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MG 1 volume 2124 number 230a

HALIFAX DISASTER RECORD OFFICE
Chronicle Building
Halifax, N.S.

Remained in the square opposite old Dalhousie for about an hour. Found two ladies lying on the grass on the south side of the Cathedral suffering from cuts. One was elderly and an invalid. Got a team thro Mr. Forester Mackintosh, who took them to their homes. Went to the Waverley, met Mr. Milne Fraser in his motor, who asked him to go to the devastated area. They went to the district west of the Cotton Factory on Kempt Road and spent four hours taking notes of where bodies were to be found. Mr. Fraser was not directed to do this, but acted of his own initiative. On December 7th Mr. S worked with R. E. Finn in latter's motor, taking people to hospital, finding bodies in the ruins, having them removed all Friday afternoon. On December 8th he went with D. R. Turnbull of the Acadia Sugar Refinery distributing supplies to isolated cases of distress in the North-end. Was at work from twelve to five p. m. Orders were issued by J. L. Hetherington and supplies obtained from John Tobin and Co. The food was put up in baskets, each containing one tin of corn-beef, two tins of baked beans, one tin condensed milk, one tin of salmon, one loaf of bread, one pound of butter, and a quantity of tea and sugar. Sufficient for a couple of meals. They used a grocer's delivery waggon. The material was ready and they were only half-an-hour loading. Mr. Strong began on Sunday morning to work on the Clothing Committee at the Green Lantern and worked continuously for two weeks. At first there wan no system. Clothes were handed out to every one who asked. Perhaps 70 percent were worthy and 30 percent unworthy. By Sunday morning there was plenty of clothes. There was no shortage, although they ran out of certain lines sometimes. An order system was soon begun. Clothing was issued on written orders from clergyman, officers of the S. A.,