The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-27
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $l,871 600 Re-
lief When Ga, 900 Families
ii Are Made Homeless.

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 $1.871, 600 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 $3OOOO,OOO, affected
s :ty-seven communities and rendered
$1,000 families homeless.
The years disasters were Of vary
Ing types, including several which pre-
yiously had never been thought Of
as falling within that classifica-
ton. The Red Cross furnished
relief In seventeen fires Of magnitude,
five 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 flood 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 with
4 grant of $105,OOO for relief work. !
Governor Shoup Of Colorado, appre- (
eating 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.
i In response to appeals from Pres.-
dent Harding, Governor Shoup and
other governors Of western states and
through local chapters Of the Red
Gross and other community organiza-
lions, public-spirited citizens brought
he total contributed for Pueblo's re-
mobilization to more than $325,OOO.
l The terrible havoc wrought by the
hood waters Is matter of record.
More than 1890 homes were affected
md 1851 persons were left homeless.
Estimates Of $50000O as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were made
y Red Cross officials In charge Of the
elief work.
Fast Work in Wall Street
The Wall street explosion was nota-
le In that relief workers of the Red
ross were on the scene twenty min
ties after the disaster occurred. The
ace riot at Tulsa also was unique in
isaster relief annals in that outside
I a small emergency relief fund con-
ributed by the Red Cross, the only
elief measures outside the city con. Z
listed Of the service Of social work.
RS, nurses and trained executive q
hose object was to assist local forces
| directing their own efforts.
In decided contrast with the pre-
lOus year, only one tornado assumed I,
le proportions of a major disaster.
his occurred on April 10, In the Dor
er sections of Texas and Arkansas
18th the city of Texarkana as the
enter. The significant feature Of this
saster relief work was the fact that .
covered so much rural territory as
J make necessary a large number Of
lief workers.
The famine In China, necessitating
lief expenditures totalling more than s
100000 by the American Red Cross b
as by far the most serious Of the
reign disasters in which the Red G.
'Oss gave aid. e
Builds Up Its Machinery r
In connection with the administra- 81
IN Of disaster relief measures, an In
easing effectiveness on the part of CT
g Red Cross to deal with emergen- tt
Is was manifested during the past
ar. In 1928 Chapters of the Ameri-
q Red Cross there have been formed
ecial committees to survey the re.
urces Of their respective commune in
. and to be prepared in case Of al
'aster. In others of the 3,4O2 active
apters, network Of communication =,
been formed through which instan. DC
1eous relief may be dispatched to ju
y part Of the United States. m
That its work in this field may be
1tinued with ever greater effective SD
IS, the American Red Cross is ap- ev
aling for widespread renewal OF so
during its Annual Roll az
Il, to be conducted this year from ma
vember IL to "a.
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