Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-10-13
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR One YEAR
Red Cross Gives s1,s71,0oo Re-
lief When IS, 900 Families.
Are Made Homeless.

~ Su0OS BUVIISbSSS0
Forty-three disasters, resulting in
the death in the United States of $50
persons and the injury of $500 called
for emergency relief measures and
the expenditure of $1,S71, 900 by the
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 $3O,OOO,OOO, affected
sixty-seven communities and rendered
$4,000 families homeless.
The years disasters were Of vary
ing types, including several which pre-
viously had never been thought Of
as falling within that classified.
ton. The Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires Of magnitude,
i've floods, seven tornadoes or cy-
clones, one devastating storm, three
explosions, including the one in Wall
street; one building accident, two
typhoid epidemics, the most serious be-
ing that at Salem, Ohio, which at.
fected 8 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
BY far the most severe of the dis
asters in the United States during the
period covered by the Red Cross re-
port was the Pueblo food early in
June, 1921. 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
the country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded witt,
grant of $1O5,O00 for relief work.
Governor Sh6up of Colorado, appre.
ciating 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 and
other governors Of western states and
through local chapters of the Red
Cross and other community organiza.
tons, public-spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re-
Mobilization to more than 1926, 900.
The terrible havoc wrought by thu
flood waters Is matter of record
More than 1890 homes were affected
and 1851 persons were left homeless
Estimates Of $4,000 as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were made
by Red Cross officials In charge Of tn:
relief work.
Fast Work In Wall Street /,
The Wall street explosion was nota.
BILE in that relief workers of the Red
Cross were on the scene twenty min;
utes after the disaster occurred. The
race riot at Tulsa also was unique ir
disaster relief annals in that outside
Of small emergency relief fund con
tributed by the Red Cross, the only
relief measures outside the city con
sisted Of the service of social work
ers, nurses and trained executive
whose object was to assist local force,
In directing their own efforts.
In decided contrast with the pre-
vious year, only one tornado assumed
the proportions Of major disaster
This occurred on April Is, in the Dor
der sections Of Texas and Arkansa.
with the city Of Texarkana as the
center. The significant feature Of thi.
disaster relief work was the fact tina
1t covered so much rural territory a!
to make necessary large number O.
relief workers.
The famine in China, necessitatin,
relief expenditures totalling more thar
100000 by the American Red Cros
was by far the most serious Of tn,
foreign disasters in which the Ret
Cross gave aid.
Builds Up its Machinery
In connection with the administra
tion Of disaster relief measures, an in
creasing effectiveness on the part o
the Red Cross to deal with emergen
"
cies was manifested during the pas
year. In 1923 Chapters Of the Ameri
can Red Cross there have been forme,
special committees to survey the re
sources Of their respective communi
ties and to be prepared in case o
disaster. In others of the 3,402 activ
Chapters, a network Of communicable
has been formed through which instan
taneous relief may be dispatched t
any part Of the United States.
That its work in this field may b
continued with ever greater effective
ness, the American Red Cross is az
pealing for widespread renewal O
membership during its Annual Rol
Call, to be conducted this year fror
November II to "a.