Excerpt from History of the Brockton Relief Fund: In Aid of Sufferers From the R. B. Grover Co; Factory Fire, Brockton, Mass;, March 20, 1905 The history was prepared at the request of the trustees of the Brockton Relief Fund, and is intended as a simple record of the work done in granting aid to sufferers from the R. B. Grover Co. factory fire. It was felt that the friends who had so generously and cheerfully contributed of their means to the fund were entitled to a full report of all the money received and paid out, and of the methods which were used in its distribution. Very naturally the responsibility of collecting and arranging the material has fallen upon the Secretary of the Advisory Committee, as he was more closely in touch with all the different parts of the work; but this record has been read to and approved by the Board of Trustees, and goes forth with their official indorsement. While the work was in preparation several inquiries came as to the amount of relief rendered through other channels, and also as to the proportionate number of workmen who were members of various fraternal and beneficiary organizations. While such inquiries lie somewhat outside the simple history of the relief work, yet realizing their value from the sociological point of view, and their bearing upon economic conditions, the writer has willingly taken the time to put the facts so far as he could ascertain them into permanent form for the sake of their value to the student of social life. In the preparation of this report the Enterprise and the Times, of Brockton, and The Shoeworkers' Journal, of Boston, have cheerfully rendered material assistance and shown many courtesies which the writer wishes publicly to acknowledge. With this brief word of explanation this history is sent forth as a record of real charity on the part of a generous and sympathetic public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.