severe nervous shock. April 19, $50; May 26, 
 $15 per week for four weeks; May 29, $50. Total, $160. 
 
 49. Miss Annie M. Billing, 87 Ford Street. Wounded in the 
 foot; body bruised; nervous shock. April 19, $50. 
 
 50. Miss Addie M. Pratt, 9 Wilkins Place, Campello. Jumped 
 from window. Bruised on body and side injured. April 19, $50. 
 
 51. Mrs. Julia Shields, North Easton. Nervous shock. Lost 
 clothing and cash to the amount of $29.50. April 19, $25. 
 
 52. Mrs. W. F. Wardwell, the"Checkerton." Severe contusion 
 of the left shoulder and elbow; severe nervous shock. April 19, 
 $25; May 9, $25; May 17, $25; July 21, $100. Total, $175. 
 
 53. Elmer Charles Smith, South Braintree. Cut on the top 
 of head; body bruised; severe nervous shock. April 12, $10 per 
 week for four weeks; May 12, $10 per week for four weeks. 
 Total, $80. 
 
 54. Mrs. Minnie Willcutt, 9 Sheppard Street. Severe nervous 
 shock and thigh injured. May 12, $75; June 9, $25. Total, $100. 
 
 55. Miss Marcilena Moshier, 9 Sheppard Street. Severe ner- 
 vous shock and otherwise injured. May 12, $50; June 12, $100. 
 Total, $150. 
 
 56. Emil Holmberg, Grant Avenue, Campello. Severe injury 
 of the head; body bruised. April 21, $50; May 9, $25; May 29, 
 $50; June 16, $75. Total, $200. 
 
 57. Hugh E. Dyer, 871 Warren Avenue. Fingers burnt; num- 
 ber of bruises; severe nervous shock. April 19, $50. 
 
 58. Mrs. Annie Bicknell, 25 Rutland Street. Spine injured; 
 scalp wound; several bruises on different parts of the body; 
 severe nervous shock. April 19, $50; May 9, $25; May 26, $15 
 per week for four weeks; June 12, $165. Total, $300. 
 
 59. Edwin G. Whitmore, 19 Lilley Avenue. Cuts on wrist, 
 back, and head; numerous bruises on head and body. April 19, 
 
 60. Jacob A. Lovell, Market Street, Rockland. Loss of cloth- 
 ing, etc. April 14, $25. 
 
 61. Mrs. Mabelle Willis, Room 33, Bryant Block. Hands cut 
 and nervous shock. April 21, $20; May 9, $25; May 29, $25. 
 Total, $70. 
 
 62. Moses McGaughey, Randolph. A severe scalp wound;
 
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 bruised on the right arm; severe bruise on the left leg. Totally 
 disabled for several months. April 15, $10 per week for four 
 weeks; May 9, $10 per week for four weeks; May 29, $100; June 
 26, $400. Total, $580. 
 
 63. Cornelius Good, Randolph. Scalp wound; injured in the 
 lower part of the back, and right thigh; nervous shock. April 
 15, $10 per week for four weeks; May 9, $10 per week for four 
 weeks; May 29, $100; June 26, $50. Total, $230. 
 
 64. Joseph McLaughlin, 54 Tremont Street. Shoulder bone 
 broken; bruises and cuts all over the body. April 7, $25; April 
 15, $10 per week for six weeks; June 9, $50; August 4, $165. 
 Total, $300. 
 
 65. William Senter, 1329 Main Street. Small bone in the right 
 leg broken; hip bruised; wound on scalp. April 5, $25; April 
 15, $10 per week for six weeks; June 9, $115. Total, $200. 
 
 66. Gus Backstrom, 29 Denton Street. Slight injury, nervous 
 shock, and loss of clothing. April 14, $20. 
 
 67. Mrs. Emma Butler, 15 Bartlett Street. Contusion of right 
 side of the back; spine injured. April 21, $50; May 9, $25; May 
 26, $10 per week for four weeks; May 29, $50. Total, $165. 
 
 68. Michael Leary, 15 Smith Street. Back strained and 
 bruised. April 21, $50. 
 
 69. Mrs. H. Brodieur, 20 Harold Street. Bruises and contusion 
 of the left arm and side. March 25, $25; April 14, $10. Total, 
 $35. 
 
 70. Frank Pierce, 102 Myrtle Street. Cut on head by glass; 
 contusion of the body; nervous shock. April 14, $25. 
 
 71. Ira K. Buck, 65 Laureston Street. Cuts on the hands; 
 slight bruises; injured across the chest; nervous shock. July 21, 
 $50. 
 
 72. Miss Marie Louise Hickey, 832 Warren Avenue. Bruises 
 on the back, head, and fingers. April 14, $25; May 17, $50; 
 June 9, $10 per week for six weeks. Total, $135. 
 
 73. Mrs. Nellie McCabe, 19 Grand Street. Bruised on the left 
 arm and side; arm temporarily paralyzed; severe nervous 
 shock. Besides her personal losses, she suffered the loss of $367 
 in money belonging to orders of which she was treasurer. April 
 21, $50; May 9, $100; May 29, $10 per week for four weeks; 
 June 12, $210; June 28, $200. Total, $600.
 
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 74. Mrs. Mollie Sturgis, 970 Main Street. Injured in back, and 
 also from inhaling steam and smoke. Lost clothing, $67 in money, 
 stock of furniture in the lunch room, also furniture in her house. 
 April 12, $100; May 12, $100. Total, $200. 
 
 75. John Garvey, 50 Otis Street. Two cuts on head, one on 
 right arm, and one on right ankle; rib fractured and left arm 
 partially paralyzed. April 14, $10 per week for four weeks; May 
 9, $10 per week for four weeks; May 29, $100. Total, $180. 
 
 76. Harry E. Beals, 590 Warren Avenue. Contusion of the 
 hips and sprain in back. April 14, $10 per week for four weeks. 
 Total, $40. 
 
 77. Mrs. Thomas Chisholm, Bland Street, Campello. Lost 
 clothing and money. April 14, $15. 
 
 78. Oscar E. Levine, 962 Warren Avenue. Bruised on both 
 legs. Lost clothing and money. April 7, $25; April 14, $25. 
 Total, $50. 
 
 79. Miss Mamie T. Conroy, North Brookfield. Suffered from 
 bruises on body, injured foot, lame back, and finally nervous- 
 prostration. April 15, $25; April 19, $15 per week for four 
 weeks; May 26, $10 per week for four weeks; June 28, $200. 
 Total, $325. 
 
 80. Mrs. Catherine Moran, 9 Skinner Street. Hands and shoul- 
 der bruised and strained. Lost clothing. May 2, $50. 
 
 81. Mrs. Anna Jewett, 14 Pinkham Street. Wound of the 
 scalp; contusions all over the body; spine injured; nervous shock. 
 April 21, $50; May 29, $25; June 9, $75. Total, $150. 
 
 82. Walter Jordan, Whitman. Lost clothing. March 28, 
 $5; April 5, $6. Total, $11. 
 
 83. Charles H. O'Brien, 191 North- Warren Avenue. Burnt on 
 ankle; bruised on back. Lost clothing and cash to the value of 
 $97. April 14, $50. 
 
 84. Edward O'Brien, 191 North Warren Avenue. Lost cloth- 
 ing and watch and chain. April 14, $15. 
 
 85. Edward D. Mallery, 49 Perkins Street. Bruised across the 
 knee and lost clothing. May 2, $25. 
 
 86. Arthur Richardson, 138 Belmont Street. Lost clothing. 
 April 14, $15. 
 
 87. Charles L. Carlson, 8 Grand Street. Injured by falling 
 beam. Lost clothing and $50 in money. May 9, $50.
 
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 88. Peter E. Beshong, 32 Grove Street. Back strained. Lost 
 clothing. April 14, $40. 
 
 89. Louis E. Beshong, 32 Grove Street. Loss of clothing. 
 April 14, $15. 
 
 90. Nicholas Cralese, 38 Spring Avenue. Injured in back and 
 fractured bone in ankle. Lost $125 in money, besides clothing. 
 April 19, $50. 
 
 91. James Mannix, 119 Myrtle Street. Cut on the lower lip 
 and on the upper arm; bruised in the lower limbs. April 14, $35. 
 
 92. Miss Eva Saunders, 139 Forest Avenue. Lost clothing. 
 May 17, $25. 
 
 93. Miss Lois Saunders, 139 Forest Avenue. Lost clothing. 
 May 17, $25. 
 
 94. Mrs. Ada M. Weeks, 87 Ford Street. Nervous shock. 
 Lost clothing. April 14, $50. 
 
 95. Mortimer D. Richardson, High Street, Avon. Cut on foot; 
 burns on both wrists and right hand; right ankle cut and sprained. 
 April 12, $10; April 14, $30. Total, $40. 
 
 96. John Soderbom, 22 La Foye Street. Cut on side of face 
 and injured on the head. April 12, $25; April 18, $50. Total, 
 
 97. Miss Lillian Grover, 23 Lyon Avenue. Back strained; 
 nervous shock. Loss of clothing and money to the amount of $34. 
 May 2, $10 per week for four weeks. Total, $40. 
 
 98. Miss Louise Brodieur, 20 Harold Street. Slight injury an<} 
 loss of clothing. April 14, $30. 
 
 99. Miss Rose Brodieur, 20 Harold Street. Loss of clothing. 
 April 14, $15. 
 
 100. Miss Lillian Werner, Main Street, corner of William Place. 
 Bruised all over body; severe nervous shock. April 12, $10 per 
 week for four weeks; May 26, $10 per week for four weeks; May 
 29, $75. Total, $155. 
 
 101. Robert Barlow, Stoughton. Scalp wound of head and 
 bruises of the body; no bones broken, but injuries produced 
 weak heart and caused great pain; developed a great swelling 
 about the right hip and thigh. Severely injured. May 9, $100; 
 May 26, $15 per week for four weeks; June 2, $240. Total, $400. 
 
 102. Miss Sarah M. Hickey, 832 Warren Avenue. Nervous 
 shock and loss of clothing. April 18, $25.
 
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 103. Julius Plotsky, 40 Bay Street. Right knee injured and 
 much swollen. Confined to house for two weeks. Lost $20 in 
 money and $30 in clothing. April 14, $50. 
 
 104. Ralph Churchill, 928 Warren Avenue. Lost clothing. 
 Temporarily incapacitated for work by reason of shock. April 
 14, $25. 
 
 105. Miss L. W. Ryder, 926 Main Street. Lost clothing and 
 received severe nervous shock. April 19, $25. 
 
 106. Mrs. Addie R. Copp, 78 Warren Avenue. Very slight 
 injury, nervous shock, and loss of clothing. April 19, $25. 
 
 107. August Peterson, 822 Warren Avenue. Injury from in- 
 haling heated air and smoke; nervous shock. April 19, $30. 
 
 108. Lester C. Randall, Avon. Loss of tools and clothing. 
 May 26, $15. 
 
 109. Alexander Booth, 41 Grove Street. Struck on head with 
 falling timber; incapacitated temporarily for work. May 18, 
 $50. 
 
 110. William A. Coffey, North Weymouth. Injured in the 
 back and shoulders; severe nervous shock; unable to work for 
 several weeks. May 9, $50; May 26, $15 per week for four weeks; 
 May 29, $90. Total, $200. 
 
 111. W. H. Hanley, Randolph. Injured in back and chest by 
 falling timber; severe nervous shock; internal hemorrhage. Lost 
 clothing, watch, and chain, besides money. May 9, $50. 
 
 112. O. H. McDonald, 278 Quincy Street. Cut on head; back 
 and shoulders strained. Lost clothing and money. May 12, $50. 
 
 113. Miss Jessie Reddell, 1304 Main Street. Nervous shock 
 and loss of clothing. May 1, $25; May 2, $10 per week for four 
 weeks; May 29, $35. Total, $100. 
 
 114. Mrs. Maggie Doherty, 297 Court Street. Loss of clothing 
 and money. Suffered severe nervous shock. May 12, $100. 
 
 115. Miss Adelaide Mullens, 297 Court Street. Lost clothing 
 and other valuables. May 12, $30. 
 
 116. Edward C. Delory, 744 Montello Street. Lost clothing 
 and tools. May 12, $25. 
 
 117. Mrs. Adell McCormick, 272 East Ashland Street. Back 
 badly hurt and arm and hand cut. Lost clothing. Sole support 
 of her family. May 17, $100; May 26, $15 per week for two 
 weeks; May 29, $45. Total, $175.
 
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 118. Richard A. Reardon, 62 Tyler Street. Lost clothing. 
 May 12, $25. 
 
 119. C. Oscar Peterson, 85 Denton Street. Escaped without 
 injury, but suffered nervous shock. Lost all household furniture 
 in fire. May 12, $100. 
 
 120. Everett Eggleston, 33 Cottage Street. Somewhat bruised. 
 Lost clothing to the value of $40. May 12, $35. 
 
 121. Victor Swanson, 52 Nillson Street. Bruised on the hip; 
 also on the left knee and elbow. Lost clothing. May 12, $25. 
 
 122. Irving Chadbourne, 21 Tremont Street. Lost tools and 
 watch. June 15, $10. 
 
 123. Mrs. Hilda Norling, Dahlborg Block, 1006 Main Street. 
 Lost all household furniture by fire. No insurance. May 17, $100. 
 
 124. Mrs. Hilma Burgess, 13 Melrose Avenue. Injured in the 
 right side and left kneecap. Lost clothing and money. May 17, 
 $25. 
 
 125. Miss Margaret Rooney, 35 Foster Street. Lost clothing 
 and small amount of money. May 12, $50. 
 
 126. Chandler Pettee, 190 Summer Street. Bruised across 
 shoulders and hips. Lost clothing and money. May 17, $25. 
 
 127. James W. Vining, East Weymouth. Loss of clothing. 
 Slight injury. May 26, $50. 
 
 128. Hosea Wade, 843 Main Street. Slight injury and loss of 
 clothing. May 26, $50. 
 
 129. C. H. Rand, rear 52 West Elm Street. Lost clothing. 
 May 17, $35. 
 
 130. Daniel MacDonald, 48 Main Street, Avon. Lost clothing. 
 May 17, $50. 
 
 131. Charles H. Jacques, 11 Grant Avenue. Lost clothing, 
 watch and chain. May 17, $35. 
 
 132. Harry Swanson, 1006 Main Street. Lost clothing. May 
 17, $25. 
 
 133. B. F. Benson, Lynn. Suffering from nervous prostration 
 as result of the disaster. May 12, $100. 
 
 134. Fred A. Southwick, 6 Elm Street, Middleboro. Lost 
 watch and clothing to the value of $150. May 17, $50. 
 
 135. Michael Fitzgerald, 168 Bartlett Street. Arm burned 
 and back hurt. Injuries attended to at the Relief Hospital. 
 May 17, $25.
 
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 136. Mrs. Hattie Davenport, 85 Tremont Street. Slight in- 
 juries and loss of clothing. May 17, $25. 
 
 137. Thomas W. Raymond, 1 Stafford Street, Plymouth. Had 
 been burned out Friday before the Grover fire. In the Grover 
 fire lost clothing and suffered severe nervous shock. May 17, $50. 
 
 138. Mrs. James Davenport, 4 Essex Street. Lost all her fur- 
 niture stored in Dahlborg Block. No insurance. June 12, $100. 
 
 139. Ira A. Quimby, 21 Tremont Street. Lost clothing, tools, 
 watch, and chain. May 26, $30. 
 
 140. Charles J. Olsen, Spring Street, Avon. Lost clothing and 
 tools. May 17, $35. 
 
 141. M. J. Donovan, 55 Standish Street. Lost clothing, watch, 
 and money. May 17, $25. 
 
 142. Patrick J. Hanley, 168 Bartlett Street. Lost clothing, 
 etc. May 17, $50. 
 
 143. George C. Jones, 7 Fulton Street. Lost clothing. May 
 17, $35. 
 
 144. Forrest Corbett, 20 Pinkham Street. Severe nervous 
 shock; caught cold from the disaster which developed into 
 tubercular trouble. Compelled to go to a sanatorium. July 21, 
 $250. (Died from this sickness, Feb. 24, 1907.) 
 
 145. Miss Mary Pratt, 74 Denton Street. House, the only 
 source of her income, knocked from its foundation by the boiler. 
 April 5, $25; May 9, $25. Total, $50. 
 
 146. John Fitzgerald, Perry Avenue, Stoughton. Injured by 
 falling down stairs in going out of factory. Lost clothing and tools. 
 June 15, $25. 
 
 147. Mrs. Lizzie M. Hibbard, 45 Tremont Street. Right side 
 injured; nervous shock. Loss of clothing. Unable to work for 
 many weeks. April 14, $10 per week for four weeks; May 26, 
 $10 per week for two weeks; June 12, $40. Total, $100. 
 
 148. Henry O. Baker, South Easton. Loss of tools and cloth- 
 ing. March 28, $10. 
 
 149. James P. Brown, 139 Tribou Street. Nervous shock. Lost 
 clothing. April 17, $25. 
 
 150. Edgar M. Madan, Eastondale. Lost tools and clothing. 
 March 28, $10. 
 
 151. Fred H. Bird, 491 West Street. Arm and body bruised; 
 back injured. Lost clothing and watch. May 18, $45.
 
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 152. Miss Edith Clark, 155 Lawrence Street. Left arm and 
 side bruised. Lost clothing, hat, and umbrella. June 15, $50. 
 
 153. Charles E. Bump, Middleboro. Slightly injured. Lost 
 clothing. Out of work, and has family to support. June 15, $50. 
 
 154. Miss Lydia Moses, 43 Parker Avenue. Cut on ear; body 
 bruised. Lost clothing and money. June 15, $25. 
 
 155. August Burgess, 93 Denton Street. House damaged by 
 fire and furniture burned; no insurance. July 3, $200. 
 
 156. Anonymous case. By special vote of trustees, placed in 
 the hands of Myron L. Keith, trustee. July 21, $250. 
 
 WIDOWS AND ADULT DEPENDENTS 
 
 In considering the second class, viz., widows and adult depend- 
 ents, there was a wide divergence of views as to the best form in 
 which assistance should be given. After prolonged discussion and 
 reflection, however, the committee came with rare unanimity to 
 agreement upon the following points: 
 
 1 . That aid should be granted not only to widows, but to parents 
 and other aged relatives who were shown to have been wholly or 
 in part dependent upon the person killed. 
 
 2. The amount of money voted should be determined partly 
 by the earning capacity of the persons aided, and largely by the 
 property they possessed or insurance they received, together with 
 the number of children depending upon them for support. 
 
 3. The grant should be given to the individual, and not be 
 placed in the hands of a trustee. And yet the money should not 
 be paid directly, but placed in a savings bank subject to order. 
 
 The experience which time brings has served to justify the action 
 of the committee in every particular. The fairness of the first 
 rule is at once evident and needs no defense. The second rule, 
 however, subjected the committee to adverse criticism. It was 
 argued that all should be treated alike; discrimination or in- 
 vidious distinction should not be made; no one had a sufficient 
 competence, but every one needed all that could be given; to 
 grant a less amount to some because they had economized and 
 saved a little, and a larger amount to others because they had 
 saved nothing, was, on the one hand, to tax thrift, and on the 
 other to put a premium upon indolence or waste. 
 
 The committee felt that it was a question of need; that to
 
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 grant aid where a competency was possessed would be a misappro- 
 priation of funds; that to grant the same aid to a widow with 
 earning capacity and no one dependent upon her as was given 
 to a mother with a family of little children and no visible means 
 of support would be unjust; and that a fair consideration of all 
 the circumstances required that the urgency of the case should 
 determine the sum bestowed. 
 
 The wisdom of the third rule has been increasingly evident. 
 Not only are trustees of individual funds too often exacting and 
 overbearing, and in many cases unjust towards the person whose 
 interests they should protect, but in general are not needed. It 
 was said by many in the community, women do not know how 
 to handle large sums; they do not know the value of money. 
 Experience has taught us that ninety-five per cent of the women 
 did not want the money in hand, but wished it properly invested 
 for them; that they preferred a savings bank at a small interest 
 to some other forms of investment with a larger return, because 
 they regarded it safer; and that they did not wish to spend any 
 of the principle whatever if possible to avoid it, but to keep it 
 against a time of absolute need. 
 
 The secretary furnished each individual with a list of the principal 
 savings banks within twenty miles of Brockton, together with the 
 interest-bearing dates and the amount of interest paid on deposits; 
 and the sums voted the several persons were deposited in such 
 institutions as they selected, and the bank books turned over to 
 the individual owners. In a few cases the money, instead of being 
 deposited in a bank, was used in cancelling a mortgage on the 
 home, and the secretary was requested to see that the transaction 
 was properly done. He will never forget the many expressions 
 of gratitude on the part of those who received aid; gratitude to 
 those who had charge of the fund, and through them to the 
 generous public, because the assistance rendered was all that 
 stood between them and helpless poverty. 
 
 Grants of not less than one hundred dollars were also made to 
 the family in every case where some member was killed, and the 
 body identified and given private burial. This was not done on 
 the score of charity, but as an expression of sympathy and 
 neighborly interest. 
 
 In the following list is found first the name of the person killed,
 
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 and then the amount of aid rendered, and the person to whom 
 it was given. Where the number of " dependents " is given it 
 is not intended to state the number of persons left in the family 
 of the deceased, but simply the persons who were wholly or par- 
 tially dependent for their living. To appreciate the amount of 
 aid given one must place these amounts alongside of the aid 
 rendered in support of the children, as the provision made for 
 them is in addition to what is recorded in the subjoined list. 
 
 1. Wallace Abercrombie, 91 Florence Street. Left a wife and 
 two children dependent. Temporary aid granted. March 25, 
 $25; June 2, $100. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of 
 Mrs. Abercrombie, $1,000. Total, $1,125. 
 
 2. Mrs. Arthur Atwood, 102 Myrtle Street. Left no one de- 
 pendent. 
 
 3. Irving Baker, 30 Hope Street. Left a wife and one child 
 dependent. Temporary aid granted. April 5, $25; May 2, $50; 
 June 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Baker, $750. Total, $875. 
 
 4. Miss Serena Barrows, 50 Glenwood Street. May 26, $100 
 granted to her sister, Miss Genie Barrows, to cover funeral ex- 
 penses. June 28, $200 to her sister, Mrs. Earl Bennett, as par- 
 tially dependent. Total, $300. 
 
 5. Harry C. Bartlett, East Bridgewater, Mass. Left a wife and 
 three children dependent. Temporary aid granted. March 25, 
 $50; May 2, $50; June 2, $150. June 28, placed in the bank to 
 the order of Mrs. Bartlett, $1,000. Total, $1,250. 
 
 6. Frank W. Bell, 619 Main Street. Left a wife dependent. 
 Temporary aid granted. May 2, $50; June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Bell, $1,000. Total, $1,050. 
 
 7. Leon Bergenson, Barrows Block, Main Street. Left no 
 dependent. 
 
 8. Miss Myra Bergen, 51 Market Street. Left no dependent. 
 
 9. George B. Burgess, 365 North Warren Avenue. Left wife 
 and one child dependent. Temporary aid granted. May 2, $50; 
 June 15, $50. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Burgess, $500; July 21, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Burgess, $300. Total, $900. 
 
 10. Linus Burgess, 748 Main Street. Left no dependent. 
 
 11. Ernest C. Carlson, 28 Carleton Avenue. Left a wife par-
 
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 tially dependent. July 28, placed in the bank to the order of 
 Mrs. Carlson, $250. 
 
 12. Jesse Chandler, 1 18 French Avenue. Left a wife dependent. 
 Aid granted. March 25, $45; May 2, $50. July 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Chandler, $1,000. Total, $1,075. 
 
 13. Mrs. Dora Clark, Whitman, Mass. Paid to her husband, 
 Mr. Arthur E. Clark, $50 to cover funeral expenses. 
 
 14. James Raphael Cole, 1024 Warren Avenue. Left a wife and 
 two children dependent, and an aged father partially dependent. 
 Aid granted. March 28, $25; May 2, $100; June 2, $100; July 3, 
 to his father, Mr. Taled Cole, $100. June 28, placed in the bank 
 to the order of Mrs. Cole, $1,000. Total, $1,325. 
 
 15. Walter E. Copeland, Elm Square, West Bridgewater, Mass. 
 Left a wife dependent. Aid granted. April 3, $25; April 6, $25; 
 May 2, $50. June 28, placed in bank to the order of Mrs. Cope- 
 land, $1,000. Total, $1,100. 
 
 16. Mrs. M. J. Curtis, Windsor House, corner Warren Avenue 
 and Elm Street. Left no dependent. 
 
 17. Albin Dahlborg, 73 Denton Street. Left no dependent. 
 
 18. Timothy J. Desmond, 40 Bradford Street. Left a wife and 
 four children dependent. Aid granted. April 5, $25 per week 
 for four weeks; May 2, $50; June 2, $200. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Desmond, $1,000. Total, $1,350. 
 
 (June 18, Mr. Hobart Ames, of North Easton, at the solicitation 
 of the secretary, cancelled a mortgage of $400 held by him against 
 Mr. Desmond.) 
 
 19. Miss Florence A. Dunham, 56 Chestnut Street. Aid granted. 
 June 28, to her father, John W. Dunham, $250. 
 
 20. Frank L. Emerson, 51 Myrtle Street. Left a wife and 
 daughter and an aged father partially dependent. Aid granted. 
 April 2, $50; June 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank to the 
 order of Mrs. Emerson, $500; July 21, placed in the bank to the 
 order of Mrs. Emerson, $250; July 15, placed in the bank to 
 the order of his father, William Emerson, $200. Total, $1,050. 
 
 21. Mrs. Georgie Emerson, 28 Myrtle Street. Left no de- 
 pendent. 
 
 22. Wallace Vinal, 25 Grant Avenue. Left a little child de- 
 pendent. Aid granted. April 2, to Mrs. Gilmore Fish, grand- 
 mother of the child, $50; June 2, $50; June 28, $200. Total, 
 $300. (See aid for children.)
 
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 23. Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, 55 Plain Street. Left parents 
 partially dependent. Aid granted. April 12, $10 per week for 
 four weeks. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Fitzpatrick, $360. Total, $400. 
 
 24. Alphonse J. Fortier, 162 Myrtle Street. Left a wife and 
 three children dependent. Aid granted. March 25, $25; April 2, 
 $50; June 2, $150. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of 
 Mrs. Fortier, $750. Total, $975. 
 
 25. Harry S. Hall, West Bridgewater, Mass. Left a wife and 
 three children dependent. Aid granted. April 2, $50; June 2, 
 $150. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. Hall, 
 $1,000. Total, $1,200. 
 
 26. Almoran Hallett, 23 Haverhill Street. Left a wife de- 
 pendent. Aid granted. April 2, $50; June 26, $25. June 28, 
 placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. Hallett, $1,000. Total, 
 $1,075. 
 
 27. Granville Hartwell, 601 Ash Street. Left a wife dependent. 
 Aid granted. April 5, $25; May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Hartwell, $1,000. Total, $1,075. 
 
 28. Isaac S. Hoxie, 185 Menlo Street. Left a wife and three 
 children dependent. Aid granted. March 25, $25; April 2, $50; 
 June 2, $150. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Hoxie, $1,000. Total, $1,225. 
 
 29. Mrs. Lillian B. Hurd, 806 Warren Avenue. Left three 
 children dependent. Aid granted. April 12, $50; June 2, $150. 
 Total, $200. (For further aid, see list of children.) 
 
 30. James Jackson, Abington, Mass. Left no one dependent. 
 
 31. William F. Jeffers, Union Street, East Bridgewater, Mass. 
 Left a wife and three children dependent. Aid granted. April 2, 
 $100; June 2, $100. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of 
 Mrs. Jeffers, $1,000. Total, $1,200. 
 
 32. Mrs. Stella Kelley, 15 Park Street. Left a mother partially 
 dependent. Aid granted. July 21, placed in the bank to the 
 order of her mother, Mrs. Evelyn A. Ferry, $500. 
 
 33. Henry C. Kibbee, Elm Street, Bridgewater, Mass. Left a 
 wife dependent, and an invalid sister partially dependent. Aid 
 granted. April 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank to the order 
 of Mrs. Kibbee, $1,000; August 1, placed in the bank to the order 
 of Miss Lizzie M. Kibbee, $250. Total, $1,300.
 
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 34. Thomas F. Langley, 162 Lawrence Street. Left a wife and 
 three children dependent. Aid granted. April 2, $50; June 2, 
 $150. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. Langley, 
 $1,000. Total, $1,200. 
 
 35. Miss Nellie Leary, 15 Smith Avenue. Left parents par- 
 tially dependent. Aid granted. April 12, $50. June 28, placed 
 in the bank to the order of Mrs. Leary, $250. Total, $300. 
 
 36. Miss Mary Leonard, 17 Pine Street. Left parents partially 
 dependent. Aid granted. June 28, placed in the bank to the 
 order of her father, $300. 
 
 37. Barnabas Lewis, 515 North Main Street. Left a wife de- 
 pendent. Aid granted. April 5, $15 per week for four weeks; 
 May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Lewis, $1,000. Total, $1,110. 
 
 38. Mrs. Hannah Lindberg, 5 Ouster Street. Left two children 
 dependent. Aid granted. April 2, $50; June 2, $50. Total, 
 $100. (For further aid, see list of dependent children.) 
 
 39. J. Samuel Lovejoy, 23 Haverhill Street. Left a wife de- 
 pendent, and mother partially dependent. Aid granted. April 12, 
 $10 per week for four weeks; May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Lovejoy, $750; June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of his mother, $250. Total, $1,090. 
 
 40. Andrew G. Lundell, 20 Ouster Street. Left a wife and three 
 children dependent. Aid granted. April 5, $25 per week for four 
 weeks; May 2, $50; June 2, $150. June 28, placed in the bank to 
 the order of Mrs. Lundell, $1,000. Total, $1,300. 
 
 41. Jerome Mayo, corner Main and Market streets. Left a 
 mother partially dependent. Aid granted. June 28, to the 
 mother, $300. 
 
 42. Mrs. Florence M. Merrill, 895 Main Street Left no one 
 dependent. 
 
 43. Miss Mamie O'Connell, 290 North Gary Street. Left parents 
 partially dependent. Aid granted. June 28, placed in the bank 
 to the order of her father, $250. 
 
 44. Hiram J. Pierce, 60 Myrtle Street. Left a wife dependent. 
 Aid granted. April 8, $25; May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Pierce, $1,000. Total, $1,075. 
 
 45. Mrs. Mary B. Pray, 9 Sheppard Street. Left no one de- 
 pendent.
 
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 46. Albert S. Ray, Campello, Mass. Left no one dependent. 
 
 47. David W. Rockwell, 80 Denton Street. Left a wife and 
 four children dependent. Aid granted. March 28, $25; April 5, 
 $25 per week for four weeks; May 2, $50; June 2, $150. June 28, 
 placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. Rockwell, $1,000. Total, 
 $1,325. 
 
 48. George E. Smith, 976 Warren Avenue. Left a wife and 
 three children dependent. Aid granted. March 25, $25; April 13, 
 $25; May 2, $100; June 2, $150. June 28, placed in the bank to 
 the order of Mrs. Smith, $1,000. Total, $1,300. 
 
 49. Joshua F. Snow, 87 North Main Street. Left a wife and 
 two children dependent, and a mother partially dependent. Aid 
 granted. March 25, $25; May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of Mrs. Snow, $1,000; June 28, to his mother, 
 Mrs. Irene Cash, $100. Total, $1,175. 
 
 50. Stephen Snow, 120 Belmont Street. Left no one dependent. 
 May 15, $100 sent to the daughter to cover funeral expenses, but 
 returned by her to the Relief Fund. 
 
 51. Richard W. Sprigings, 159 Warren Avenue. Left a wife 
 and son dependent. Aid granted. April 12, $25 per week for 
 four weeks; May 2, $50; June 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank 
 to the order of Mrs. Sprigings, $1,000. Total, $1,200. 
 
 52. Mrs. Jennie Stiles, 51 Market Street. Left an aunt, Mrs. 
 Mary J. Sweetland, and a friend, Mrs. Mabel Eddy, partially 
 dependent. Aid granted. March 25, $25; May 2, $50. June 28, 
 placed in the bank to the order of the aunt, $350; June 28, to 
 Mrs. Eddy, $200. Total, $625. 
 
 53. John N. Sullivan, 674 Montello Street. Left a wife and four 
 children dependent. Aid granted. March 28, $25; May 2, $50; 
 June 2, $200. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Sullivan, $1,000. Total, $1,275. 
 
 54. Mrs. Emma M. Tallman, 26 Appleton Street. Left a 
 mother and a son dependent. Aid granted. March 28, $25; 
 May 2, $50; May 19, $100; June 2, $50. June 28, placed in the 
 bank to the order of her mother, Mrs. Alice Clapper, $600. Total, 
 $825. 
 
 55. Samuel Tiley, 370 Ash Street. Left a wife and two children 
 dependent. Aid granted. April 5, $25 per week for four weeks; 
 May 2, $50; June 2, $100. June 28, placed in the bank to the 
 order of Mrs. Tiley, $1,000. Total, $1,250.
 
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 56. Miss Marion Tufts, Campello, Mass. Left no one dependent. 
 
 57. J. Victor Turner, 923 Warren Avenue. Left a wife de- 
 pendent. Aid granted. May 2, $50. June 28, placed in the bank 
 to the order of Mrs. Turner, $1,000. Total, $1,050. 
 
 58. Henry M. Weeks, 8 Essex Street. Left a wife dependent. 
 Aid granted. June 28, placed in the bank to the order of Mrs. 
 Weeks, $750. 
 
 DEPENDENT CHILDREN 
 
 In dealing with the children the committee realized they were 
 facing a serious problem. Here were no less than threescore 
 left without a father to provide for them; and to make it possible 
 for them to secure an education, and at the same time to be sup- 
 ported until they reached a wage-earning age, was a matter which 
 required most earnest and painstaking consideration. Three 
 methods were proposed, and each for a time had ardent advocates. 
 
 First, it was suggested that a fair division of the fund be made 
 among the children, and the amount be paid at once to the parent 
 or guardian. It was contended that by this plan equal justice 
 would be done to all; that for several reasons it would best satisfy 
 those having charge of the children; that it would be satisfactory 
 to the public who had created the fund; that the money would be 
 sure to go to the very families for whose benefit it had been con- 
 tributed; and that the committee having done its duty would be 
 relieved of further responsibility. On the other hand, it was 
 maintained with equal force that in many cases the money would 
 soon be used for household expenses; in this way older ones would 
 receive the benefit rather than the children; the children would 
 thus be left without provision before they developed a wage- 
 earning capacity; and the purpose for which this portion of the 
 fund had been created would be defeated. 
 
 Secondly, it was suggested that a division be made as in the 
 first place, except that the money should be placed in the hands 
 of a trustee for each child, or the children of a single family, who 
 would see that it was expended only in the interests of those under 
 his care. This method seemed to avoid some of the objections 
 to the first plan, but was soon found to involve so many diffi- 
 culties and uncertainties that it was entirely discarded. 
 
 The third plan suggested was to set aside so much of the general
 
 60 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 relief fund as could be consistently appropriated in the interest 
 of the children, and have this paid over at stated times and in 
 specified amounts for a certain definite period of years. After 
 mature reflection it was thought that this method preserved all 
 of the best features of the other two and at the same time avoided 
 their difficulties. It secured for each child substantial aid, suffi- 
 cient to enable the parent or guardian to have the child continue 
 in school at least through the grammar grades; it paid the money, 
 without any restrictions as to expenditure, directly to the mother 
 or guardian, who should be the best judge of the child's needs; 
 in case of the death of the mother the income of the child was not 
 imperilled; and all of this could be secured without undue labor 
 or responsibility on the part of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 Some of the special features of this plan are that the fund is 
 drawing interest and thus adding to the amount given to the 
 children; that it is secured by being in the custody of a national 
 bank; that not less than one hundred dollars are contributed 
 yearly to each beneficiary; and that these payments are to con- 
 tinue to each child until it is sixteen years of age. 
 
 Following are the rules governing in the aid given to children. 
 They were formulated by the Advisory Committee, and are given 
 here in the form in which they were reported to the Board of 
 Trustees. The trustees adopted them without amendment, and 
 they are being carried out to the very letter. 
 
 FOR CHILDREN'S AID 
 
 For the aid of dependent children the Sub-Committee on Relief, by its 
 action of June 28 and August 4, 1905, makes to the Board of Trustees the 
 following recommendations: 
 
 1. Each child shall receive not less than one hundred dollars annually until 
 sixteen years of age. 
 
 2. No child, by reason of age, shall receive in the aggregate less than five 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 3. Payments for the children shall be made quarterly, beginning with 
 October 1, 1905. 
 
 4. Payments shall be made to such parent or friend of the child as the 
 trustees in their judgment may think best fitted to receive and expend the 
 same. 
 
 5. If any child die before reaching sixteen years of age, further payments 
 in behalf of that child shall cease, and one hundred dollars shall be given to 
 the parent, guardian, or trustee as a death benefit.
 
 Grover Factory Fire 61 
 
 6. If at any time the fund will warrant it, a larger sum than one hundred 
 dollars per annum may be paid to each child. 
 
 7. The amounts of payments shall be so arranged that when the last child 
 shall reach sixteen years of age, the fund shall be exhausted. 
 
 8. The trustees shall have the power and right to remove any child from 
 the list of those receiving aid at any time when, in their judgment, the child, 
 on account of changed circumstances, is no longer dependent. 
 
 9. The trustees shall have the right, and are hereby requested, to with- 
 hold the appropriation from any child who performs daily labor for hire 
 during the hours of the regular public school sessions. 
 
 10. The fund for the children shall be invested in and be administered 
 through such bank or banks as shall be determined by the trustees. 
 
 11. In case there shall be a vacancy in the Board of Trustees, the remaining 
 members of the Board shall fill such vacancy within six months; and in case 
 of failure to do so, the General Committee shall be called together for this 
 purpose. 
 
 (Signed) ALBERT F. PIERCE, 
 
 Secretary of Sub-Committee. 
 
 BROCKTON, August 5, 1905. 
 
 To insure the proper carrying out of the foregoing provision, the 
 Trustees were requested to set aside $43,000, or as much of such 
 sum as was necessary, from the general fund for this purpose. In 
 accord with the tenth rule, the Brockton National Bank was made 
 the depository of the fund; and the directors, in view of its char- 
 acter and purpose, generously agreed to pay three per cent interest 
 on the amount of the deposit. The bank also assumed the re- 
 sponsibility of paying quarterly to the proper persons the several 
 amounts due the beneficiaries, as from time to time authorized 
 and directed by the Board of Trustees. By this arrangement, 
 what at first seemed a very formidable undertaking has become a 
 simple task. To guard and administer a fund through sixteen 
 years at first thought caused men to hesitate. It was not a duty 
 to be coveted. But in the simple form into which it has developed 
 it works smoothly, without entailing special care or labor on any 
 individual. The bank guarantees the integrity of the fund; pays 
 generous interest upon the same; writes the checks once every 
 three months; and makes its returns through the Treasurer to the 
 Board of Trustees. The Trustees once a quarter, through its 
 chairman and treasurer, sends a written order to the bank, and 
 the whole work is done.
 
 62 
 
 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 To facilitate the work of the Treasurer, the Secretary of the 
 Sub-Committee on relief prepared and printed a blank form, giving 
 the name of each dependent child, showing the date of birth, the 
 time when payments for such child should cease, and the parent 
 or person to whom payment should be made, together with the 
 street address of the same. A copy of this form is here inserted, 
 not only to show the manner in which the order is drawn, but to 
 give full information respecting the children who are on the 
 dependent list. 
 
 BROCKTON NATIONAL BANK: 
 
 Please pay to the order of the following persons the sums set opposite their 
 respective names and charge the same to the Brockton Relief Fund for Suf- 
 ferers from the Grover Factory Fire. 
 
 PATEE 
 
 Mrs. Jennie A. Abercrombie 
 
 AMOUNT CHILD 
 . $ I Mildred .Tpnnip 
 
 BORN PAYMENTS END 
 
 May 31, 1905 April 1, 1921 
 May 31, 1905 April 1, 1921 
 
 Sept. 2, 1890 July 1, 1906 
 
 54 Tribou Street 
 Mrs. Julia F. Burgess 
 
 .$ 
 
 ( Alice Geraldine 
 Edward F. 
 
 365 No. Warren Avenue 
 
 
 Mrs. E. Isabella Bartlett 
 
 .$ 
 
 ( Rachel Whitman 
 
 Rn+K 
 
 Aug. 12, 1903 
 Dec. 5, 1901 
 Mar. 25, 1900 
 
 Nov. 4, 1899 
 
 July 1,1919 
 Oct. 1,1917 
 April 1, 1916 
 
 Oct. 1, 1915 
 
 East Bridge-water 
 Mrs. Edna S. Baker 
 
 .$ 
 
 ( Richard Franklin 
 Freeman C. 
 
 30 Hope Street 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Cole 
 22 Rockland Street 
 
 .s... 
 
 . . . ( Sarah Forrester 
 < Guy Alexander 
 
 Aug. 1,1904 
 Sept. 5,1898 
 
 July 1,1920 
 July 1,1914 
 
 Mrs. Elisabeth T. Desmond , 
 40 Bradford Street 
 
 Mrs. Addie F. Emerson 
 
 $ ... 
 
 {Mildred 
 Mary 
 
 June 6,1902 
 April 8,1899 
 Dec. 13,1895 
 Nov. 22, 1892 
 Oct. 16, 1893 
 
 Aug. 30, 1902 
 
 April 1,1918 
 April 1, 1915 
 Oct. 1,1911 
 Oct. 1,1908 
 Oct. 1,1909 
 
 July 1,1918 
 
 .f 
 
 John 
 Dennis 
 Vera 
 
 311 Hammond Street 
 Mrs. A. J. Fish , guardian 
 
 .$ 
 
 Leonis M. Final 
 
 25 Grant Avenue 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Claire Alice Fortier 
 162 Myrtle Street 
 
 ..$... 
 
 ( Isabella M. 
 < Jeannette D. 
 ( Edna M. 
 
 Mar. 20,1902 
 Sept. 22, 1897 
 Aug. 29, 1895 
 
 Jan. 1, 1918 
 July 1, 1913 
 July 1, 1911 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Alice Hall 
 21 Cottage Street 
 
 ..$... 
 
 ( Helen Packard 
 ] Mattie Bartlett 
 I Mildred Emerson 
 
 May 9, 1903 
 June 16,1893 
 Dec. 16,1891 
 
 April 1,1919 
 April 1,1 909 
 Oct. 1,1907 
 
 Mrs. Gertrude M. Hoxie 
 185 Menlo Street 
 
 ..$... 
 
 ( David A. 
 < Beatrice L. 
 (Carl M. 
 
 Nov. 17, 1899 
 Mar. 25,1898 
 Dec. 21,1894 
 
 Oct. 1,1915 
 Jan. 1,1914 
 Oct. 1,1910 
 
 Charles S. German, trustee . 
 70 Dover Street 
 
 ..$... 
 
 ( Ruth F. Kurd 
 
 May 13, 1900 
 Aug. 18,1892 
 Mar. 18,1891 
 
 April 1,1916 
 July 1,1908 
 Jan. 1,1907 
 
 
 ( Alice M.Hurd 
 
 Mrs. Nellie M. Jeffers 
 East Bridgewater 
 
 ..$... 
 
 ( Alice Isabel 
 < Thomas Richard 
 ( William Campbell 
 
 Oct. 28,1905 
 Aug. 17, 1903 
 July 5, 1901 
 
 Oct. 1,1921 
 July 1,1919 
 July 1,1917 
 
 Mrs. Christina M. Langley . . . 
 162 Lawrence Street 
 
 Lars O. Lindberg, trustee 
 
 ..$... 
 ..$... 
 
 S Raymond 
 Harold F. 
 Francis J. 
 
 I Elisabeth 
 
 Oct. 6, 1895 
 Aug. 24, 1893 
 June 13, 1891 
 
 June 10, 1894 
 July 26,1890 
 
 Oct. 1,1911 
 July 1,1909 
 April 1,1907 
 
 April 1, 1910 
 July 1,1906 
 
 ^.107 Tribou Street 
 
 
 1 Helen
 
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 PAYEE AMOUNT CHILD BORN PAYMENTS END 
 
 (Edwin Conrad Nov. 12, 1894 Oct. 1,1910 
 
 Mrs. Emma Lundell $ ) Kari j U8t inus June 16, 1892 April 1 , 1908 
 
 20 Custer Street ( Augusta E. Oct. 12,1890 Oct. 1,1906 
 
 f Inez David July 15,1905 July 1,1921 
 
 Mrs. Joanna H. Rockwell $ I Gwendoline Grover Sept. 26, 1903 July 1,1919 
 
 Stoughton t Oscar Joseph June 9,1898 April 1,1914 
 
 C Clifton Granville Sept. 11,1896 July 1, 1912 
 
 (Viola Aug. 14,1896 July 1,1912 
 
 Mrs ' o> h e V t "oV 1 'V $ 1 Lillian Sept. 15, 1894 July 1. 1910 
 
 28 Franklin Street ( Mattie Oct. 30,1890 Oct. 1,1906 
 
 Mrs. Grace L. Snow $ ( Stanley Eldredge Aug. 31, 1900 July 1, 1916 
 
 87 No. Main Street f Earle Freeman Mar. 21, 1896 Jan. 1, 1912 
 
 Mrs. Hattie M. Sprigings $ Richard Wright June 15, 1892 April 1, 1908 
 
 159 Warren Avenue 
 
 (Francis Murray Mar. 28,1902 Jan. 1,1918 
 
 Frederick LawrenceSept. 18, 1899 July 1, 1915 
 
 John Noonan June 8, 1898 April 1, 1914 
 
 Irene Nov. 19, 1896 Oct. 1, 1912 
 
 Mrs. Alice Clapper, trustee $ Clark A. Tallman Dec. 1,1891 Oct. 1,1907 
 
 26 Appleton Street 
 
 Mrs. Ida L. Tiley". . , . . .$ I Elgin Washburn Sept. 18, 1897 July 1, 1913 
 
 370 Ash Street ( Malcolm Leonard Sept. 7,1895 July 1,1911 
 
 Total, $ 
 
 This order of dollars 
 
 is payment in aid of dependent children, and is in full for the quarter beginning 
 
 1, 19 . 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Brockton, Mass., 19 
 
 The Trustees of the Relief Fund approve of the above order and authorize 
 payment of the same. 
 
 Chairman. 
 
 Brockton, Mass., 19 
 
 It will be noticed from a perusal of the foregoing list that the 
 number of children for whom provision was made is fifty-five; that 
 they come from twenty-three families; that four of the children 
 were born after the disaster; that ten of them live outside of 
 Brockton; and that fifteen will reach sixteen years of age before 
 having received $500. The trustees began the method of closing 
 accounts with such children as reached sixteen years of age by 
 depositing the balance of the $500 remaining due in some savings 
 bank for each child. In this way four cases were closed last year. 
 But it has seemed wise to the trustees to interpret the first and 
 second rules as meaning that payments shall continue after the 
 beneficiary has reached sixteen years of age in every case necessary
 
 64 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 to make the sum total of payments $500, and this is the plan they 
 have been pursuing since 1906. 
 
 The compiler of this record ventures the opinion that the wisest 
 and best thing done in the entire work of relief is the provision 
 made for these children. To relieve temporary distress was a 
 work of charity and of love, but this would have been done by 
 sympathetic neighbors and friends had no public fund been 
 created. The assistance rendered the widows and other adult 
 dependents was timely and needed, but these could have cared 
 for themselves, or have found a home somewhere, even though 
 at great loss and sacrifice. But without the provision for the 
 children there would have been the breaking up of homes, the 
 separation of little ones, the prevention of an education on the 
 part of many, and the consequent loss and blighting of many 
 lives. By the wise and generous provision made, every family 
 has thus far been kept intact, and long after the Grover disaster 
 will be forgotten by the thousands, and will be only a sad memory 
 in the minds of a few, the beneficent influences of the children's 
 fund will be seen and appreciated. The payments will cease in 
 1921, but the fruitage will remain until the rising generation shall 
 have passed away.
 
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 VII 
 INSURANCE AND BENEFICIARY ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 While this report was being compiled the writer received in- 
 quiries from several sources asking what relations the workmen 
 sustained toward fraternal organizations that paid weekly benefits 
 in case of sickness, or stated amounts in case of death. As may 
 be inferred, these questions came from students of social and 
 industrial life and have a bearing upon present economic condi- 
 tions particularly respecting workingmen. 
 
 The answers to these inquiries have nothing whatever to do 
 with this relief report; but as they concern the interest of the 
 working people, and may assist the students of political economy 
 who are seeking to better existing conditions|by the dissemination 
 of information and the securing of better laws, they are here given 
 for what they are worth. They would be of more value if the facts 
 covered the entire number of persons employed in the factory at 
 the time of the fire, and if the inquiries had been more particularly 
 made, and the results more carefully tabulated. And yet they 
 include a sufficiently large number to afford a fair basis for 
 judgment. 
 
 The Relief Committee in its investigations pursued the following 
 course: In the case of those killed questions were asked only 
 when the person left some one dependent, and then the informa- 
 tion sought was as to the amount of life insurance carried, if any, 
 and the value of the real estate owned. These facts had an im- 
 portant bearing upon the amount of assistance to be given the 
 widow or other adult dependent. In the case of those severely 
 injured, questions were asked as to income from fraternal organiza- 
 tions and from other sources, in order that a fairer distribution of 
 relief funds might be made. Some of the injured received from 
 $10 to $20 per week from the orders to which they belonged, while 
 others were members of no beneficiary society. 
 
 One fact must be borne in mind. The Boot and Shoe Workers' 
 Union, while organized as a labor society to advance the interests 
 of the workingmen, is at the same time a beneficiary order. When
 
 66 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 its members are kept from work through sickness or injury, they 
 receive $5 per week in benefits; in case of death, $100 is paid to> 
 the family. But, as the Grover Factory was a union shop, and 
 all the workmen were compelled to be members of the organization, 
 this fact is not taken into account in the following data. There- 
 fore, when it is stated that a workman was or was not a member 
 of a fraternal society, the Shoe Workers' Union is always to be 
 excepted. 
 
 The data here given cover inquiries respecting 116 cases, 52 
 being of those who were killed, and 64 of those injured. Taking up 
 first the cases of those who lost their lives, the number is divided 
 into men, 37, and women, 15. Of the 37 men, 23 carried life 
 insurance, 5 in two different companies; 18 were owners of real 
 estate; and 19 were members of beneficiary orders (other than the 
 Shoe Workers' Union), while 6 of the 19 belonged to more than 
 one such organization. 
 
 Of the 15 women, 7 carried insurance on their lives, 1 in two 
 companies; 4 owned real estate; and 1 belonged to a beneficiary 
 lodge. 
 
 Of the 64 persons injured, the inquiries covered 28 married 
 men, 8 single men, 15 married women, and 13 single women. 
 
 Of the 28 married men, 10 carried life insurance (one in three 
 companies); 13 owned real estate; 12 belonged to fraternal benefit 
 orders (4 to more than one); while 4 were not included in any of 
 the foregoing classes. 
 
 Of the 8 single men, 2 were insured, the same 2 were owners of 
 real estate, and none of the 8 belonged to benefit orders. 
 
 The data for the 15 married women show that 3 carried life 
 insurance; 3 were owners of real estate; 2 belonged to benefit 
 orders; and 8 of the 15 are not included in any of these classes. 
 
 Of the 13 unmarried women, 3 carried insurance; 3 were owners 
 of real estate; 2 belonged to fraternal societies, and 8 were not 
 included in any of the foregoing cases. 
 
 To make the account of local relief more complete, and the 
 above reports a little fuller, the Secretary corresponded with all 
 of the fraternal organizations of the city and endeavored to secure 
 from them definite statements as to the sums they had paid to 
 beneficiaries on account of the Grover disaster. He found diffi- 
 culty in securing the information desired. The rules of these
 
 Grover Factory Fire 67 
 
 organizations forbid the making of such matters public, and the 
 desirability of it was questioned by many. The facts gleaned 
 were so meager as to raise the question of the wisdom of publishing 
 them at all. However, it may be said that the report from one 
 lodge of K. of P. showed that $1,030 had been paid on account 
 of three deaths, and $125 to the relief of two members; three 
 lodges of I. O. O. F. had paid $1,375 on account of eight deaths, 
 and $296 for the relief of eight members; that Brockton Lodge 
 B. P. O. E. had paid $972, and an additional $495.21 had been 
 contributed through it from several lodges in other parts of the 
 state. I have little doubt that the amount paid out for insurance 
 and local relief through tbe various channels mentioned was equal 
 to forty per cent of the public relief fund which was raised and 
 administered by the General Committee on Relief.
 
 68 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 VIII 
 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES 
 
 In section four, entitled " Starting a Relief Fund," an ac- 
 count is given of the manner in which the funds for the work 
 of relief were solicited. Much of this money came directly to the 
 Mayor of the city, with the instruction that it should be expended 
 under his personal supervision and according to his own judg- 
 ment. All of this sum, however, was placed in the keeping of 
 the Treasurer of the Relief Fund, subject to the order of the 
 Relief Committee. As the money was received it was from day 
 to day deposited by the Treasurer in the two local national banks, 
 which very kindly paid three per cent interest upon the deposits. 
 This very materially added to the fund, as a glance at the report 
 of the Treasurer will show. The interest thus received amounted 
 to nearly $900. 
 
 The expenditure of the fund was very carefully guarded. No 
 unnecessary expenses were incurred, and the most rigid economy 
 was practiced. In this connection it is proper to say that the 
 Trustees and General Committee very freely contributed of their 
 time and services. Outside of necessary postage, printing, sta- 
 tionery, and a stenographer, there was absolutely no cost in ad- 
 ministering the fund. No salary was paid to any person, and no 
 remuneration of any kind whatsoever was received. Indeed, the 
 personal expenses of the committee necessary to the prosecution 
 of the work were borne by the individual members. In order that 
 the public may be informed as to the actual cost of administration, 
 the following list of bills is given, which include everything ex- 
 pended up to the time of closing all the work of temporary relief 
 and the turning of the fund over to the Brockton National Bank. 
 Since that time the bank has not only administered the fund 
 without charge, but as stated elsewhere has paid three per cent 
 interest on the amount deposited. It is not egotism to say that 
 perhaps never before was a large fund so efficiently and economi- 
 cally handled. The actual cost was less than one fourth of one 
 per cent. That is, it took less than one cent to distribute four
 
 Grover Factory Fire 69 
 
 dollars. Or, to put the matter in another form, during the four 
 months of work on the part of the committee, the entire cost of 
 administration amounted to only one fourth of the interest re- 
 ceived on the daily deposits. That is, the committee received in 
 subscriptions, $104,187.87, and not only paid out every cent of 
 this in relief work, but added to this amount $643.75, which was 
 interest on the fund over and above all expenses. 
 Following is a detailed statement of expenses : 
 
 EXPENSE ACCOUNT. 
 
 1905. 
 
 May 10 Miss Annie Sharood, stenographer $21.00 
 
 22 Miss Annie Sharood, stenographer 14.00 
 
 23 Standard Printing Company, printing 3.00 
 
 23 Howard Job Print, for printing 14.10 
 
 June 9 Subscription Committee, for postage and envelopes . . . 35.55 
 
 26 Miss Annie Sharood, stenographer 9.15 
 
 29 Dr. A. E. Paine, for medical examinations 31.50 
 
 29 Dr. J. W. Gorman, for medical examinations 31.50 
 
 30 William S. Morey, stationery, etc 12.75 
 
 July 31 Stenographer 36.00 
 
 31 Postage $6.49 
 
 Transportation 7.00 
 
 Copying, stationery, etc 25.39 38.88 
 
 Total cost of administering fund $247.43
 
 70 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 IX 
 
 A PERSONAL WORD OF APPRECIATION 
 
 The writer begs the indulgence of a generous public while he 
 expresses a word of appreciation in behalf of those engaged in the 
 work of relief. It may be distasteful to these individuals to be 
 singled out and have mention made of their work, but it is done 
 without their knowledge, and wholly on the writer's own respon- 
 sibility. 
 
 The members of the general and special committees were chosen 
 from all classes, parties, and creeds, but they worked together in 
 the utmost harmony, and never for one moment did earthly dis- 
 tinctions intrude. It was beautiful to note the brotherly Christian 
 spirit that pervaded the thoughts and desires of all. And the 
 cheerful spirit with which many gave their time and sacrificed 
 their personal interests to contribute to the common good is 
 worthy of all praise. Without making invidious distinction, per- 
 sonal reference can be made to his Honor, Mayor Edward H. 
 Keith. He easily surpassed all others in his devotion to the 
 interests of the suffering and unfortunate. During that fatal 
 week he scarcely knew what rest and sleep were. And to his 
 judgment, tact, and untiring effort are due much of the success 
 attending the work of rescue and relief. He seemed to discern 
 the right thing to be done and did it in such a way as to com- 
 mend him to the thoughtful people of the community. 
 
 Words of appreciation may also be spoken of Mr. William H. 
 Emerson, Treasurer of the Relief Fund. For many years he has 
 been the city treasurer, and during the years of his incumbency 
 he has persistently and positively declined to be identified with 
 outside affairs, and in some instances at the sacrifice of consider- 
 able personal gain. But he gave himself heartily and cheerfully 
 to this work, devoting to it many hours of the day and night, and 
 rendering to the cause invaluable assistance. 
 
 While all of the members of the General Committee are worthy 
 of particular notice, Mr. Frederick E. Studley, chairman of the 
 Advisory Committee, and Mr. George Clarence Holmes chairman
 
 Grover Factory Fire 71 
 
 of the Subscription Committee, are deserving of special praise. 
 The former gave a great deal of time, being present not only at 
 the meetings of the committee, but spending several days at the 
 relief rooms the first weeks they were open, assisting the Secretary 
 in every possible way. And Mr. Holmes was the heart and soul 
 of the movement for subscriptions. An indefatigable worker, a 
 genius hi the invention of methods, and a man full of faith and 
 push, he inspired others and was the means of increasing the fund 
 to such large proportions. 
 
 Special mention might be made of the fire and police depart- 
 ments, and of the heroic and effective service which they ren- 
 dered; of the many physicians who worked with such painstaking 
 skill and care without thought of reward; of scores of citizens who 
 contributed freely of their time; of the hospitals and trained 
 nurses that were the very essence of devotion to a noble charity; 
 of the local press and the chivalrous service rendered by their 
 reportorial staff, which did so much to awaken interest and make 
 possible the splendid results in the raising of the relief fund. Of 
 course thanks are due to the many who so generously contributed 
 of their substance to the common good. In this Brockton did 
 her part nobly, but so quick and hearty was the response from 
 the outside world that we are placed under a lasting debt of 
 gratitude. To these and all others the Secretary, speaking for 
 the innocent and helpless sufferers from the great disaster, ex- 
 presses profound gratitude and appreciation. May they all in 
 due time hear the Master's commendation and receive his reward.
 
 SUBSCRIBERS 
 
 An unknown friend, through Governor 
 
 William L. Douglas $2,500.00 
 
 A. B. S., Loyal Lodge Brockton, 10.00 
 
 A. F. & A. M., St. George Lodge .... 100.00 
 
 A. O. H. of Plymouth County .... 86.00 
 A. O. H., Ladies' Auxiliary, of Plymouth 
 
 County 55.00 
 
 A. O. U. W., Brockton Lodge No. 54 .. 25.00 
 
 A. O. U. W., Campello Lodge 25.00 
 
 A Child .15 
 
 A Wanderer (C. E.) 10.00 
 
 Abbott, Preston 2.00 
 
 Alden Company, George W 50.00 
 
 Alden, John 25.00 
 
 Alger, A. H. & Co 25.00 
 
 Algonquin Club 265.00 
 
 Allen, James Sydney 10.00 
 
 Allen, W. Fred 5.00 
 
 Allen, W. G 5.00 
 
 Anderson, E. W 10.00 
 
 Anderson & Nelson 25.00 
 
 Anderson & Nelson, Employees .... ,, 19.00 
 
 Appleton, Susan A 5.00 
 
 Arnold, A. E 1.00 
 
 Arnold Brothers 10.00 
 
 Atwood, Annie H 20.00 
 
 Atwood, William B 25.00 
 
 Averill, Miss A. A 5.00 
 
 Averill, Dr. J. H 5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers' Local Union No. 74 . 200.00 
 B. & S. Workers' Mixed Union No. 38 . 150.00 
 B. & S. Workers' Union, Geo. W. Dis- 
 ney, General Organizer 5.00
 
 74 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 B. P. O. E., The Brockton Lodge No. 
 
 669, Net Proceeds Brockton, $972.00 
 
 Bacon, J. E., M.D 15.00 
 
 Bailey, George W 18.50 
 
 Baine, C. L 25.00 
 
 Baker Brothers 25.00 
 
 Bakers' Union No. 180 50.00 
 
 Baptist Jr 5.00 
 
 Barry, T. D. & Co 200.00 
 
 Barry, T. D. & Co., Employees .... 525.00 
 
 Bates, M. H 25.00 
 
 Battery I, M. V. M 25.00 
 
 Battles, David W 25.00 
 
 Baxendale Box Toe Company .... ,, 25.00 
 
 Beals, Arthur L., M. D 10.00 
 
 Besse, Baker & Co 100.00 
 
 Besse, Baker & Co., Employees .... 8.00 
 
 Bixby, C. C 50.00 
 
 Blanchard, H. L 15.00 
 
 Bonney, E. L 50.00 
 
 Bonney, E. L., Employees 19.50 
 
 Bostock, Thomas & Sons 10.00 
 
 Boston Credit Company 10.00 
 
 Boston Mutual Life Insurance Com- 
 pany, Brockton Agency 50.00 
 
 Boyden, Marshall, through ,, 4.12 
 
 Braconier, F. L 25.00 
 
 Bray, C. H 5.00 
 
 Brest Company, J 10.00 
 
 Bretzen, A 3.00 
 
 Brewer, Peter 2.00 
 
 Brewer & Stetson 25.00 
 
 Bricklayers and Masons' International . 
 
 Union No. 5 25.00 
 
 Brockton Agricultural Society 500.00 
 
 Brockton Automobile Club 10.00 
 
 Brockton Beef Company ,, 25.00 
 
 Brockton Business University 25.00 
 
 Brockton Choral Society Concert ... 410.00
 
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 Brockton Co-operative B. & S. Company, Brockton, $100.00 
 Brockton Co-operative B. & S. Com- 
 pany, Employees 176.50 
 
 Brockton Cricket Club 25.00 
 
 Brockton Die Company, Employees . . 46.86 
 
 Brockton Fire Department 121.14 
 
 Brockton Gas Light Company ,, 500.00 
 
 Brockton Gas Light Co., Employees . . 57.00 
 
 Brockton Gospel Reform Club .... ,, 2.00 
 
 Brockton Heel Company 100.00 
 
 Brockton Heel Company, Employees . . 100.20 
 
 Brockton Laborers' Union No. 9105 . . 25.00 
 
 Brockton Last Company 100.00 
 
 Brockton Last Company, Employees . . 70.00 
 
 Brockton Leather Company 25.00 
 
 Brockton Leather Company, Employees, 60.00 
 
 Brockton Lodge of Elks 200.00 
 
 Brockton Master Builders' Association . ,, 100.00 
 
 Brockton National Bank 500.00 
 
 Brockton Post Office and Stations, 
 
 Clerks 31.00 
 
 Brockton Printing Pressman's Union . . 25.00 
 
 Brockton Rand Company 100.00 
 
 Brockton Rand Company, Employees . 35.57 
 Brockton Shoe Manufacturers Associa- 
 tion, Interest on Collections 6.55 
 
 Brockton Sole Pattern Company .... 10.00 
 
 Brockton Stay Company 25.00 
 
 Brockton Times 100.00 
 
 Brockton Times, Local Employees ... ,, 36.75 
 Brockton Veteran Fireman's Associa- 
 tion, Ladies' Auxiliary ,, 25.00 
 
 Brockton Webbing Company 25.00 
 
 Brockton Webbing Company, Em- 
 ployees 22.00 
 
 Brockton Welting Company 100.00 
 
 Brockton Woman's Club 50.00 
 
 Brooks, John Graham 20.00 
 
 Brown, Daniel E., M.D 10.00
 
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 Brown, James W Brockton, $5.00 
 
 Brown, W. L 10.00 
 
 Bryant, H. L. & W. C 50.00 
 
 Bryant, W. H., G. H. and E. S 50.00 
 
 Buck, Ira 5.00 
 
 Building Laborers' Union 10.00 
 
 Building Trades' Council 10.00 
 
 Burbank, Dr. John S 5.00 
 
 Burgess, L. S 10.00 
 
 Burke, Milo 10.00 
 
 Burr, J. A 10.00 
 
 Butler, Nathan 10.00 
 
 Caldwell, W. H 25.00 
 
 Callahan, Cornelius 25.00 
 
 Callahan, John F. & Co 25.00 
 
 Candy Makers' Union No. 266 25.00 
 
 Carayanis, Nicholas G 10.00 
 
 Carlson & Lendblad 10.00 
 
 Carpenters' Union 100.00 
 
 Carter, George A., Employees 38.53 
 
 Gary, Mrs. Matilda F 50.00 
 
 Cash given through City Marshal . ... 1.00 
 
 Caswell, B. L 5.00 
 
 Caulkins, M 5.00 
 
 Chamberlain & Fletcher 25.00 
 
 Charity 250.00 
 
 Chase, E. A., M.D 10.00 
 
 Chevigny, Dr. H. H 5.00 
 
 Churbuck, L. M 5.00 
 
 Churches : 
 
 Advent Christian Church 21.00 
 
 Central M. E. Church Choir 35.00 
 
 Central M. E. Church, Ladies' Aid 
 
 Society 25.00 
 
 Central M. E. Church, Mercy and 
 Help Department, Perkins Chap- 
 ter, Epworth League 25.00 
 
 Central M. E. Church, Opportunity 
 
 Circle 10.00
 
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 First Baptist Church Brockton, $10.10 
 
 New Church Society of Young Matrons, 55.00 
 
 New Jerusalem Church 45.82 
 
 Porter Congregational Church, Mrs. 
 
 O. L. Randall, H. A. P. Class ... 5.00 
 
 South Congregational Church, Inter- 
 mediate C. E. Society 5.00 
 
 South Congregational Church, King's 
 
 Daughters, Steadfast Circle .... 5.00 
 
 South Congregational Church, Sun- 
 day-school 76.25 
 
 South Congregational Church, Sun- 
 day-school Class, Easter Offering . 2.00 
 
 South Congregational Church Sun- 
 day-school, Primary Department . 5.00 
 
 South Street Methodist Episcopal 
 
 Church 20.00 
 
 St. Paul's Church, Loyal Circle, 
 
 King's Daughters 15.00 
 
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. 
 
 Elizabeth Guild 10.00 
 
 Swedish Congregational Church Sun- 
 day-school 28.70 
 
 Unity Church, Woman's Alliance . . 10.00 
 
 Unity Church, Young People's Guild . 15.00 
 
 Universalist Church, Junior Union . . 2.00 
 
 Universalist Church, Young People's 
 
 Christian Union 5.00 
 
 Wendell Ave. Congregational Church . 38.91 
 
 Wendell Ave. Congregational Church 
 
 Cheerful Helpers 10.00 
 
 Wendell Ave. Congregational Church 
 
 Sunday-school 2.52 
 
 Churchill & Alden 500.00 
 
 Churchill & Alden, Employees 431.95 
 
 Churchill & Washburn 50.00 
 
 City Water Department, Employees . . 39.00 
 
 Clan McDonald Auxiliary 10.00 
 
 Clark, Ezra W 5.00
 
 78 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Clark, N. A Brockton, $25.00 
 
 Clark, N. A. & Co 25.00 
 
 Cleveland, W. F 10.00 
 
 Cobb, M. L 50.00 
 
 Coleman & Allen 10.00 
 
 Coleman & Allen, Employees 10.00 
 
 Collection from C. R. M 100.00 
 
 Collins, J. F 10.00 
 
 Commercial Club 200.00 
 
 Condon Brothers & Co 25.00 
 
 Condon Brothers & Co., Employees . . 38.85 
 
 Connelly, J. S., Employees 12.00 
 
 Cook & Perkins 10.00 
 
 Copeland, Davis ,, 5.00 
 
 Copeland, Lucius T 5.00 
 
 Copeland, Warren T 5.00 
 
 Corcoran, James T 25.00 
 
 Corona Kid Company 100.00 
 
 Cote, William A 5.00 
 
 Coy, B 5.00 
 
 Craft, Harrington & Co 25.00 
 
 Craft, Harrington & Co., Employees . . ,, 71.35 
 
 Creasy, E. A 10.00 
 
 Crocker, Frank L 10.00 
 
 Cross, C. H 5.00 
 
 Cross, C. H., Employees 22.00 
 
 Crowell, F. L 5.00 
 
 Crystal Creamery 50.00 
 
 Cutters' Local Union No. 35 300.00 
 
 D. A. R., Deborah Sampson Chapter . . ,, 50.00 
 
 D. of P., lona Council 25.00 
 
 Damocles Sewing Circle 5.00 
 
 Darling, George E 5.00 
 
 Daughters of St. George, Ladies' Somer- 
 set Lodge 25.00 
 
 Davidson, Annabell 10.00 
 
 Davis, Edgar B 100.00 
 
 Davis, Oscar C 25.00 
 
 Dawson, T. H. & Co. and Employees . . 17.00
 
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 79 
 
 Day Optical Company Brockton, $5.00 
 
 Dean, Miss L. F 5.00 
 
 Dean, Penney Company 25.00 
 
 Dean, Penney Company, Employees . 6.75 
 
 Dickerman, James 9.00 
 
 Dingle, S. K 2.00 
 
 Dione Assembly No. 5 Pythian Sister- 
 hood 10.00 
 
 Donahue, John 10.00 
 
 Douglas, W. L 1,000.00 
 
 Douglas Shoe Company, W. L., Em- 
 ployees 2,500.00 
 
 Dove, A 5.00 
 
 Dove, Susan C 5.00 
 
 Drake, Herbert S 100.00 
 
 Drake, Kneil & Hunt 25.00 
 
 Drake, W. O. and Clerks 10.00 
 
 Drohan, James H 10.00 
 
 Dunbar, George 5.00 
 
 Dunbar, Harry 25.00 
 
 Dunbar Pattern Company 25.00 
 
 Dunbar, Walter M., Agent Metropolitan 
 
 Shoe Company 10.00 
 
 Dutra, Frank J 15.00 
 
 Dyce, James Company 100.00 
 
 Dyer, Mrs. R. G 5.00 
 
 Eaton, C. A. Company 100.00 
 
 Eaton, C. A. Company, Employees ... 274.25 
 
 Eaton, William 5.00 
 
 Edgar, James Company, 500.00 
 
 Edgar, James Company, Employees . . 103.00 
 Edgar, James Company, money from 
 
 store clock 38.57 
 
 Edison Electric 111. Company 100.00 
 
 Edison Electric 111. Company, Em- 
 ployees Brockton and Whitman, 31.00 
 
 Edson's Smoke House Brockton, 25.00 
 
 Egan, William F 5.00 
 
 Elastic Goring Weavers' Association . . 100.00
 
 80 
 
 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Eldridge, George W Brockton, $10.00 
 
 Electric Ry. Employees of America, 
 
 Brockton Division No. 235 50.00 
 
 Elliott, F. E. & I. P 10.00 
 
 Ellis, M. F. & Co 15.00 
 
 Emerson, W. H 10.00 
 
 Emery Leather Company 10.00 
 
 Emery, W. B 5.00 
 
 Empire Laundry 26.50 
 
 Engeldrekt Lodge 10.00 
 
 Engine Company No. 3 10.00 
 
 Enterprise Publishing Company .... 100.00 
 Enterprise Publishing Company, Em- 
 ployees 41.00 
 
 Estabrook & Co 200.00 
 
 Eva A. Hill Lodge, Degree of Honor . . 10.00 
 
 Ewell-Cooper Company and Employees, 15.00 
 
 Fairey, V. Harry 25.00 
 
 Farrell, James J 5.00 
 
 Farrell, T. C. (contribution of Local Bus. 
 
 Agts. B. & S. W. U.) 5.00 
 
 Felker, C. H. & Co 25.00 
 
 Felker,C.H.& Co., Employees .... 20.00 
 
 Felton, Charles R 10.00 
 
 Field, Barzillai 10.00 
 
 Field, D. W 1,000.00 
 
 Field, Fred F. Shoe Company .... 200.00 
 Field, Fred F. Shoe Company, Em- 
 ployees 260.00 
 
 Fillebrown, C. R 25.00 
 
 Filoon, V. & F. W 100.00 
 
 Filoon,V.&F. W., Employees .... 55.45 
 
 Finishers' Union No. 37 300.00 
 
 Flagg, Harry W 10.00 
 
 Flagg, Willis H 10.00 
 
 Flagg & Willis, received through .... 490.00 
 
 Flagg & Willis, Employees 17.00 
 
 Flower, Hattie W 2.92 
 
 Fowler, Annie L 5.00
 
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 Fraser Dry Goods Company Brockton, $100.00 
 
 Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 617 . 50.00 
 
 Frazier, Robert 5.00 
 
 French, George T 10.00 
 
 French, George T., Employees ,, 5.00 
 
 French, Herbert S 15.00 
 
 French, Seth L 3.00 
 
 French, W. L 25.00 
 
 Friedman, Alfred 10.00 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend .50 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend 4.00 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend 5.00 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend 3.00 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Friend, Campello 1.00 
 
 Friend (C. N. G.) 3.00 
 
 Friend (C. W. M.) 50.00 
 
 Friend (F. R. W.) 1.00 
 
 Friend (G. B.) 5.00 
 
 Friend (H. W. N.) 2.00 
 
 Friend (J. E. B.) 10.00 
 
 Friend of the Afflicted 5.00 
 
 Friend (O. M.) 2.00 
 
 Friend, " Unaccounted for " 20.00 
 
 From a Friend 2.00 
 
 From a Friend 2.00 
 
 From Friends 5.00 
 
 From a Vamper 2.00 
 
 Frost, Annie M 5.00 
 
 Frost, C. T 10.00 
 
 Fullerton, B. M 5.00 
 
 G., Miss 5.00
 
 82 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 G. A. R., Fletcher Webster Post No. 13 . Brockton, $150.00 
 
 Gardner, Ellis 5.00 
 
 Gardner, F. C 5.00 
 
 Gardner, Silas H 50.00 
 
 Garrett, Drislane & Co., and Employees . 20.00 
 
 Garvey, John 1.00 
 
 Gayner, I. P 25.00 
 
 Gayner, I. P., Employees 10.00 
 
 Gifford, Mrs. T. E 10.00 
 
 Gillespie Bros 25.00 
 
 Globe Market Employees 12.00 
 
 Goddard, Warren 25.00 
 
 Golden Sporting Shoe Company .... 25.00 
 Golden Sporting Shoe Company, Em- 
 ployees 25.00 
 
 Goldman, B 10.00 
 
 Goldthwaite, C. H 25.00 
 
 Goldthwaite & Bixby Drug Store Em- 
 ployees 17.00 
 
 Goodman, Mrs. S 10.00 
 
 Goodrich, Mildred, Cora Knowles, 
 
 Marion Goodrich, and Mary Wheelock, 1.00 
 
 Goodwin, E. E., M.D 10.00 
 
 Goodwin, Samuel 25.00 
 
 Gordon, John H 5.00 
 
 Gospel Reform Club Sunday-school . . 2.00 
 
 Grandmother 1.00 
 
 Grant, George A 5.00 
 
 Gray Shoe Pattern Company 10.00 
 
 Green, F. E 10.00 
 
 Green, George F. Coal Company .... 25.00 
 
 Gregor, John 25.00 
 
 Grogan & Donnelly 20.00 
 
 Grossman, S. D. Company 10.00 
 
 Grover, R. B. & Co 1,000.00 
 
 Gurney Bros. Company and Employees, 111.00 
 
 Guy Furniture Company 15.00 
 
 H.V.&V.F. A., Ladies' Auxiliary ... 10.00 
 
 Hadaway, J. B 25.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 83 
 
 Hall, Andrew F.,D.D.S Brockton, $5.00 
 
 Hall, E. C. Company 50.00 
 
 Hall, John W 10.00 
 
 Hall, L. H. & Son, and Employees . . 22.75 
 Hancock V. V. and Firemen's Associa- 
 tion 25.00 
 
 Hanley, W. E 25.00 
 
 Hastings, A. B 50.00 
 
 Hastings, Mary B 5.00 
 
 Hathaway, Mrs. S. Augusta 100.00 
 
 Hathaway, William W 25.00 
 
 Hawley, Frank 5.00 
 
 Hayward, Miss 5.00 
 
 Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent Association . 10.00 
 
 Heptasophs 5.00 
 
 Hewett, Herman S 25.00 
 
 Hewett, Mary O 25.00 
 
 Hickey, Charles M 25.00 
 
 Hill, Ada T 5.00 
 
 Hill, Mr. and Mrs. G. W 25.00 
 
 Hillberg, Charles R. & Co 25.00 
 
 Hillberg, Charles R.& Co., Clerks ... 6.00 
 
 Hobbs, W. H 10.00 
 
 Holbrook, Susan J 10.00 
 
 Holland, Charles P 10.00 
 
 Holland, Richard 5.00 
 
 Hollywood, J. M 25.00 
 
 Holmes, Frank 10.00 
 
 Holmes, George C 100.00 
 
 Holmes, George C., Employees .... ,, 43.00 
 
 Home National Bank 500.00 
 
 Howard & Caldwell 100.00 
 
 Howard & Caldwell, Clerks 17.00 
 
 Howard, Clark & Co 25.00 
 
 Howard Club 50.00 
 
 Howard, F. A 5.00 
 
 Howard & Foster 300.00 
 
 Howard & Foster, Employees ,, 286.84 
 
 Howard, Frank S 50.00
 
 84 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Howard, Franklin, and Family .... Brockton, $10.00 
 
 Howard, Fred B 50.00 
 
 Howard, George 25.00 
 
 Howard Job Print and Employees ... 50.00 
 
 Howard, Mary Cobb 100.00 
 
 Howard, Sewell P 5.00 
 
 Hub Gore Makers 100.00 
 
 Hub Gore Works, Employees 71.50 
 
 Huggons, S. H. & Co 25.00 
 
 Hurley Shoe Company 50.00 
 
 Huxford, L. F 5.00 
 
 Hydeman & Lassner 5.00 
 
 I. F. W. Club 10.00 
 
 Independent Die Company 25.00 
 
 Independent Social Circle 5.00 
 
 Innes, Thomas B 50.00 
 
 I. O. B. A., Plymouth Rock Lodge No. 
 
 289 15.00 
 
 I. O. B. A., Pride of Brockton Lodge, 
 
 No. 373 10.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., Aurora Lodge of Rebekah, 
 
 No. 140 25.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., Beatrice Rebekah Lodge . . 10.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., Campello Lodge No. 227 . . 25.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., Edward E. Bennett Lodge . 5.00 
 I. O. O. F., Loyal Willow Lodge, Man. 
 
 Unity 25.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., M. U., Colonial Girls' Orches- 
 tra of Loyal Anchor Lodge 19.58 
 
 I. O. V. T., Harrison Lodge No. 248 . . 10.00 
 
 Jackson, P. H 50.00 
 
 Jackson, P. H., Employees 56.25 
 
 Jenkins, George O., Employees .... 32.00 
 
 Jenney, J. E 5.00 
 
 Jenny Lind Lodge 10.00 
 
 Jocoy, William E 5.00 
 
 Johnson, Andrew, Building Mover ... 5.00 
 Johnson, Andrew, Building Mover, Em- 
 ployees 26.50
 
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 85 
 
 Johnson, J. Emil Brockton, $5.00 
 
 Joint Shoe Council No. 1 500.00 
 
 Jones, E. A. Company 25.00 
 
 Jones, E. A. Company, Employees ... 8.66 
 
 Journeymen Tailors' Union 25.00 
 
 Kedusha, Chevra 10.00 
 
 Keith, Edward H 25.00 
 
 Keith, Edwin 25.00 
 
 Keith, George E. Company 2,000.00 
 
 Keith, George E. Company, Employees, 2,531.03 
 
 Keith, J. C 50.00 
 
 Keith, P. B. Company 500.00 
 
 Keith, P. B. Company, Employees ... 392.63 
 
 Keith, Ziba C 25.00 
 
 Kelleher, Rev. J. F 10.00 
 
 Kelleher, Patrick 5.00 
 
 Kelley-Buckley Company 50.00 
 
 Kelley-Buckley Company, Employees . 51.15 
 
 Kelly, Rev. James J 100.00 
 
 Kendall, Edward & Sons 200.00 
 
 Kent, Patrick 5.00 
 
 Keswick Bowling Alleys 10.00 
 
 Kimball Bros. & Sprague 25.00 
 
 King, N. C 20.00 
 
 Kingman, F. C 25.00 
 
 Kingman, F. C. Shoe Company, Em- 
 ployees 50.50 
 
 Knight, George & Co., [Employees ... 28.83 
 
 Ladies' Hebrew Circle 5.00 
 
 Laird-Pryor Company and Employees . 50.00 
 
 Lane, S. B 5.00 
 
 Lasters' Union No. 192 250.00 
 
 Last Makers' Union 25.00 
 
 Laundry Workers' Union No. 64 .... 10.00 
 
 Laurette Club 5.00 
 
 La Vake, James O 10.00 
 
 Leonard, A. D 3.00 
 
 Letter Carriers' Association, Branch 
 
 No. 156 100.00
 
 86 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Levaggi & Efravega & Luketti, Victor . Brockton, $1 15.00 
 
 Lewis, Thomas P 10.00 
 
 Lincoln, Edward 1.00 
 
 Lincoln, G. A 5.00 
 
 Logen Enighet, No. 72 Vasa Orden, U. 
 
 S. A 5.00 
 
 Long, D. W 30.00 
 
 Loring & Howard 25.00 
 
 Low, E. M 100.00 
 
 Low, E. M. ; Employees 40.00 
 
 Lowney, Oscar 25.00 
 
 Loyal Acacia Lodge of Odd Ladies 
 
 No. 4 5.00 
 
 Luddy, Ellen 2.00 
 
 Lundin & Hultman 46.80 
 
 Lundin & Hultman, Employees .... 8.75 
 
 Lynch, P. J 10.00 
 
 Lynch, P. J., Employees 5.00 
 
 M.C. O.F., St. Thomas Ct 50.00 
 
 M. O. at C. A 1.00 
 
 Mackie Bros. Company 40.00 
 
 Maguire Bros 25.00 
 
 Manley, Milo 10.00 
 
 Mansfield, E. A 75.00 
 
 Marlow, William 3.00 
 
 Marshall, C. S. & Co 50.00 
 
 Marshall, C. S. & Co., Employees ... 58.00 
 
 Marshall, H.T 50.00 
 
 Marston, Mrs. S. J 10.00 
 
 Mason, Clara W 10.00 
 
 Mason, W. B 5.00 
 
 Master Horse Sheers' National Prot. 
 
 Association, Local No. 364 25.00 
 
 Master Plumbers' Association 100.00 
 
 Mathews, M. F 5.00 
 
 Mawhinney Last Company ,, 50.00 
 
 Mawhinney Last Company, Employees . 37.00 
 
 Maxwell, Charles T 2.00 
 
 Maynard, S. H 5.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 87 
 
 McCarthy, Dennis Brockton, $5.00 
 
 McCarthy, John D 25.00 
 
 McCarthy, Dr. Thomas H 20.00 
 
 McDonald, J. B 1.00 
 
 McGowan & Gower 10.00 
 
 McKee, James T 5.00 
 
 McLeod, Ella E 10.00 
 
 McNally, C. S. W 10.00 
 
 McNamara, J. J., M.D 5.00 
 
 Meade, J. P 5.00 
 
 Mellen & Leach 10.00 
 
 Mercer Clothing Company 50.00 
 
 Mercer Clothing Company, Clerks ... 7.00 
 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 
 
 Employees 35.00 
 
 Miller, O. A., Treeing Machine Com- 
 pany 100.00 
 
 Miller, O. A., Treeing Machine Company, 
 
 Employees 107.54 
 
 Mitchell, Ardella S 10.00 
 
 Mogren, Carl, his Clerks and Newsboys . 8.00 
 
 Mondamin Club 10.00 
 
 Moore, C. H 1.00 
 
 Morey, William S 10.00 
 
 Moriarty, Frank 5.00 
 
 Morin, J. M., M.D . 10.00 
 
 Morton, W. H 10.00 
 
 Mullins Bros 25.00 
 
 Murphy, Joseph F 5.00 
 
 National Fireworks Employees .... ,, 12.00 
 
 National Shoe & Leather Exchange . . ,, 75.00 
 
 N. E.G. P., Banner Lodge No. 81 ... 25.00 
 
 N. E. O. P., Mayflower Lodge 25.00 
 
 Nelson, Charles A. & Son 15.00 
 
 Nelson, Nicholas P 10.00 
 
 Nelson Paper Box Company 50.00 
 
 Nesbitt, Peter 5.00 
 
 Nesmith, Miss Bessie ,, 5.00 
 
 Nesmith Shoe Company 50.00
 
 88 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Nesmith Shoe Company, Employees . . Brockton, $50.50 
 
 Nevins, Charles D [ 10.00 
 
 Newton, Henry 5.00 
 
 New York & Boston Despatch Express 
 
 Company, Employees 32.00 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 
 road Company 1,000.00 
 
 Nooner, James 5.00 
 
 Norling, Charles A., 8 Linnea Ave. ... 1.00 
 
 Norling, Mrs. Tilda 1.00 
 
 Norris, T. A 25.00 
 
 Noyes, Charles A 25.00 
 
 Nutter, Ira N 25.00 
 
 Nutter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. ... 10.00 
 
 Nye, J. B., through 20.00 
 
 Nye, James H 25.00 
 
 O'Brien, John W 25.00 
 
 O'Donnell, J. M. & Co 50.00 
 
 O'Donnell, J. M. & Co., Employees ... 105.81 
 
 O. of E.S., Brockton Chapter No. 87 . . 10.00 
 
 Old Colony Pomona Grange 20.00 
 
 Old Colony Rand Company 100.00 
 
 Old Colony Street Railway Company . . 500.00 
 
 O.S.S. G., Earl of Shaftesbury Lodge . 50.00 
 
 Owens, R. F 25.00 
 
 Packard, Clinton F 5.00 
 
 Packard, D. W. C 20.00 
 
 Packard, Elmer C 25.00 
 
 Packard, Everett T 25.00 
 
 Packard, M. A. Company 300.00 
 
 Packard, M. A. Company, Employees . 623.25 
 
 Packard & Marston 20.00 
 
 Packard, N. R. & Co 100.00 
 
 Packard, N. R. & Co., Employees ... 80.00 
 
 Packard, Robert 2.00 
 
 Packard, S. E. & Sons 250.00 
 
 Packard, S. E. & Sons, Employees ... 50.00 
 
 Packard, S. F. & Son 10.00 
 
 Packard, Susie May .22
 
 Grover Factory Fire 89 
 
 Paine, Dr. A. E Brockton, $10.00 
 
 Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers 
 
 of America, Local Union No. 296 . . 50.00 
 
 Parker, Henry F 5.00 
 
 Parks, J. E 3.15 
 
 Patterson, Charles A 10.00 
 
 Pearson, L. W 5.00 
 
 Peck, Howard C 2.00 
 
 Peck, M. C 3.00 
 
 Peckham, H. C 10.00 
 
 Peerless Rebekah Lodge 10.00 
 
 Peerless Sewing Circle 5.00 
 
 Percival, George 5.00 
 
 Perkins, Dr. C. Ernest 10.00 
 
 Perkins, Mary E 5.00 
 
 Perry, H. T 20.00 
 
 Perry, H. T., Employees 9.25 
 
 Pierce, Benjamin F 10.00 
 
 Pierce, Charles S 100.00 
 
 Pierce, C. S., Employees 141.50 
 
 Pierce & Packard 50.00 
 
 Plumbers' Union 25.00 
 
 Poitras, J. F. X., M.D 5.00 
 
 Police Department, Regular Officers . . 125.00 
 
 Ponemah Lodge No. 411 5.00 
 
 Poole, H. A. & Son 10.00 
 
 Poole, Miss Maud 2.00 
 
 Pope, E. Francis 10.00 
 
 Pope, J. H 25.00 
 
 Porter, Ahira L 5.00 
 
 Porter, F. Bart 5.00 
 
 Porter, George W 10.00 
 
 Porter, Henry F 5.00 
 
 Powers Bros 25.00 
 
 Price, F. L 25.00 
 
 Prouty & Co 25.00 
 
 Puffer, Loring W 10.00 
 
 Puritan Counter Company and Em- 
 ployees 10.00
 
 90 
 
 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Pythagoras Sewing Circle P. S., Montello, Brockton, $10.00 
 Rackliffe, Mildred, Miriam Thomas, 
 Marion Frost and Marion Tanner, 
 
 money earned .50 
 
 Rafferty, J. B 2.00 
 
 Ramona Club, Montello ,, 5.00 
 
 Randall, Glance L 5.00 
 
 Rapp, Walter 25.00 
 
 Rapp, William 100.00 
 
 Rathbone Sisters, J. A. Hill Temple . . 5.00 
 
 Rathbone Sisters, Myrtle Temple ... 5.00 
 
 Recreation Club 5.00 
 
 Red Men, Pequot Tribe No. 35 .... 15.00 
 
 Reed, Mrs. G. A 25.00 
 
 Retail Clerks of Brockton, Joint Com- 
 mittee 50.00 
 
 Hetail Dry Goods Clerks' Association . . 25.00 
 
 Reynolds, Bion F 100.00 
 
 Reynolds, Bion F., Employees .... 80.75 
 
 Reynolds, Drake & Gabell 100.00 
 
 Reynolds, Drake & Gabell, Employees . 86.00 
 
 Reynolds, Luke W 25.00 
 
 Rhoads, Mary A 10.00 
 
 Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. C. F 100.00 
 
 Richmond, L. & Co 50.00 
 
 Richmond, L. & Co., Employees .... 30.00 
 
 Ripley, Henry C 5.00 
 
 R. M. L 5.00 
 
 Robinson, E. F 25.00 
 
 Robinson, E. F., Employees 10.00 
 
 Robinson, Hon. H. W 100.00 
 
 Robinson, The H. W. Carpet Com- 
 pany 50.00 
 
 Robinson, H. W. Company 100.00 
 
 Robinson, H. W. Company, and Robin- 
 son, H. W. Carpet Company, Clerks . 56.00 
 
 Rosenburg, Happ & Siegel 10.00 
 
 Russell, B. B 20.00 
 
 Russell, David A., W. R. C 10.00
 
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 Russell, John, 22 School St Brockton, $5.00 
 
 Russell, M. E 5.00 
 
 Ryder, J. F 10.00 
 
 Sampson, E. T. & N. W 10.00 
 
 Sargent, J. S. & Son 25.00 
 
 Savage, Abbie S 25.00 
 
 Savage, W. H. & Co 53.00 
 
 Saxton, Bernard 25.00 
 
 Saxton, Bernard, Clerks 5.00 
 
 Scandinavian Benevolent Society ... 25.00 
 
 Scandinavian 100 Men's Club ., 25.00 
 
 Scavenger Team Drivers 12.00 
 
 Schilling, James 5.00 
 
 Schools: 
 
 Forest Ave. School Children .... 1.22 
 
 Hancock School Children 6.00 
 
 High School Scholars 25.15 
 
 High School Teachers 52.50 
 
 Howard School Children 17.12 
 
 Huntington School Children .... 36.01 
 
 Keith School Children 10.35 
 
 Kingman School Children 6.89 
 
 Lincoln School Children 43.60 
 
 Park St. School Children 4.20 
 
 Perkins School Children 13.33 
 
 Prospect School Children 12.10 
 
 School Teachers of Brockton .... 179.75 
 
 Shaw School Children 5.20 
 
 Sylvester School Children 2.85 
 
 Union School Pupil 1.00 
 
 Union School Children 14.59 
 
 Winthrop School Children, Candy 
 
 Pennies 8.56 
 
 Scott, G. V 15.00 
 
 Scott, G. V., Employees 35.00 
 
 Seaberg, Adolf F 5.00 
 
 Sejser, N. P 5.00 
 
 S. E. M 2.00 
 
 Sewing Machine Supplies 100.00
 
 92 
 
 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Sewing Machine Supplies, Employees . 
 
 Shaw, F. M. & Son 
 
 Shaw, F. M. & Son, Employees .... 
 
 Sherman, N. B 
 
 Shurtleff, H. A., M.D 
 
 Silva, G. E 
 
 Silva, G. E., Employees 
 
 Simmons, John W 
 
 Simpson Spring Company, Employees . 
 
 Skillings, R. R 
 
 Skivers' Local Union No. 406 
 
 Smith-Dove Manufacturing Company . 
 
 Smith, F. L 
 
 Smith, Herman 
 
 Smith, Julia F 
 
 Smith, U. C 
 
 Smith & Wade, Employees 
 
 Snell & Atherton, Employees 
 
 Snow, Mrs. George G 
 
 Snow, Mrs. G. G 
 
 Snow, G. G. Company 
 
 Snow, G. G. Company, Employees . . 
 
 Snow, John W 
 
 Sole Fasteners and Rough Rounders' 
 Union No. Ill 
 
 Sons of Veterans, R. B. Grover 
 Camp 
 
 Southard, L. C 
 
 South End Farm Employees, Campello . 
 
 South Massachusetts Telephone Com- 
 pany 
 
 St. Rocho Lithuanian Society 
 
 Stable Workers' Union No. 10,018 . . . 
 
 Stacey, Adams & Co 
 
 Stacey, Adams & Co., Employees . . . 
 
 Stall & Dean Manufacturing Company . 
 
 Stall & Dean Manufacturing Company, 
 Employees 
 
 Standard Shoe Company 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 $23.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 108.25 
 
 10.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 33.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 28.25 
 
 19.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 550.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 200.00 
 
 10.00 
 10.00 
 30.00 
 
 250.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 200.00 
 
 255.13 
 
 50.00 
 
 32.75 
 25.00
 
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 Standard Supply Company Brockton, $25.00 
 
 Staples Coal Company 100.00 
 
 Starr, Clark H 10.00 
 
 Steam & Gas Fitters' Union No. 316 . . 10.00 
 
 Stein Block Company 100.00 
 
 Stevens, Thomas 1.00 
 
 Stone, F. L 7.00 
 
 Stone Masons' Union No. 14 15.00 
 
 Storey, Charles R 15.00 
 
 Storey, Charles R. Company 25.00 
 
 Straffin, N. F 25.00 
 
 Straffin, William D 5.00 
 
 Street Department, Employees .... 19.00 
 
 Studley, Frederick E 5.00 
 
 Sullivan, John A. & Co 25.00 
 
 Sullivan, M. A 1.00 
 
 Superior Polish Company, The .... 10.00 
 
 Sweatt, W. B 10.00 
 
 Sweetser, A. T 25.00 
 
 Sympathizer 2.00 
 
 Sympathy (E. K.) 25.00 
 
 Taber, Elmer M 5.00 
 
 Taber Leather Company 25.00 
 
 Taft, F. O., & Co 10.00 
 
 Taft, John W 10.00 
 
 Taunton Lumber Company 100.00 
 
 Taylor, E. E. & Co 100.00 
 
 Taylor, E. E. & Co., Employees .... 483.95 
 
 Taylor, Edric R 5.00 
 
 Ten Times One Club 85.00 
 
 Terry, A. B. & Co. and Employees ... 14.00 
 
 Thatcher, Dr. George A 10.00 
 
 ThayerBros 10.00 
 
 Thomas, H. O 10.00 
 
 Thompson, A. C 50.00 
 
 Thompson Bros 100.00 
 
 Thompson Bros., Employees 288.00 
 
 Thorndike, Dr. James S 10.00 
 
 Thome, William H 10.00
 
 94 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Thurber & Wade Brockton, $25.00 
 
 Tibbetts, J. E 100.00 
 
 Tibbetts, J. E., Employees 141.50 
 
 Tilden, D. D. & L. C 25.00 
 
 Tilton, C. W 10.00 
 
 Tilton Heel Company, Employees ... 51.65 
 
 Tinkham, H. L 100.00 
 
 Tolman, F. S 100.00 
 
 Tolman, Harry C 25.00 
 
 Treers' Union No. 36 100.00 
 
 Tuck Manufacturing Company and Em- 
 ployees 75.00 
 
 Tuesday Afternoon Club 15.00 
 
 Turrell, H. N 5.00 
 
 Union Credit Company 10.00 
 
 Union Shank Company, Employees . . 29.75 
 Union St. Jean Baptist Society of 
 
 America ,, 26.50 
 
 Union Veterans' Union 10.00 
 
 United Order of the Golden Star, Lincoln 
 
 Commandery No. 11 10.00 
 
 United Shoe Machinery Company, 
 
 Agents and Office Force ,, 87.50 
 
 United States Express Company, Check . 1.00 
 
 Unknown 5.00 
 
 U.O.O.F., Howard Colony No. 69 ... 10.00 
 
 Vampers' Union No. 256 150.00 
 
 Van Ness, Joseph, Publishing Company . 100.00 
 
 Vega Club 113.31 
 
 Vincent, J. K 25.00 
 
 Walls, Emmet T. (Contribution of Local 
 
 Bus. Agents, B. & S. W. U.) 5.00 
 
 Washburn, F. B. & Co 100.00 
 
 Washburn, F. B. & Co., Employees ... 62.05 
 
 Water Works Repair Shop Employees . , 10.00 
 
 Wheeler, George A 10.00 
 
 Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Com- 
 pany 100.00 
 
 Whipple, John J 25.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 95 
 
 White-Dunham Shoe Company .... Brockton, $200.00 
 White-Dunham Shoe Company, Em- 
 ployees 504.52 
 
 White, Frank E 100.00 
 
 White, Jonathan 30.00 
 
 Whitman & Keith Company 100.00 
 
 Whitman & Keith Company, Em- 
 ployees 221.50 
 
 Whitman, Mrs. Lena Wade 10.00 
 
 Whitman, Mrs. Lena Wade, Young La- 
 dies' Employees 5.50 
 
 Wilkins, Mrs. George H 25.00 
 
 Wilkins, Horace W 2.00 
 
 Willett, L 5.00 
 
 Willey, Chester O 10.00 
 
 Williams Bros 25.00 
 
 Williams, Joseph, Gary Hill 2.00 
 
 Winner, E. A 25.00 
 
 Winsor, Harry G 5.00 
 
 W.O.G.C., Volunteer Commandery . . 5.00 
 
 Woldstad's Shoe Store 5.00 
 
 Woman's Christian Temperance Union . 5.00 
 Woman's Relief Corps No. 7, Fletcher 
 
 Webster Post 35.00 
 
 Woodbridge, F. L 25.00 
 
 Woodbridge, F. L., Employees .... 22.00 
 
 Woodman, Alvin 10.00 
 
 Woods' Barber Shops 10.00 
 
 Woodward, H. F 100.00 
 
 Woodward & Wright 100.00 
 
 Woodward & Wright, Employees ... 40.00 
 
 Wright Bros., Inc 10.00 
 
 Y. M. C. A., Bottle 19.03 
 
 Young Matrons' Club 10.00 
 
 Total contributions from Brockton $47,678.26 
 
 Alden, C. H., Employees Abington, $146.00 
 
 Arnold, M. N. & Co., Employees .... 450.00 
 
 Beals, Mr. and Mrs. George A 20.00
 
 96 
 
 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 N. E. O. P., Merrimack Lodge No. 195 . Amesbury, $5.00 
 
 Strong, Rev. W. E Amherst, 2.05 
 
 Falconer's Bible Class, Mrs. J. D Ashdale Farms, 5.00 
 
 Ashland School, Grade No. 7 Ashland, 1.50 
 
 Bigney, S. O. & Co Attleboro, 50.00 
 
 Stewart, William 2.00 
 
 Wauneta Colony of Pilgrim Fathers . . 4.00 
 
 Woman's Relief Corps No. 45 5.00 
 
 Avon Baptist Sunday-school Avon, 13.25 
 
 Local Union No. 275 20.00 
 
 Day, Thomas C Barnstable, 25.00 
 
 A. A. M. C Boston, 1.00 
 
 Adams' Express Company 25.00 
 
 Adams, Melvin O 10.00 
 
 Agoos, L. & Co 25.00 
 
 American Hide & Leather Company . . 500.00 
 
 American Oak Leather Company ... 500.00 
 
 Ames, Mary S 300.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers' Union, National 
 
 Organization 2,500.00 
 
 Baker, Charles F. & Co 100.00 
 
 Balform, Son & Co 5.00 
 
 Bancroft, F. B 25.00 
 
 Barnett Leather Company 25.00 
 
 Barry & Keyes 25.00 
 
 Beaconsfield Hotel Employees, Brookline, 40.00 
 
 Beckwith Leather Company 50.00 
 
 Bedford- Willis Company, The .... 5.00 
 
 Beebe, Lucius & Sons 100.00 
 
 Bemis, J. M 50.00 
 
 Bennett, J. E., East Boston 5.00 
 
 Bisbee, Emma F 10.00 
 
 Bliss, Albert W 25.00 
 
 Blodgett, Merritt & Co 50.00 
 
 Bond, Harold L. Company 10.00 
 
 Boston Blacking Company 100.00 
 
 Boston Counter Company 100.00 
 
 Boston Dry Goods Company 50.00 
 
 Boston Globe . 500.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 
 
 97 
 
 Boston Ice Company, Employees . . . Boston, 
 
 Boston Last Company ,, 
 
 Boston Newsboys' Protective Union 
 
 No. 9077, A. F. of C 
 
 Boston Post, Contributions 
 
 Boston Post Office, Clerks of the Central 
 
 Office 
 
 Boston Transcript 
 
 Boston Typographical Union No. 13 .. 
 
 Bowdoin Manufacturing Company ... ,, 
 
 B. P. O. E., Brookline Lodge No. 886 . . 
 
 Brainerd, C. R. & Co ,, 
 
 Brown, Charles D. & Co 
 
 Brown, Durrell & Co 
 
 Brown & Fiske ,, 
 
 Brown, George W 
 
 Brown, Max ,, 
 
 Burt, D. Arthur ,, 
 
 Carter, Carter & Meigs 
 
 Central Labor Union, Cambridge ... 
 
 Chase & Sanborn ,, 
 
 Cigar Makers' Union No. 97 
 
 Cloverdale Creamery Company .... 
 
 Columbia Counter Company ,, 
 
 Columbia Kid Company 
 
 Columbia Skirt Company 
 
 Cook, E. E 
 
 Cottle, F. E 
 
 Curran & Burton ,, 
 
 Dahl & Eilers Leather Company .... 
 
 Day, Henry B., of R. L. Day & Co. ... ,, 
 
 Dean-Chase Company ,, 
 
 Decrow, W. E 
 
 Demnig & Rogers ,, 
 
 Draper, Eben S 
 
 Dungan, Hood & Co ,, 
 
 Dunn, Green Company 
 
 Durnin, McLaughlin & Co 
 
 Eagle Oil & Supply Company 
 
 .25 
 50.00 
 
 15.00 
 964.74 
 
 175.50 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 50.00
 
 98 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Eastern Expanded Metal Company . . Boston, $25.00 
 
 Eisendrath, B. D 20.00 
 
 Engineer, An 1.00 
 
 England Walton Company 100.00 
 
 Evans, John R. & Co 50.00 
 
 Fallen, W. J 100.00 
 
 Farley, Harvey & Co 50.00 
 
 Farnsworth, Hoyt & Co 100.00 
 
 Fenno, Herbert L 25.00 
 
 Ferdinand, Frank 105.00 
 
 Field, J. W. & Co 25.00 
 
 Flynn, C. G 25.00 
 
 Fogg, George P 10.00 
 
 Foss, Eugene N 500.00 
 
 Fox, A. & Co 11.50 
 
 Fredricton, J. W 5.00 
 
 Friend 10.00 
 
 Friend 50.00 
 
 Friend 10.00 
 
 Friend 2.00 
 
 Friend (Brookline, Mass.) 10.00 
 
 Friend (M. J. C.) 5.00 
 
 Friends 10.00 
 
 Friends 10.00 
 
 Friends 25.00 
 
 Frost, George Company 25.00 
 
 Frostel, Albert & Sons 100.00 
 
 Gallun, A. F. & Sons, Boston & Mil- 
 waukee 100.00 
 
 Grass & Gordon 10.00 
 
 Gray, Clark & Engle 50.00 
 
 Green, Harry D 1.00 
 
 Guild, Curtis, Jr 25.00 
 
 Gutterson, Herbert E. & Co 25.00 
 
 Hale Galloup Company 15.00 
 
 Hallett, M. C 25.00 
 
 Hancock Inspirator Company, Em- 
 ployees 53.00 
 
 Harris, Miss Carrie L 5.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 99 
 
 Harris, Charles T Boston, $5.00 
 
 Hastings, A. W. & Co 25.00 
 
 Hathaway, Soule & Harrington .... 25.00 
 
 Hauthaway, C. L. & Son 200.00 
 
 Hay, Rev. and Mrs. Clinton 10.00 
 
 Helburn Leather Company ,, 25.00 
 
 Herman, Joseph M. & Co 25.00 
 
 Hobbs & Warren Company 10.00 
 
 Holbrook, W. H. & Co 100.00 
 
 Holland Manufacturing Company ... 25.00 
 
 Hosmer, Codding Company 50.00 
 
 Hotel Gladstone Residents, Roxbury . . 43.00 
 
 Houston, James A 25.00 
 
 Hovey, C. F. & Co 100.00 
 
 Howes Bros 50.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., King Solomon Lodge .... 15.00 
 
 Jackson & Newton Company 25.00 
 
 James, The George Co 15.00 
 
 Jordan, Marsh & Co 100.00 
 
 Keefe, Cornelius, Jr 100.00 
 
 Kennedy, John A. & Co 10.00 
 
 Kidder, Peabody & Co 250.00 
 
 Kistler, Leesh & Co 100.00 
 
 Lally, W. J. & Co 25.00 
 
 Lamson & Hubbard ,, 25.00 
 
 Lang, Tillman & Tupper 100.00 
 
 Lawrence, Amory A 100.00 
 
 Leatherbee, C. W. Lumber Company . . ,, 25.00 
 
 Lee, Higginson & Co 500.00 
 
 Lee, John Alden 1.00 
 
 LeviseurBros 100.00 
 
 Lind, B. F 15.00 
 
 Linscott, J. M 10.00 
 
 Locke &Knox 100.00 
 
 Lufkin, R. H 10.00 
 
 Martin, George Leather Company ... 25.00 
 
 McCarter, J. G 50.00 
 
 McElwain, W. H. Company 250.00 
 
 McKim, R. B 5.00
 
 100 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Means, Charles J Boston, $25.00 
 
 Mellin's Food Company 25.00 
 
 Moore, Baker & Co 10.00 
 
 Moore, B. N. & Sons 50.00 
 
 Morgenthan, Henry 100.00 
 
 Morse, J. C. & Co 100.00 
 
 Mosser, William F. & Co 100.00 
 
 National Fire Appliance Company ... 25.00 
 
 Neagle, Otis S. Company, Inc 25.00 
 
 N. E.G. P., Geneva Lodge, Dorchester . 5.00 
 New England Blacking Company ... 50.00 
 New England Shoe & Leather Ex- 
 change 1,180.00 
 
 New England Trunk Company .... 50.00 
 
 Newman, I. & Son 25.00 
 
 New York & Boston Despatch Express 
 
 Company 25.00 
 
 Noonan, T. Company 10.00 
 
 Odence, Charles 30.00 
 
 Ohabei Shalom Temple Sunday-school . 10.66 
 
 Ohio Leather Company ,, 50.00 
 
 Peerless Machinery Company 100.00 
 
 Pfister & Vogel Leather Company ... 100.00 
 
 Pierce, S. S. Company 100.00 
 
 Pinkham, H. T 25.00 
 
 Plant, Thomas G. Company 50.00 
 
 Pope, Arthur W. & Co 100.00 
 
 Post Publishing Company 500.00 
 
 Power, J. H. & Co 25.00 
 
 Preferred Mercantile Company .... 100.00 
 
 Proctor-Ellison Company 100.00 
 
 Rice & Hutchins * 500.00 
 
 Ricker, E. Son & Co 25.00 
 
 Riken, J. H. . . .? 2.00 
 
 Riley& Burke 25.00 
 
 Riley, Thomas C 25.00 
 
 Rousmaniere-WilliamSjCompany ... 100.00 
 
 Rueping, Fred, Leather Company ... 100.00 
 
 Rime, Thomas W. & Co 25.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 101 
 
 Ryan, James Boston, $20.00 
 
 Sands, Taylor & Wood Company .... 100.00 
 
 Schoellkopf & Co 50.00 
 
 Scott, J. C. and Friends 15.00 
 
 Seelye Manufacturing Company .... 25.00 
 
 Seigel-Eiseman & Co 250.00 
 
 Shaw, J. F. & Co 100.00 
 
 Sheares' Club, Cambridge 1.00 
 
 Sherwin, Edward 10.00 
 
 Shuman, A. Company 100.00 
 
 Singer Sewing Machine Company ... 1,000.00 
 
 Southwick, L. B 25.00 
 
 Spiers Fish Brick Company 15.00 
 
 Sprague, Nugent Company 15.00 
 
 Standard Manufacturing Company ... 5.00 
 Standard Oil Company of New York, 
 
 Boston Department 200.00 
 
 Stetson, W. A 50.00 
 
 Sudbury Manufacturing Company ... ,, 5.00 
 Surpass Leather Company, Boston and 
 
 New York 100.00 
 
 Sympathizer 5.00 
 
 Talbot & Co 50.00 
 
 Thayer, Foss & Co 50.00 
 
 Thayer, N. F 5.00 
 
 Thomas, Charles U. & Co 50.00 
 
 Thread Agency, The 200.00 
 
 Tobin, John F 25.00 
 
 Tracy Bros. Leather Company ,, 25.00 
 
 Trasier, Henry & Co 100.00 
 
 Traveling Salesman 2.00 
 
 Trent, James, Manager New England 
 
 News Company 50.00 
 
 Tubular Rivet Company 100.00 
 
 Union Spec. Sewing Machine Company . ,, 50.00 
 United Commercial Travelers of Amer- 
 ica, Boston Council 50.00 
 
 United Shoe Machinery Company ... 1,000.00 
 
 United States Leather Company .... 1,000.00
 
 102 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Vinson & Howard Company Boston, $10.00 
 
 Wadleigh, H. W. & Co ' 100.00 
 
 Waldo Bros 25.00 
 
 Walker, Victor 10.00 
 
 Walter Baker Employees 400.00 
 
 Ward, Samuel Company 15.00 
 
 W. C., Mrs 5.00 
 
 West, Frank N 10.00 
 
 Whipple, J. R. & Co 100.00 
 
 Whipple, Sherman L 25.00 
 
 Whittemore Bros. & Co 100.00 
 
 Wholesale & Commission Fresh Fish 
 
 Dealers 206.00 
 
 Williams, George Fred 10.00 
 
 Williams, Mr 5.00 
 
 Woodbury,E.S.&Co 25.00 
 
 Woods, John M. & Co., East Cambridge . 25.00 
 
 Young, John D. & Sons 50.00 
 
 Young, Richard 100.00 
 
 Hamilton, Morton W Bradford, 5.00 
 
 A Friend Braintree, 2.00 
 
 Bridgewater Relief Corps No. 169 . . . Bridgewater, 5.00 
 
 Friends 8.00 
 
 McElwain Company, W. H., Employees, 145.10 
 
 Perkins Company, The Henry, Employees 34 .00 
 
 Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 ... 10.00 
 U. O. G. C., Provident Commandery 
 
 No. 383 6.75 
 
 McMurtry, A. J. & G. H Brighton, 10.00 
 
 Local Union No. 271 Chelsea, 15.00 
 
 The Boston Harness Company Concord, 25.00 
 
 Creese & Cook Company Danvers, 25.00 
 
 Grand Concert and Ball in Odd Fellows' 
 
 Hall Duxbury, 70.00 
 
 M. E. Sunday-school E. Bridgewater, 5.00 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe Relief Corps No. 170 . 5.00 
 
 Union Cong. Sunday-school 12.70 
 
 Woman's Justin Dimick Relief Corps 
 
 No. 47 . 5.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 103 
 
 G. A. R. Post No. 52 Easton, $5.00 
 
 Ladies' Outlook Club 6.00 
 
 Eastondale Woman's Alliance Eastondale, 5.00 
 
 Eastondale Woman's Relief Corps No. 52, 5.00 
 
 Elijah A. Morse Sons of Veterans . ... 5.00 
 
 Billings, Charles C., " Squirrel's Nest " . E. Wareham, 10.00 
 Ducey, Mrs. Bessie D., and Dickerson, 
 
 Mrs. Helen M E. Weymouth, 1.00 
 
 First Cong. Sunday-school 15.00 
 
 Mixed Union No. 53 25.00 
 
 Elmwood Fire Company Elmwood, 10.00 
 
 Andrews & Co. Employees Everett, 74.35 
 
 B. P. O. E., Everett Lodge 25.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Fall River Lodge No. 118 .. Fall River, 25.00 
 
 Cardroom Protective Association ... 25.00 
 
 Cotton Mule Spinners' Association ... ,, 50.00 
 
 Coughlin, John T 50.00 
 
 Davis, N. F 2.00 
 
 Fall River Bartenders' Union, Local No. 
 
 99 10.00 
 
 Fall River Loom Fixers' Association . . ,, 25.00 
 
 Fall River Textile Council 100.00 
 
 Marston, C. A., of the " Wilbur "... 50.00 
 Order Sons of St. George, U. S. Grant 
 
 Lodge No. 182 10.00 
 
 Slade, David F 5.00 
 
 Society of St. Vincent de Paul 100.00 
 
 Typographical Union No. 161 10.00 
 
 Weavers' Progressive Association ... ,, 50.00 
 
 Webb, Frederick 25.00 
 
 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Fitchburg 
 
 Aerie No. 448 Fitchburg, 25.00 
 
 Musicians' Protective Union No. 173 . . ,, 10.00 
 
 Sympathizer Gardner, 1.00 
 
 F. L. Bonney Woman's Relief Corps . . Hanson, 10.00 
 
 King's Daughters, Gordon Rest Circle . ,, 5.00 
 
 B. P. 0. E., Haverhill Lodge No. 165 . . Haverhill, 25.00 
 
 Charlesworth, E 5.00 
 
 Cutters' Union 10.00
 
 104 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Haverhill Benefit Concert Haverhill, $362.06 
 
 Haverhill Central Labor Union Concert . 29.50 
 
 B. &S. W.U Holbrook, 10.00 
 
 King's Daughters, In- As-Much Circle . . 5.00 
 
 King's Daughters, In-His-Name Circle . 5.00 
 
 Sunshine Band 2.00 
 
 Winthrop Cong. Church 75.60 
 
 Draper Company Hopedale, 500.00 
 
 Business Men's Association and Friends . Hyde Park, 110.00 
 
 K. of P., Cape Ann Lodge No. 55 .... Lanesville, 10.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Lawrence Lodge No. 65 . . Lawrence, 25.00 
 Leominster Light & Power Company, 
 
 Employees Leominster, 10.00 
 
 L. W. S Linden Highlands, 1.00 
 
 B. P. 0. E., Lowell Lodge No. 87 . . . . Lowell, 25.00 
 
 1. 0. 0. F., Manchester Unity 25.00 
 
 Lilley, C. S 25.00 
 
 Aborn, C. H. & Co Lynn, 60.00 
 
 Bailey & Davis 3.35 
 
 Bartlett, Albion 27.25 
 
 Bates, Charles S 10.00 
 
 Belonga, G. W. Co 16.50 
 
 Bemis & Wright 25.00 
 
 Blake, Charles E. & Co 25.00 
 
 Bodwell, J. A. & Co 100.00 
 
 B.&S. Workers Local Union No. 99 . . 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 108 . 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 289 . 25.00 
 
 B. P.O. E., Lynn Lodge No. 117 . ... 25.00 
 
 Brophy Bros. Shoe Company 100.00 
 
 Brown, C. A. & Co. (H. W. Breed) ... 5.00 
 
 Caunt, Joseph & Co 103.30 
 
 Children of Lynn 3.15 
 
 Cobb, Charles H. and Employees ... 23.25 
 
 Corcoran, Thomas & Sons 15.70 
 
 Cox, Samuel 1.00 
 
 Creighton, G. A. & Son 60.00 
 
 Cross, John H 117.85 
 
 Cushman & Cushman 30.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 105 
 
 Cushman & Hebert Lynn, $45.50 
 
 Daniels, George F. Company 24.00 
 
 Dibble, William B 4.00 
 
 Dickinson, Joseph 25.00 
 
 Donovan, D. A. & Co 55.00 
 
 Downs & Watson Company 30.00 
 
 Dunbar, Everett H 25.00 
 
 Eagle Shoe Company 32.05 
 
 Engel Hodgkins Shoe Company .... 21.65 
 
 Faunce & Spinney 111.50 
 
 Fisher, Alfred D 18.40 
 
 Ford, H. R. & Co 21.00 
 
 Forien, Frederick 1.00 
 
 Grover's Sons, J. J 72.50 
 
 Harney Bros 50.00 
 
 Hennessey & Thomson 69.80 
 
 Herrick Shoe Company, G. W 25.75 
 
 Hoag&Walden 44.50 
 
 Howe & Stocker 15.00 
 
 Hoyt, Howe & Co 22.25 
 
 Johnson, Luther S. & Co 61.10 
 
 Joint Council No. 4 100.00 
 
 Jones, V. K. & A. H 34.30 
 
 Kellam-Goller-Land Company .... 42.05 
 
 Kiely, T. J. & Co 10.00 
 
 Lasters' Union No. 32 50.00 
 
 Lord, A. & Co 5.00 
 
 Luddy & Currier 44.00 
 
 Lynn Baseball & Amusement Com- 
 pany 184.35 
 
 Lynn Central Labor Union 25.00 
 
 Lynn Grocery & Provision Clerks' Asso- 
 ciation 10.00 
 
 Lynn Shoe Company 10.00 
 
 Merrill Shoe Company, G. D 16.50 
 
 Miller-Hapgood Shoe Company .... 13.25 
 
 Morning Star Shoe Company 48.20 
 
 Morse & Logan 50.00 
 
 Murray Shoe Company 30.00
 
 106 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Nicholson, R. A. & Co Lynn, $7.35 
 
 Obear, Joseph L 2.25 
 
 Orne & Grover 20.00 
 
 Phelan, James & Son 80.00 
 
 Porter, William & Son 50.00 
 
 Randall- Adams Company ,, 27.00 
 
 Richardson, Charles H 10.00 
 
 Ricker Shoe Company, E. T 30.00 
 
 Seymour & Jackson ,, 15.00 
 
 Shea & Donnelly 10.00 
 
 Sherry Shoe Company 13.30 
 
 Smith, Aaron F. Company 40.00 
 
 Thomas & Tarr, J. B 25.00 
 
 Timson & Co 15.75 
 
 Travers, T. F. & Co 13.50 
 
 Tuttle, W. H. Company 10.25 
 
 Walton & Logan Company 211.60 
 
 Watson Shoe Company 42.50 
 
 Welch & Landregan 109.29 
 
 Williams, Clark & Co 104.55 
 
 Wilson, Charles E 22.25 
 
 Wilson, Charles E., through 24.75 
 
 Worthley, Mark J 35.00 
 
 Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 
 
 No. 38 Maiden, 10.00 
 
 Mansfield Board of Trade Mansfield, 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 306 . Marblehead, 20.00 
 
 Grand Concert, April 10, 1905 Marlboro, 660.85 
 
 Marlboro Business Men's Club 50.00 
 
 Maynard Loom Textile Union No. 401 . Maynard, 25.00 
 
 Whittaker, Mr. and Mrs. William H. . . 1.00 
 B. P. O. E., Medford Lodge, through D. 
 
 W. Long Medford, 25.00 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Hansen, F. E Melrose, 1.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 20 . . Middleboro, 100.00 
 
 I. O. O. F., Assawampsett Lodge .... 25.00 
 
 Archer, Calvert B Milford, 5.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Milford Lodge No. 628 ... 25.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 107 
 
 Carroll-Hixon-Jones Company, Em- 
 ployees Milford, $50.00 
 
 Friend 25.00 
 
 Huchins, Temple & Wood, Stitching- 
 
 Room Employees 25.35 
 
 Mittineague Paper Company Mittineague, 25.00 
 
 Graham, John, and son Bert Mt. Washington, 1.00 
 
 Lodge, Henry Cabot Nahant, 25.00 
 
 Natick Box Company Natick, 25.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., New Bedford Lodge .... New Bedford, 225.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., New Bedford Lodge No. 73 . 50.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 21 . . 21.50 
 
 B & S. Workers Local Union No. 238 . 30.00 
 
 Crapo, W. W 25.00 
 
 Dawson & Son ,, 5.00 
 
 Friend 1.00 
 
 Grinnell, Frederick 25.00 
 
 Kirby, Jr., George & Co 10.00 
 
 Local Union No. 243 50.00 
 
 New Bedford Cotton Weavers' Pro- 
 tective Association ,, 25.00 
 
 New Bedford Finishers (Sympathy) . . 1.00 
 
 Nye, Jr., Willard 10.00 
 
 Shurtleff, John R 2.00 
 
 Trinitarian Cong. Church Collection . . 50.00 
 
 Arnold Bros. & Co N. Abington, 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 371 . 50.00 
 
 Chamberlain, Albert ,, 4.00 
 
 Crossett, Lewis A 100.00 
 
 McPherson Relief Corps No. 108 .... 10.00 
 
 Reed Lumber Company, The E. P. ... 25.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., North Adams Lodge No. 487, N. Adams, 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 285 . . 25.00 
 
 Ames, John S N. Easton, 300.00 
 
 Ames, Lothrop ,, 300.00 
 
 Ames, William H 100.00 
 
 Carpenters' Union No. 784 25.00 
 
 R. A. Council No. 866 10.00 
 
 Unity Church, Young Matrons' Club . . ,, 5.00
 
 108 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 52 .. N. Grafton, $100.00 
 
 Congregational Church N. Middleboro, 20.00 
 
 Congregational Church Junior C. E. 
 
 Society .90 
 
 Hawes, Elisha N. Stoughton, 3.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 361 . . N. Weymouth, 25.00 
 
 Gushing, Frank Onset, 5.00 
 
 Onset Fire Department 35.00 
 
 National Wool & Leather Company . . Peabody, 25.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Pittsfield Lodge No. 272 . Pittsfield, 20.21 
 
 Burns, Robert, and other conductors . . Plymouth, 28.00 
 
 Citizens of the Town of Plymouth ... 1,105.35 
 
 Dewlly, Jediah 5.00 
 
 G. A. R., Collingwood Post No. 76 ... 25.00 
 
 The Little Workers 14.00 
 
 Friend and Follower Provincetown, 1.00 
 
 Sons of St. George, Granite Lodge No. 
 
 193 Quincy, 10.00 
 
 Translucent Fabric Company 25.00 
 
 Belcher, Henry A Randolph, 25.00 
 
 B.&S. Workers Local Union No. 122 . . 25.00 
 
 Farnham, Dr. C. C 5.00 
 
 Houghton, Ralph 5.00 
 
 North School Children and Teachers . . 15.35 
 
 Prescott School 12.00 
 
 Richards & Brennan Company .... 100.00 
 Richards & Brennan Company, Em- 
 ployees 194.75 
 
 G. A. R., Wm. B. Eaton Post No. 199 . . Revere, 10.00 
 
 M. E. C 1.00 
 
 Beal & McCarthy Rockland, 10.00 
 
 Beal & McCarthy, Employees 8.00 
 
 Business and Professional Men .... 78.25 
 
 Holy Family Church . 124.00 
 
 Hurley Shoe Company, Employees ... 136.50 
 
 Ladies' Enthusiastic Whist Club .... 2.00 
 
 Packard, S.E.& Son, Employees. ... 22.25 
 
 Red Men, Mattakeesett Tribe No. 153 . 20.00 
 
 Rice & Hutchins, Employees 192.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 109 
 
 Sons of Veterans, Gen. Hartsuff Camp 
 
 No. 50 Rockland, $10.00 
 
 Spence, James W 100.00 
 
 Spence, John & Co 100.00 
 
 Standish Dramatic Club, The 241.03 
 
 Terhune Shoe Company, J. W., Em- 
 ployees 140.00 
 
 Wright, E. T. & Co 50.00 
 
 Wright, E. T. & Co., Employees .... 183.11 
 
 B. P.O. E., Salem Lodge No. 799 . . . Salem, 25.00 
 
 Rainville, Rev. G. A 25.00 
 
 Silver Lake Sewing Circle Silver Lake, 5.00 
 
 First Baptist Church Somerset, 11.50 
 
 B. P. O. E., Somerville Lodge No. 917 . . Somerville, 100.00 
 
 Cutler, S. Newton 5.00 
 
 Slater & Morrill, Employees S. Braintree, 237.75 
 
 Stephen & Willis Company ,, 25.00 
 
 Williams-Kneeland Company, Em- 
 ployees 250.00 
 
 Richard, The Stephen Company .... Southbridge, 25.00 
 
 Allen, F. C S. Framingham, 10.00 
 
 Mixed Union No. 19 25.00 
 
 Welch, William J 10.00 
 
 W. T. H S. Hanson, 1.00 
 
 Woman's Christian Union 5.00 
 
 Friend S. Weymouth, 5.00 
 
 Stetson Shoe Company, Employees . . ,, 200.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 139 . . Springfield, 10.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 215 . . 25.00 
 
 Dickinson, Francke W ,, 5.00 
 
 Goetting, A. H 10.00 
 
 Wright, Horace P 100.00 
 
 Zeikel, E. M 10.00 
 
 Ellis, Rachel, Ruth Capen and Marion 
 
 Clapp, Proceeds of candy sale .... Stoughton, 5.00 
 
 Fitzpatrick Shoe Company, Employees . ,, 120.00 
 
 N. E. O. P., Benefit Lodge No. 198 ... 10.00 
 
 Phinney Counter Company, J. G. . . . ,, 100.00 
 
 Phinney Counter Company, Employees . ,, 200.00
 
 110 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 Plymouth Rubber Company, Employees, Stoughton, $26.25 
 
 Stoughton Fire Department 25.00 
 
 Stoughton Veteran Fireman's Associa- 
 tion 25.00 
 
 Upham Bros. Company 75.00 
 
 Upham Bros. Company, Employees . . 216.50 
 
 Coyle, John D Surfside, 10.00 
 
 Bonney Benefit Whist Party Swampscott, 26.50 
 
 Brogan, M. E 1.50 
 
 Residents of Swansea Swansea, 20.00 
 
 A. F. & A. M., Ionic Lodge Taunton, 50.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Taunton Lodge No. 150 . . 25.00 
 
 Bristol Club 50.00 
 
 Cash . 10.00 
 
 Eldridge, Hon. John H 10.00 
 
 Hall, F. S 25.00 
 
 I. O. 0. F., Elizabeth Poole Rebekah 
 
 Lodge No. 25 5.00 
 
 Rhoades, M. M. & Sons Company ... 100.00 
 
 Tetlow, Edward A 5.00 
 
 Bourn, Hadley & Co Templeton, 5.00 
 
 Lefevere, J. E Waltham, 1.00 
 
 Middleton, Thomas 2.00 
 
 Howard Seminary Pupils W. Bridgewater, 33.00 
 
 First Universalist Church Weymouth, 31.80 
 
 First Universalist Church Sunday-school, 5.00 
 
 Nadell, Warren F 1.00 
 
 Third Universalist Parish and Y. P. C. U., 25.25 
 Union Cong'l Church of Weymouth 
 
 andBraintree 35.53 
 
 Woman's Relief Corps No. 102 10.00 
 
 American Shoe Finding Company . . . Whitman, 100.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 31 . . 50.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 69 . . 50.00 
 
 Carpenters' Union No. 1018 25.00 
 
 Charity Whist given by Whitman La- 
 dies 310.00 
 
 Coming Men of America, Bay State 
 
 Lodge No. 3686 1.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 111 
 
 Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Com- 
 pany, Employees Whitman, $525.55 
 
 Cong'l Church and Sunday-school ... 20.25 
 Epworth League Circuit of Methodist 
 
 Churches and Vicinity 10.00 
 
 Fisk, Edward & Co 50.00 
 
 G. A. R. Post No. 78 25.00 
 
 Oilman, Alton S 1.00 
 
 Oilman, Archie C 1.00 
 
 Gurney, D. B., Fac. Employees .... 150.00 
 
 K of P., Plymouth Rock Lodge No. 43 . 25.00 
 
 N. E. O. P., Whitman Lodge No. 86 . . 5.00 
 
 Regal Shoe Company 600.00 
 
 Regal Shoe Company, Employees ... 451.45 
 
 Smith, S. A 5.00 
 
 Vida Rebekah Lodge No. 43 10.00 
 
 Whitman Band 58.00 
 
 Whitman Board of Trade, Citizens' 
 
 Committee 500.00 
 
 Whitman Board of Trade, Citizens and 
 
 Committee 61.00 
 
 Whitman Shank Company, Employees . 6.50- 
 
 Whitman Sympathizer, A 1.00 
 
 Whitman Woman's Alliance 10.00 
 
 Swedish Society Nordstjernan No. 49, 
 
 Vasa Order Woburn, 10.00 
 
 Goes, Loring Worcester, 10.00 
 
 Gilbur Last Company 25.00 
 
 Hayward, Samuel R 100.00 
 
 Phoenyo Caffein Company 20.00 
 
 Washburn, Charles G 25.00 
 
 White, Rev. and Mrs. Elliot 5.00 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Union Local No. 324 . Oakland, $5.00 
 
 B.&S. Workers Local Union No. 335 . Petaluma, 5.00 
 
 Atherton, A. H San Francisco, 5.00 
 
 Boot & Shoe Mfgs. Association .... 50.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 216 50.00
 
 112 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 CALIFORNIA Continued. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 320 . San Francisco, $5.00 
 
 Boot & Shoe Workers Union 58.00 
 
 Brown, Mark L 2.50 
 
 Dunnuck, C. M 2.50 
 
 Evans, C. W 5.00 
 
 Farrell, T. F 2.50 
 
 Hallahan, Walter J 5.00 
 
 Hawley, Carson 2.50 
 
 Jackson, William 5.00 
 
 James, W. H. H 5.00 
 
 Jones, A. B 2.50 
 
 Medire, A. F 5.00 
 
 Pitts, J. E 10.00 
 
 Prince, R. J 10.00 
 
 Poole, C. H 5.00 
 
 Price, L. R 5.00 
 
 Roberts, L. T 5.00 
 
 Ryan, W. H 5.00 
 
 Smith, Charles H 2.50 
 
 Walk Over Shoe Store 5.00 
 
 Wetherby, B. F 5.00 
 
 Young, E. C 5.00 
 
 Young, George H 25.00 
 
 Young, Mrs. George H 2.50 
 
 CONNECTICUT. 
 
 Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Company . . Beacon Falls, $25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 323 . . Danbury, 25.00 
 
 Sawyer, L. D New Haven, 2.00 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Arnstein, Eugene Chicago, $50.00 
 
 Swift & Co., through Cahoon, Kingman 
 
 & Swift 100.00 
 
 Union Special Mch. Company 50.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 124 . . Elgin, 5.00 
 
 IOWA. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 363 . . Keokuk, $10.00
 
 Grover Factory Fire 113 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 269 . . New Orleans, $25.00 
 
 MAINE. 
 
 Carll, W. R Alfred, $2.20 
 
 Cushman, Hillis Company, National 
 
 Shoemakers, and Briggs, Howard & 
 
 Pray, Lasters Auburn, 39.50 
 
 Cushman, Hollis Company, Cutting and 
 
 Stitching Room 18.00 
 
 Field Bros. & Gross Company, Em- 
 ployees 20.00 
 
 National Shoemakers'Factory Cutters . 26.00 
 
 Treers and Finishers of Auburn, Me. . . 60.25 
 United Shoe Machinery Company, Office 
 
 Employees 22.50 
 
 National Shoemakers, Stitching Room 
 
 Employees Dennison, 19.50 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 344 . . Ellsworth, 25.00 
 Byrne, Philip J., General Organizer 
 
 B. & S. W. U Lewiston, 1.00 
 
 Foss & Packard, Employees 16.85 
 
 National Shoemakers, Additional from 
 
 Employees 84.30 
 
 Shoe Workers of Lewiston, Me 75.48 
 
 Wise & Cooper, Employees 17.25 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 349 . . Mechanics Falls, 25.00 
 
 E.N.P Portland, 10.00 
 
 Schlotterbeck & Foss Company .... 25.00 
 
 MICHIGAN. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 30 . . Detroit, $10.00 
 
 Schmidt, Carl E. & Co 200.00 
 
 MINNESOTA. 
 Holm, Rev. Carl W Red Wing, $10.00 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 B.&S. Workers Local Union No. 13 . . St. Louis, $25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 25 50.00
 
 114 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 MISSOURI Continued. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 126 . St. Louis, $10.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 338 . 25.00 
 
 Lasters' Union No. 470 10.00 
 
 NEBRASKA. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 292 . Omaha, $10.00 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 First Baptist Church Manchester, $9.21 
 
 Reed, H. B. & Co 100.00 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 125 . Camden, $5.00 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 Mixed Union No. 160 Brooklyn, $10.00 
 
 Murphy, J. W 10.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers' Local Union No. 405 . Hornellsville, 10.00 
 
 Alexander, Andrew, Estate of New York City, 500.00 
 
 American Leather Company 50.00 
 
 Bier, Arthur & Co 5.00 
 
 Blumenthal Bros 10.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Union No. 309 .... 10.00 
 
 Borden's Condensed Milk Company . . 25.00 
 
 Bourne, S. W 25.00 
 
 Corset, R. & G. Company 10.00 
 
 Favorite Skirt Company 5.00 
 
 Finkelstein, H 5.00 
 
 Fleischman Company, The 100.00 
 
 Goldfield, Joseph A 5.00 
 
 Haley, C. J. & Co 5.00 
 
 Kaplan, Hyman 2.00 
 
 Kirsh Manufacturing Company .... 33.50 
 
 Kops Bros 25.00 
 
 Larocque, Joseph 100.00 
 
 Martin, M. & Co 5.00 
 
 Mendelson, Leo & Co 10.00 
 
 Muller, Schall & Co 25.00 
 
 Neilson & Crossley 5.00
 
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 NEW YORK Continued. 
 
 Palmer, Solon (Palmer's Perfumes) . . New York City, $5.00 
 
 Perkins, George W 100.00 
 
 Rosenberg Bros. & Lockwood 15.00 
 
 Rosenthal & Grotta 5.00 
 
 Samuels, Abraham }) 5.00 
 
 Schoolhouse, Charles & Son 10.00 
 
 Sicher, D. E. & Co 10.00 
 
 Solzman, M 2.00 
 
 Spool Cotton Company, The 100.00 
 
 Stein, P 2.00 
 
 Steinhardt, A. & Bro 5.00 
 
 Werthimer & Co 5.00 
 
 Will, E. J 20.00 
 
 Woolworth, F. W. & Co 100.00 
 
 Woolworth, F. W. & Co., Employees . . 27.75 
 
 Rochester Joint Shoe Council Rochester, 50.00 
 
 Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Com- 
 pany 25.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 159 . . Syracuse, 15.00 
 
 OHIO. 
 
 Mears, T. Y Chagrin Falls, $1.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers' Local Union No. 222 . Cincinnati, 10.00 
 
 Janacsek, Mrs. Lajos Cleveland, 1.00 
 
 Zimmerman, F 2.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Union No. 347 .... Hamilton, 5.00 
 
 Rosenbaum, F. A. & Co Youngstown, 5.00 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 
 
 Allen, H. W Emlenton, $5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 377 . . Honesdale, 10.00 
 
 B.&S. Workers Local Union No. 41 IB , Lebanon, 7.37 
 
 Ardross Worsted Company, Frankford . Philadelphia, 5.00 
 
 Baum, Louis B 10.00 
 
 Folwell Bros & Co 10.00 
 
 Ingber & Wertheimer ,, 2.00 
 
 Carnegie Hero Fund^ommission . . . Pittsburg, 10,000.00 
 
 Heleig, Lorin 5.00
 
 116 Brockton Relief Fund 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 Bass, Rev. E. C., D.D Providence, $10.00 
 
 B. P. O. E., Providence Lodge No. 14 . . 100.00 
 
 Cherry, W. S 10.00 
 
 Friend (C. F. T. E.) 2.00 
 
 Mathewson St. Church Collection ... 41.00 
 
 McHale, W. H 15.00 
 
 Morehouse, B 2.00 
 
 Snow, B. F 1.00 
 
 Typographical Union No. 33 25.00 
 
 White, John R. & Son 50.00 
 
 Friend in Sympathy Woonsocket, 1.00 
 
 VERMONT. 
 Buchanan, Enos B Chester, $5.00 
 
 WISCONSIN. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 394 . . Eau Claire, $5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 340 . . Janesville, 5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 276 . . Racine, 10.00 
 
 CANADA. 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 228 . . Hamilton, $15.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 234 . . 5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 251 . . Montreal, 5.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 249 . . 10.00 
 
 B. &S. Workers Local Union No. 266 . . 15.55 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 267 . . 7.00 
 
 B. & S. Workers Local Union No. 233 . . Toronto, 10.00 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 Coy, William $5.00 
 
 Jenkins, William H., Manager Emerson 
 
 Shoe Store London, 10.00 
 
 Walk Over Shoe Stores: 
 
 Campbell, John T. . 11s. Od. 
 
 Harris, Thomas G. 1 10 
 
 Harrison, Fred T. 1 15 
 
 Irish, Will F. . . . 1 12 
 
 Rackliffe, Marvin M., London, 100
 
 Grover Factory Fire 117 
 
 ENGLAND Continued. 
 
 Walk Over Shoe Stores: 
 
 Reuss, John .... London, 1 5s. Qd. 
 
 Benson, Charles H. . Birmingham, 1 10 
 
 Gascoigne, W. H. . . Liverpool, 186 
 
 Hargan, Edward . . Manchester, 170 
 
 Coltart, G Edinburgh, Scot., 150 
 
 Harris, William E. . Glasgow, 1 10 6 
 
 Ramsay, David . . 50 
 Woodman, George H., 
 
 Manager of Walk 
 
 Over Shoe Stores in 
 
 Great Britain 20 $170.02 
 
 Grand total of contributions, $104, 187.87
 
 REPORT OF THE TREASURER 
 
 STATEMENT OP THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OP THE BROCKTON 
 RELIEF FUND FOR SUFFERERS FROM R. B. GROVER & Co.'s 
 FACTORY FIRE AT THE TURNING OVER OP THE SAME 
 TO THE BROCKTON NATIONAL BANK. 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Contributions $104,187.87 
 
 Interest on deposits 891.18 
 
 Amount refunded 118.00 
 
 $105,197.05 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Paid out for relief $61,410.79 
 
 Paid Brockton National Bank 43,786.26 $105,197.05 
 
 W. H. EMERSON, Treasurer. 
 
 BROCKTON, MASS., March 1, 1907. 
 
 To THE TRUSTEES OF THE BROCKTON RELIEF FUND FOR SUFFERERS FROM 
 R. B. GROVER & Co.'s FACTORY FIRE: 
 
 This is to certify that we have examined the books and accounts of the 
 Treasurer of the fund to September 30, 1905, and find that the total receipts 
 for the fund were $105,197.05; that there had been paid for relief $61,410.79, 
 for which proper vouchers are on file. 
 
 Balance on hand September 30, 1905, $43,786.26, of which $43,686.26 
 was on deposit in the Brockton National Bank and $100 in the hands of the 
 trustees. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 C. C. CROCKER, 
 B. B. WINSLOW, 
 
 Auditors.
 
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