Church Street Disaster Fund Statements
Schedules containing statements showing the ‘number of persons who, prior to the disaster, resided in Nos. 66 and 67 (the houses were completely demolished), the number killed, injured, and left homeless. The statement also includes the number killed and injured in house No. 64, and the amount of grants given’. Other schedules refer to the number of persons who vacated adjoining properties ‘through a reasonable sense of fear at the collapse of the houses 66 and 67 …’ and other relief actions to
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- Date
- 1913
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- 4
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- Schedules containing statements showing the ‘number of persons who, prior to the disaster, resided in Nos. 66 and 67 (the houses were completely demolished), the number killed, injured, and left homeless. The statement also includes the number killed and injured in house No. 64, and the amount of grants given’. Other schedules refer to the number of persons who vacated adjoining properties ‘through a reasonable sense of fear at the collapse of the houses 66 and 67 …’ and other relief actions to be taken.
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- Irish Capuchin Archives
- Context
- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin > Relationships with Local Communities > The Church Street Tenement Disaster (1913)
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Sample passages
- Reps. of late Elizabeth Fagan, Christopher and Elizabeth Gaffney, and Bridget Fagan
- Patrick and Elizabeth Fagan
- Mrs. Walsh, daughter of late Mrs. Fagan
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CHURCH STREET DISASTER FUND. Schedule 1. Statement showing the number of persons who, prior to the disaster, resided in Nos. 66 and 67 (these houses were completely demolished), the number killed, injured, left homeless. The Statement also includes the number killed and injured in house No. 64, and the amount of grants given. No. of House Name and Address of Occupants before the Disaster No. in Family No. Killed Injured Present Residence Total Grants Additional Grants 66 Patrick and Margaret Shiels 6 2 — 12 Coleraine Street 114 10 7 66 John and Eliza Sammon 9 2 — 3 High Street 126 11 0 66 Reps. of late Elizabeth Fagan, Christopher and Elizabeth Gaffney, and Bridget Fagan 4 1 — 6 Green Street 166 13 10 66 Mrs. Jane Fitzpatrick 5 1 2 188 Parnell Street 629 4 4 66 John and Annie Benson 2 — — 12 Coleraine Street 14 17 10 67 Mary Carthy, Widow 8 — — 16 Benburb Street 51 11 5 67 Christopher and Elizabeth Dempsey 4 — — 59 North King Street 20 9 10 67 Patrick and Elizabeth Fagan 3 — — 52 Beresford Street 20 8 8 67 Thomas and Margaret Devlin 5 — — 51 Beresford Street 32 15 7 67 Joseph and Kate Oxberry 3 — — 16 Coleraine Street 21 19 8 67 James and Hannah Duignan 5 — — 157 North King Street 36 14 10 67 Theresa Tims, Widow 3 — — 73 Church Street 50 15 3 64 Reps. of late Margaret O'Rourke, James, Terence and Lily O'Rourke 4 1 — 65 Church Street 86 17 8 64 Michael and Kate Carthy 3 — 2 3 Angle Court 36 0 9 64 7 4 £1,409 11 3 Schedule 2. A Return showing the number of families which were living in the two houses 65 and 68 adjoining 66 and 67 declared dangerous by the Local Authority, and the amount of Grants given. Schedule 3. A Return showing the number of persons who vacated their rooms of the houses Nos. 63 and 64, through a reasonable sense of fear at the collapse of the houses 66 and 67, and the amount of grants given. No. of House Name and Address of Occupants before the Disaster Present Residence Total Grants Additional Grants No. of House Name and Address of Occupants before the Disaster Present Residence Total Additional Grants 65 Mr. and Mrs. Carey Coleraine Street 7 9 11 63 Mrs. Richard 63 Church Street 5 9 7 65 Philip Donohoe 18 E. Arran Street 8 5 10 63 Mrs. Margaret Murtagh Bow Street 5 0 0 65 Mrs. Maguire 19 Coleraine Street 4 10 2 64 Mr. and Mrs. Norton 50 Nth. King Street 4 19 11 65 Christy Kelly 172 Church Street 5 0 0 64 Mr. and Mrs. Gorman 16 Coleraine Street 6 0 0 65 E. Condron 188 Parnell Street 6 14 0 64 Mrs. Mary Reilly 43 Beresford Street 8 5 0 68 John and Ellen Byrne Back of Ryan's house 30 0 0 64 Mrs. Mary Carr 20 Up. Rutland St. 10 0 0 68 John and Ellen Byrne 77 Church Street 6 0 0 64 Mrs. McGuirke, Sen. 64 Church Street 6 0 1 68 James and Mrs. McGuill 60 Church Street 4 8 3 64 Mrs. Malone 3 Angle Court 5 10 0 68 Daniel Ryan Church Street 5 0 0 64 Mrs. Mary Delaney 64 Church Street 4 0 0 68 Robert Mills 77 King Street 7 13 1 64 Mrs. McGuirke, Jun. 2 Eliza Court 6 0 0 Mrs. Walsh, daughter of late Mrs. Fagan 5 Up. Dominick St. 1 5 0 P…
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