The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-09
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,S7l,00o re-
lief When SIS, 900 Families
Are Made Homeless.

| persons and the injury OK ],ooV e"'s
| for emergency relief measures ana
the expenditure Of $1,s71, 600 by the
American Red Cross during the nsca'
year ending June 80, 1921, says nm
announcement based upon the forth
coming annual report Of the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property Dam.
age estimated at $3O,OOO,UOO, aHecteu
sixty-seven communities and rendered
65,OOO families homeless.
The years disasters were OF vary
ing types, including several which pre-.
yiously had never been thought OF
as falling within that classifca.
tiUn. The Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires Of magnitude,
Ave foods, 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 III China,
emergency relief In famine among the
Indians Of Alaska, the grasshopper
plague In North Dakota and an earth
quake In Italy.
Pueblo Most ssrIsus
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 enrly 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 $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 adminlstra.
ton Of relief in III hands. 4 ''
In response to appeals from Pres!-
dent Harding. Governor Ehoup 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 $325,OOO.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
flood waters Ii 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 tn.
relief work.
Fast Work In Wall Street
The Wall street explosion was nota.
lie in that relief workers Of the Red
ross were on the scene twenty min.
ates after the disaster occurred. The
race riot at Tulsa also was unique In
disaster relief annals In that outside
II 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 forces
In directing their own efforts.
In decided contrast with the prc.
vious 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
cen'rr. The significant feature Of this
disaster relief work was the fact that
IT covered so much rural territory as
to make necessary a large number Of
relief workers.
The famine in China. necessitatInp
relief expenditures totailing more than
$1,OOO.OOO by the American Red Cross
was by FAR the most serious OF the
foreign disasters In which the Rod
Cross gave aid.
Builds Up ito Machinery
In connection with the admin,strs.
tion OF disaster relief measures an In. |
creaslng effectiveness on the part q,
the Red Cross to deal with emsr.,er
cies was manifested during the mas,
year. In 1928 Chapters OF the Amer,.
can Red Cross there have been formed
special committees to survey the re.
sources OF their respective commun,.
Ties and to be prepared in case of
disaster. In others Of the 3.4Oo active
CHAPTERS. network Of communicates
has been formed through which instan.
taheous relief may he dispatched to
any part Of the United States.
Inat Its work in this field may be
continued with ever greater ~ffact,va
ness, the American Red Cross Is an.
peallng for widespread renewa, y,
membership during its Annual Rail
Can. to be conducted this year from
II to 81 ''''