Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-04
$50 ACCIDENTAL
DEATHS IN YEAR
RED CROSS GIVES $1,S71, 900 RE-
LIEF WHEN $1,000 FAMILIES
ARE MADE HOMELESS

Forty.three disasters, resulting In
the death. In the United States OF eoo =
persons and the injury Of 2,ooo called
for emergency relief measures ana
the expenditure Of $1,s71 900 by the a
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1921, says an
announcement based upon the forth
coming annual report Of the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property dam
age estimated at S30,000,OOO, affected
sixty-seyen communities and rendered
$1,000 families homeless
The years disasters were OF vary
ing types, including several which pre-.
viously had never been thought OF
as falling within that classihca.
ton. The. Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires Of magnitude,
Ave floods, seven tornadoes or cy-
clones, one devastating storm, three
explosions, including the one In Wall
street; one building accident, TWO
typhoid epldemics, the most serious be-
ing that at Salem, Ohio, which al
fected per cent Of the population;
one smallpox epidemic, in the republic
of Haiti one train wreck, the race riot
at Tulsa, Okla. the famine In China,
emergency relief in famine among the
Indians of Alaska, the grasshopper
plague in North Dakota and an earth
quake in Italy.
Pueblo Most Serious
Rv far the most severe of the dis
asters in the United States during the
period covered by the Red cross re-
mort was the Pueblo flood early in
Tune 1921. The rehabilitation prob
lem confronting the Red Cross IN
Pueblo was one of the most dit1cult
in recent wears. When the first news
of the horror was flashed throughout
the country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded with
n grant of $105,000 for relief work
Governor ShOup Of Colorado, appre-
Glazing the long and successful expert
ence of the Red Cross In organizing
disaster relief work, placed the en-
tire responsibility for the administra-
ton of relief in its hands.
In response to appeals from Pres
dent Harding, Governor Shoup ana
other governors of western states ahc
through local chapters Of the Red
Cross and other community organlza-
lions, public-spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re-
Mobilization to more than $325,OOo.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
to IL,
More than 1890 homes were afected
and 1881 persons were left homeless.
Estimates Of 100000 as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were mace
bv Red Cross officials in charge Of the
relief work.
Fast Work in Wall Street
The Wall street explosion was nota
bIe in that relief workers of the Red
Cross were on the scene twenty MIN
utes after the disaster occurred. Inc
race riot at Tulsa also was unique II
disaster relief annals In that outside
of a small emergency relief fund con
tributed by the Red Cross, the only
relief measures outside the city con
Eisted Of the service Of social work
srs' nurses anu lluileu E so.ao
whose object was to assist local force
in directing their own efforts
In decided contrast with the pre-
NouS year. only otie WI nt,uO peou'",
the proportions OF lnaJoi u.s''I ho,
This occurred on April lo'' III inc wv
der sections OF IeAas anu NJ N'''' 80
with the city OF AeA'rh""" as ~. IT,,
center Inc siShlncahl feature Vi W.
disaster relef WORK was tile' 4aC' '"'
it covered so much rural lerIIto'! d
to make necessary Iarse Hu'l'"ei
relief workers -......
The famine IN Chlha, hec Ss'sIl .,,L'
genef expenditures to'"iliHe nv, ,'''