The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-23
850 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,871,0Oo Re-
lief When 5000 Families
Are Made Homeless.

are MaQ0 HVI'io'0oo' ,
Forty.three disasters, resulting ~
the death In the United States OF eov
persons and the injury Of 2,oOo callee
for emergency relief measures anu
the expenditure Of $1,s71,0OO by the
American Red Cross during the hscal
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 $3OO0O,O0O. affected
sixty-seven communities and rendered
65,OOO families homeless.
The years disasters were OF vary
ing types, including several which pre-.
vlously had never been thought Of
as falling within that classinca.
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 Wal
street one building accident. two
typhoid epidemlcs, the most serious BE-
Ing that at Salem, Ohio, which at
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
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 with
grant Of $105,0OO for relief work.
Governor Shoup Of Colorado, appre-
clating the long and successful expert.
ence Of the Red Cross In organizing
disaster relief work, placed the en-.
tire responsibility for the admlnistra.
ton Of relief In its hands.
In response to appeals frem Pres!.
dent Harding, Governor Shoup and
other governors Of western states and
through local chapters Of the Red
Cross and other community organiza.
lions, public-spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re.
Mobilization to more than $325,OO0.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
flood waters is a 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 ths
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 In
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 a trained executive
whose object was to assist local forces
In directing their own efforts,
In decided contrast with the prc.
sioCs year, only one tornado assumed
the proportions Of a major disaster
This occurred on April IS, In the Dor
der sections Of Texas and Arkansas
with the city of Texarkana as the
center. The significant feature OF this
disaster relief work was the fact thai
It covered so much rural territory an
10 make necessary a large number Of
'elief workers.
The famine in China, necessitstlnp
'ellef expenditures totalIlng more than
'l,OOO,OOO by the American Red Cros.
was by fur the most serious Of the
foreign disasters In which tho paS
-rOss gave aid.
Builds Up Its Machinery
IN connection with the administro.
ION OF disaster relief measures an In.
,reaslng effectiveness on the port n,
ne Red Cross to deal with emerean.
les was manifested during the mas,
ear. In 1928 Chapters Of the Amsr,
an Red Cross there have been forms,
pecial committees to survey the re
oarces OF their respective commun,.
les and to be prepared In case q,
isaster. In others Of the 8,402 active
'hapters, network Of communicates
as been formed through which Instan. |
nneous relief may be dispatched 70
ny part OF the United States.
That Its work in this field NAV ,o
ontinned with ever greater effective.
ess. the American Red Cross 10 an
ealing for widespread renewa, =,
during its Apuun, Ron
all, 10 be conducted this year from
November II "a o. 'S"A A'Vui