DUBLIN'S DISTRESS.
FOOD SENT FROM MANCHESTER. CHILDREN PRAY FOR FOOD. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. M Received September 27, 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 26. The loading of the steamer Hari at Manchester with 340 tons of food to relieve the starving families of the Dublin strikers creates a record in trade union annals. One hundred and thirty volunteers, working day and night, packed 15.000 boxes of groceries and 30,000 101b packages of potatoes, Avhile the dockers on* strike loaded, the vessel as an expression of sympathy. The goods will be distributed in Dublin on Saturday. Nearly 100.000 men, women and.child-! ren are suffering from cold and hunger. Many pitiable stories are recounted in the 'slums. Many families have sacri-j ficed their poor household furnishings j in order to provide bread. In onei tenement starving children were found praying for food before the Virgin'si shrine. i
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Mataura Ensign, 27 September 1913, Page 5
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148DUBLIN'S DISTRESS. Mataura Ensign, 27 September 1913, Page 5
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