The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-10-07
85C DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,871,000 Re-
lief When $1,000 Families
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,s71,OOO 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 disa .;ters caused property dam
age estimated at $3O,OOO,OOO, affected
sixty-seven communities and rendered
$4,000 families homeless.
The years disasters we're Of vary
ing types, including several which pre-
viously had been thought Of
a. falling within that classified
ton. The Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires Of magnitude,
I'VE floods, seven tornadoes or cy-
clones, n 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 a. riot
at Tulsa, Okla. the famine in China,
emergency relief in famine among the
Indians Of Alaska, the gr%asshopper
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
I grant of $1O5,OOO for relief work.
Governor Shoup 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 o%rganiza-
lions, public-spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re-
Mobilization to more than 1926, OO0.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
flood waters Is a matter Of record.
More than 1900 homes were affected
and 1851 persons were left homeless.
Estimates Of $4,000 as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation we're made
by Red Cross officials in charge Of the
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. Tht
race riot at Tulsa also was unique ir
disaster relief annals in that outside
Of a 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 force.
In directing their w efforts.
In decided contrast with the pre-
vious year, only n tornado assumed
the proportions of a major disaster
This occurred on April Is, in the Dor
der sections of Texas and Arkansa'
with the city Of Texarkana as TIL
center. The significant feature of thi
disaster relief work was the fact tina
it covered so much rural territory a
to make necessary a large number o
relief workers.
The famine in China, necessitatinI
relief expenditures totalling more thai
81, 900 by the American Red eros
was by far the most serious Of tn
foreign disasters in which the Re
Cross gave aid.
Builds Up lie Machinery
In connection with the ADMINISTERS
ton Of disaster relief measures, an II
creasing effectiveness on the part Q
the Red Cross to deal with emerger
cies was manifested during the pas
year. In 1928 Chapters Of the Amer
can Red Cross there have been forme
special committees to survey the n
sources Of their respective commun
ties and to be prepared in case
disaster. In others Of the 3,4O2 activ
Chapters, a network Of communicate
has been formed through which instal
taneous relief may be dispatched
any part Of the United States.
That its work in this field may b
continued with ever greater effectiv
ness, the American Red Cross is a
pealing for widespread renewal