The Crittenden press., 1921-12-02
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives sl,87l,000 Re-
lief When $1,000 Families
Are Made Homeless.

Forty three disasters. resulting N
the death IN the United states Of so
persons and the injury Of 2.o0o called
tof emergency relief measures and
tAs sTpsnditure Of ti.s1l.000 b. ths
American Red Gross durins the fiscal
ysar ending Juns 30 i01i. says an
announcement bassd upon the forth
coming annual report " the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property dam
ass estimated At t90.O0olOO0, affected
siriy seven communities and rendered
oo.ooO families homeless
The year's disasters vsrs sf vary.
ing types. includins several Which pre-
si0usly bad never been thought q
a. falling within that classinea-
tiOn The Red Gross furnished
relief In seventeen arss OF magnitude
hvs hoods, seven tornad0ss Or cy.
clones. one devastating storm. three
EXPLOSIONS. Including the one IN Wall
street one building accident two
typhoid spidsmlcs the most serious be
ina that 81 salem. Ohio which ~
fecied . per cent Of tho population (.
enc smsllpoT epidemic. IN ne republic
u Haiil one train sreck. Ne Faes Fist
a. Tulsa. Gaia the famine 10 china.
smsrEency relief In famine amonG the
Indians Of ALASKA. the grasshoppsr
plague In North Dakoia and "a sarth.
quake in Italy.
Pvssle Nest ssreus
~ fsr the meet severe Of the dis
sisters IN the unissd States dufing the
period covered b. the Red cross 70
port was the Pueblo nood early N
juns. 1871 TAs reAabilitsuoa prob'
len cuufruntins the Red Cross IL
Pueblo vas zoe of tbs m0st difhculi
Ia recent years When the frsi nsua
u the horror vas flashed throughoul
the county. the Amsrican Rsd Cresa
Nationai Hsadquartsrs rrsy0ndsd vita
. grant u ti0c.oO0 for relief vork
0ovsrnor shoup of Colorado. spprs
clstins The long and successful sIpsri.
snes 81 ne Rsd Cross 10 orsahirins
disasler relief wors. PLACED the En-
tirs responsibility fof the sdmihistFa
ten " relief 10 n hands
Ia response 10 appeals from Prss..
dent liarding 0ovsrncs Sh0up sni
otAsf governors of western states and
ihfeugh local ehytsrs of the Red
cruss ani other community orsanina
tiona public spirited cftirsns brouGhl
ne total contributed for Pushios ~
hshiliiaiion 10 mere than te2a.ooo
fhs terrible hsvoc wrought By IN
hood waters IL Q matter % record
Mofs Than esoo hsmss wers ahsetst
and llAsi peroa vsre lefi homeless
ks'imafss q tooo0o ~ an shsolut,
minimuu for rehabilitation wsre mads
b. hsd cross oficials IN charge of IN
relief vork
Fssi Wofk ln Wall street
TIE wali street srpiasiou vas nota
be In that relief vorkers u the hst
cros uers en the scene tvsniy min
uiss afisr the disaster occurred. rh'
race riot ~ rulsa also wss unique Il
Disaster relief annals IN that outaidl
sf small smsrrsncy relief fund eoa
trbutsd by tue Red Cross the onll
rsiisf measures euiside the city con
sistsd u ths ssrvics cf social vera
as. nurses and . trained srscutivl
whose sbiect vas 10 sssisi local force
h directing their ovn efforts
IN decided contrssi sith the prs
vious year. only oae tornado assumes
the proportions 81 q major disastsi
This occurrsd On April rs IN the boz
dsr sections q Tstas and Arkansa
siih the sity % Tstarkans as IN
csnlsf The aGnihsnt feature q m
disaster relief vera was ihs fact TIA
q covered 81 much rural territory q
10 make necvssary . large number .
relief vofken
The famine IN Chlna. uecessltatin
relief expenditures toialling more tha
ti.00lO0o BY the American Red Cr0s
uas By far the most SERIOUS u N
fereign disasters In which the Ne
cross save aid
Builds w lts naehlasry
In connection with the admlnlstr.
tiou n disaster relief measures. an Il
creasins effectiveness on a, part Z
ths ned Cruss 70 dsal with rmerEsl
ciss was manifested during the pal
ysar In SRs Chapters u the Amer
can HE'D rus there have been forms
special commi'tses % survey the n
sources u their respective cummun
tiss and % be prepared lh case ,
disaster In cthsrs Of the At02 acii'
. Chaptsrs. q ustvoft of communicatio
has been formed thOugh shlch lnsiai
taneuus relief may BE- dispatched
}. any psft of the unitst States
That iis uoft IN this neli mas !
B coutiuusi with ever greater efrCiiu
ness ths Amsrican Red Cross ls al
pssliuG Cor widespread renewal