Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-01
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Rod Cross eives $1,871, 900 Re.
Eef When 65, 900 Families
Arc Made Homeless.

fer emerGenry rsIfsf measures and
the expenditure NJ s1.s7f, 900 by the
American Red Cross during the nseal
year ending Juns 10, 1921. says an
announcement based upon the forth
coming annual report or the Red Cross.
TAsse disasters caused property dam
age estimated ut go, 600. 900, affected
sixty-ssysn commodities and rendered
s. oOD fsmiHes homeless.
Ths years disasters were Of vary
ing types, including several which pre-
vIsusly had never been thought OF
~ falling within that ciAssifica-
ten. The Red Cross furnished
relief In seventeen fires Of magnitude
Ave foods, seven tornadoes or CT
clones. "ee Devastating storm. three
explosions, including the ono in Wa:
street: "ne building accident. ~ .
typhoid epideni.s, the most serious hc
ing .iaa, Of SaleIa, Ohio. which ar
,ec,ea e per cent ~ ilis population
one smallpox epidsn,is.. IN the rerubli'
az Haiti: one train wreck. the race riot
at Tuiss, Osis the famine Ia thinh
eDisrgercy relief in famine among tie
Indians OF Alaska. tie aSsh"ppei
p'arus IN North DAKOTA and an earth
quake in Hal!.
Pueblo. Most Serious
~. FAR thesniesi severe Of tn" dis
ssfers in iiie .Jpi:ed States during the
I,.sri.d covered. lay the Red Cross re-
port Was the Pueblo fn'i early in
.i-ire. 1921 The rehabilitation proh
ia.n-. confronting fhe Red Cross IN
t.rsa,I., was ono of tho most difficult;
in recent years. Who's the FIRST news
,.r The horror was ffs shed throughout
la. cannirr. the American Red Cross
National Headquarter responded with
n grant ri stD5.pn FIR relief work.
Governor Sh"up ~ Colorado. appr@-
chatting ths long and successful expert
eRcs 90 The Red Cross in orgauizin:
disas,er relief work, placed the an
tire responsibility far the admnistra
ton ~ relief in its hands.
" response To appeals from Pres:
den: Harding. Governor Shoup AMI
ciher governors Of west rn states s'tf
through local chapters "f tho Rod
Gross and other community brgapizs
tins, pphiicspiri, ed ,-iifzcns brought
The total cant-ihu:e Cd <or- Puei'io's re-
hobi,ita;inn 10 more than S325.vD.
Tho. terrible havoc wrought hy III"
dssd ya-sys Is matter NJ record
M.rr tl;5n. aIsDO homes were afecfe.!
* -e5, perscnx were left homeless
E.,imatex II. $sbO.osD as an absolute
m:n.num for rezsAssilitstiSn we're made
br Red Truss officials IN ciaTfs~s1 ~
relief work.
Fas. Work in Wall Street
=. The Wall street explosion was ncia-
he in that relief workers Of the Red
Grass r~-e on the scene twenty min
.rips after the diss ster occurred The
race rioi at Tulsa also was unique in
disaster relief annals IN tifai- outside
~ = small emergency relief fund con
tfihutsd' hy the Red Gross. the only
relief measures outside the city con
sisted sf the servire bf' social work
ers. nurses snd a trained eSecutivs
wheS,, VI, bert was to assist local forces
n dirsctsnE their own efforts.
II. derideI contrast With the pre-
.fieuS year. aniy ore tornado assumed
tie -I.rapnrtidts cf ma jor disaster
This occurred on April IL, ia the bor
der sections III Texas and Arkansa
with the city ~ Texarkana as the
confer The Significant feature or this
disaster relief work was the fact thu
IL covered so much rural territory a
to make necessary 4 large number %
relief workers.
The famine IL china. nece>sitatin.
/ relief expenditures totalling more than
: sI.OoD.upp by the American Red Gross
was ny far the most serious of tbs
foreign disasters in which the Rec
I Cross gave aid.
| Builds Up Its Machinery
! In conneciinn with the sdruinistrs
ti.n az disa ster relief measures, an in
| crea sing effectiveness on the part q
| the Red Cross tn deal with eiucrsen
! cirS was manifested during the pas
/ year IN BIS Chapters OF the Anier'
! can Red Cross there have been fornie.
special committees to survey the re
sources OF their respective ccmmun;
| ties and To he prepared in case q
disaster. In other- Of the 3.fo2 activ'
| Chapters. network of communication
!, has been formed through which instan
J taneous relief may be dispatched I
any part Of the United States.
| That its work in this field may HI
continued with ever greater effective
ness. the American Red Cross is sp
| peaIing for widespread renewal /"
membership during It's Annual Rol
Call, to be conducted this year from