SALEM'S GREAT FIRE.
RELIEF OF THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS. •. . ' • .v- :V< • ; - INSURANCE LOSSES 12 MILLIONS PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRICHT. NEW YORK, June 27. The insurance adjusters estimate the loss in the Salem fire which destroyed half the city iuqm 10 to 12 million dollars, covered by insurance. _ Measures j re being taken for the relief ol the homeless and poorer classes, mostly foreigners, and the providing of tents. Over 3500 people are directly dependent upon the Relief Committee, while 4.>00 waited in the "bread lines" and received food, which is flowing in.
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Waikato Times, Issue 12906, 29 June 1914, Page 5
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