Hide Article Text (OCR)
Fremont ‘\t'ontlnued from page one. tthis oiry, consisted of an engine, box 1 rar with supplies. car of coal donated 1 by the \V. \ L. E. railroad, and cu- 1 boose, in which the members of the 1 committee rode Owing to the condi ( tion of the track the train was compelled to fairly creep along. It 1 reached a point about one mile east 1 of the stricken city, where ir was met by six big farm wagons, into which , the supplies were loaded and carted , to the large school house on the east lt;side of the river, which has been made headquarters for the local relief committee.In the upper portion of the building many of the homeless are cared for. All the Lake Shore Electric passenger coaches were taken from the car barns in the flats and run to the top of the hill, and there were given over for shelter to the homeless.The inhabitants of the east side number about tl.OoO, one-half of whom are driven from their homes by the flood water.The members of the chamber of coiumen e committee accompanying the relief train went to the slt; nool-house where they met the local committee and conferred wph them concerning conditions and possible future needs.The needs of the sufferers had been cared for the previous day by assistance from Bellevue and C lyde, and the supplies on board the relit-f train out ’ of this city, which Included u generous addition at Monroeville, were received with much gratitude, for which
Newspaper Details
Norwalk Reflector Herald
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1913
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Kathleen W.
NA, 16 Jan 2024
Other Publications Near Norwalk, Ohio
Norwalk Reflector Herald
Norwalk Daily Reflector
Norwalk Reflector
Norwalk Experiment
Norwalk Reporter and Huron Advertiser
