Financial Assistance
On the day of the fire, the leatherworkers union announced that the injured would be paid $5 weekly until they recovered, and that the families of the dead would receive $100 for each family member killed. Civic leaders created the Brockton Relief Fund, which collected and distributed nearly $105,000 in cash assistance to the families. Factory owner Robbins Grover worked for the rest of his life to secure financial aid for the families of those who died.
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