Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-10
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE yEAR
Red Cross Gives S1,871,000 Re-
lief When 5000 Families
Are Made Homeless.

Forty-three disasters, resulting In
the death In the United States of Sc.
| persons and the injury of $500 called
for emergency relief measures an,
lhe expenditure of S1,s71, 900 by :hs
Aiherlcan Red Cross during the fiscal
SeVr. ending June 20, 1921, Says an
announcement based upon the forth,
coming annual report of the Red Cross.
tgi'hese disasters caused property dam
sgc estimated at $40 200, 900, affected
siStt-SeSen cSmmuntties aud rendered
S1nno Families homeless.
I, Tie, years disasters were of vary
Ing Gnes. INCLUDING several which pre-
lipusly. lind never been thought Of
rs falling within that classitica-
,tieh,. The Red Cross furnished
relief IN seventeen fires of magnitude,
fSc floods, seven tornatloes or cy-
slpms, one devastating storm. three
! eNtlasiopS, including the one in Wall
street; one building accident, two
) lyph,tid epidemics, the most serious be-
Ing that ut Salem, Ohio, which ar
fecteti . per cent Of the population; !;
one smallpox epidemic. in the republic
pf Haid one train wreck. the race riot
] nt TulSa, Okla; the famine in China,
emergency relief in famine among the
Indians of Alaska. the grasshoppe,
plague in North Dakota and IN earth
qual,e In Italy.
- .s' Pueblo Most Serious
, Bv far the most severe Of the dis
sSters in the United States during thu
period covered by the Red cross re
port was the Pueblo flood early in
June, 1871. The rehabilitation prob.
lem confronting the Red Cross in
Pueblo was one of the most difficult
in recent years. When the first news
Of the horror WAS flashed throughout
tie country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded With
a grant of 100000 fer relief work.
Governor Shoup of Colorado, appre-
eating the long and successful expert
cilee Of the Red Cross in organizing
disaster relief work. placed tho en-
tire responsibility for the administra.
iibl OF ieIiet IN It's llauQS
in response to appeals from Pres.
dent Harding Governor Shoup AMI
other governors of western StSteS aill
through local chapters Of the Red
Cross and other community organiZa-
tionS, public spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pucblo's re-
habilitation to more than $4,000.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
flood waters is matter of record.
More than 2,30O homes We're affectei
and 7,311 persons were left homeless.
Estimates Of 100000 a$ an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were made
= Red Cross officials in charge of tbH
ez.ez work.
East Work in Wall Street
= Wall street explosion was nota-
that relief workers of the Red
ssz= r. On the scene twenty min
~ 7fse- the disaster occurred. The
si=- ri Tulsa also was unique In
5ea relief annals in that outside
6a0i! emergency relief fund con
,s.a 4 ~ me Rcd Cross, the only
=-H assures outside the city con
= ,ha service of social work
~ roEses and trained executive
el-=- object vas to assist local forces
isa'iag their own efforts.
ld"d contrast with the pre-
-r, 6niy one tornado assumed
- rp3rdons of ajor disaster
''.e arred on April Is. in the bor-
e vi
.Ity of TcXarkana as the
he significant feature Of this
ref work was the fact that
s5r. - much rllra territory ms
a18,s s- ecessary "a large number Of
.ef-f orAers.
famine in China. necesSitatins
e. =Epeoditures totalling more than
"f. ~ by the American Red Cross
ss N7r the most serious Of the
60 disasters in which the Red
j. Eara aid.
Builds Up Its Machinery
c-uHerjion with the administra-
~ 1.saster relief meas asures, an In.
=e.rg effectiveness or the part OF
5ed Cross to deal with emergen-
5 manifested during the past
=15. II 32S Chapters of the Amcri-
- Rod Cre 5: thcre have been formed
&, -cill committees to survey the re.
zts $ Of their respective communi-
- and to be prepared in case of
ssster. In others of the 3,402 active
tap 5rs, network Of communication
> been formed through which instan-
.7ns7us relief may be dispatched to
3 : part Of the United States.
That its work in this field may be
-Dtinued with ever greater effective
ress, the American Red Cross is APP
peaIlng for widespread renewal II
membership during its Annual Roll