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3o8 THE X/VVv'l' OF Joif.\srO\\-.\.
order, arrived on June 4th, and ^et almut tindinL; distressed and ncedv members.
I'^ood and clothint; were provided anil shelter \\as uhtained for all who
Were in want. The orphans ami widows were- placed in comfortable homes
and a goodly sum was di\ided.
The lleptasoplis. who hail but lift\- nu-mbers in fohnstow 11. \vere wonderfully
ener.i;c'tic in institntiUL,' and carr\ iul: out measures nf relief. Supreme-
Archon S. .\. Will. S. .\. Duncan and Lester Lo;;an. of Pittsbur^li, hatl chari^e
of the work. TIk' snr\i\"or^ nt tinrt\' families were tak'en tn l'ittsburL;h on
June 5th anil hospitabh' entertained b\' the members. The order disbursed
upwards of ten thousand dollars for tlu' sujiport of destitute members and the
families of those who perished.
Grand-Councillor Lan_;ht. of Allei;heny. and Grand-I'lnsician l^r. [. W.
Wri.Hht superintended the worl.; of relief and looked after the wants of the siu'-
\ivors of the se\enty members of the Koyal Arcanum. The Ancient Order of
I'nited Workmen had no lodue at Johnstow 11. but the Grand Lodi;e placed
one thousand dollars in the hands of the Relief Committee. Other secret orders,
not represented b\' orL,'anizations in the Conem,iui;h \'alie\. acted in a
similar manner.
The Odd Fellows did a ,t;rand work for their lod-es. ail of which lost
heaxily. A report to the Grand Lodye m October presented these figures:
lot'i.F"; . MKMKHJ'iHIf. M\IBFKL.)ST.
Morrellvillc Lodt;e. No, 50 109 None
Conemaugti Lod.ge. Xo. igi 87 5 brothers. 3 wives and'14 children
Alma Lodge. No. 523 233 10 brothers. 15 wives. 50 children
Cambria Lodge. No 7S5 103 14 bros., 10 wives. 29 children, i widow.
Corona Lodge. No, 900 91 2 brothers. 4 wives. 4 children.
Montgomery Lodge. No. 57 i brother, i wife, i child.
Somerset Lodge, No. 438 i wife. 3 children
Altoona Lodge. No 473 i wife of brother-
William F. Packer Lnc.impment. . .10
Brother John W. Haney. 1'. (T M.. of f'ittslmrgh. was instructed on June
4th to .go at once to |ohn--town. .assist in organizing a committee, draw upon
the Grand-Treasurer for one thousand ilollars and take h\ e hundred dollars
witli him for immeiiiate use. A couimittee. part of whose memliers remained
to attend to the interests of the order, was sent w ith an abundance of supplies.
Lodges all over the country tendered mone\'. The committc e of each lodge
involved submitted a statement of losse.s, \vhich was examined and presented
the following results :
Losses on real estate 54,17 -1"3 00
Losses of personal property 32S. 440 00
Total estimated lossesnf Odd Fellows in the Coneman-.'h \'allev ssj3,iio3 00
The Cirand Officers arranged with the local committee for tw-o distributions.
In the first each brother whose propert\ \\as destro\-ed received eighty