The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-10-25
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,87T,00o Re-
lief When $1,000 Families
Are Made Homeless.

Forty-three disasters, resulting in
the death in the United States Of S5Ss
persons and the injury Of $500 called
for emergency relief measures amt
the expenditure of S1,871, 600 by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1921, says az
announcement based upon the forth
coming annual report of the Red Cross
These disasters caused property dam
age estimated at $3O,OOO,0OO, affecteCs
sixty-Seven communities and rendered
$1,000 families homeless.
The years disasters were of vary
ing types, including several which PIE
viOusly had never been thought ~
as falling within that classifcs
ton. The Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires of magnitude,
five floods, seven tOrnadOes or ~
clones, one devastating storm, threvs
explosions, including the one in Wan
street; one building accident, ~
typhoid epidemics, the most seriOUS bg.-
ing that at Salem, Ohio, which ST
fected per cent of the population
one smallpox epidemic, in the repub]is.
of Haiti one train wreck, the race rizE
at Tulsa, Okla. the famine in Chin.
emergency relief in famine among ths-
Indians of Alaska, the graSshopFer
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 IT,
period covered by the Red Cross re-
port was the Pueblo flood early EEa
June, 1921. The rehabilitation pref
lem confronting the Red Cross iTs
Pueblo was one Of the most difficult
in recent years. When the first nsSvS
of the horror was flashed Throughout
the country, the American Red Grosa
National Headquarters responded With
q grant Of 100000 for RELIEF work.
Governor Shoup Of Colorado, apr
chatting the long and successful sTPeTi~
ence of the Red Cross in organizing,
disaster relief work, placed the 81
tire responsibility for the admirasxrB--
ton of relief in its hands
In response to appeals froAa P5Ess--
dent Harding, Governor ShOaps an
other governors Of western states szit.
through local chapters Of the Ezl4
Cross and other community Organiz-s--
tionS, public-spirited citizens brcugzsE
the total contributed for PueOIS2S Il
Mobilization to more than $325,0O0
The terrible havoc wrought by tn
flood waters is matter Of record
More than 1900 homes were affectel.
nd Of
Estimates of 100000 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-
bic in that relief workers of the Rec
Cross were on the scene twenty min
uteS after the disaster occurred. This
race riot at Tulsa also was unique iEy
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 forces
III tiitSttlAr lLGli WI Vli'i -.
In decided contrast with the pre-
vfOuS year, only one tornado assumed.
the proportions of a major disaster
This occurred on April Is. in the hor-
der sections Of Texas and Arkansas
with the city Of Texarkana as thC
center. 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, neCessiCatIng
relief expenditures tOtalling more than
100000 by the American Red Grass
was by far the most serious OF The
foreign disasters in which the Red
Cross gave aid.
Builds Up Its Machinery
In connection with the administers
ton of disaster relief measures, an in
creaSing effectiveness on the part OF
the Red, Cross to deal with emeTgeR--
cies was manifested during the pass,
year. In 32S Chapters Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross there have been formed
special committees to survey the re
sources of their respective commUni-
ties and TO be prepared in case OF
disaster. In others of the 3.402 active
Chapters, a network of cU.,. ---nicatioyR
has been formed through which instaR-
taneOus relief may be dispatched to
any part of the United States.
That its work in this field may be-
continued with ever greater effective
ness. the American Red Cross is ap-
pealing for widespread renewal OF
membership during its Annual Rob
Call, to be conducted this year frons
November IL to "a.