The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-13
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,971,0oe Re-
lief When $4,000 Families
Are Made Homeless.

FOrty-three disasters, resulting i'm
the death In the United States of $50
persons and the injury Of $500 cnlleel
for emergency relief measures nnd
the expenditure of S1,S7l,O by the
American Red Cross During the fiscal
year ending June 10, 1921, says ana
announcement based upon the FORTH
coming annual report Of the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property dam
age estimated at S80,0OO,OOO, affected
slxty.seven communities and rendered.
95,00O families homeless.
The years disasters were of vary
Ing types, including several which pre-
viously had never been thought or
as falling within that classi6cRs-
ton. The Red Cross furnished
relief in seventeen fires Of magnitude,
Ave floods, seven tornadoes or cy.
clones, one devastating storm, TIRES
explosions, including the one In wnR
street; one building accident, two
typhoid epidemics, the most serious be-
ing that at Salem, Ohio, which AZ
fected per cent Of the populntlonS
one smallpox epidemic, In the republic
Of Haiti one train wreck, the race riok
at Tulsa, Okla. the famine in Chinn,
emergency relief In famine among thar
Indians Of Alaska, the grasshoppeT
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 tfse
period covered by the Red Cross re-
port was the Pueblo flood early in
June, 1921. The rehabilitation prob
lem confronting the Red Cross i'm,
Pueblo was one Of the most difficult
in recent years. When the first news
Of the horror was flashed throughou1
the country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded witis
a grant OF 100000 for relief work.
Governor Shoup OF Colorado, apprc-
ciating the long and successful experB-
ence Of the Red Cross in organizing
disaster relief work, placed the en-
tire responsibility for the administers
ton Of relief In It's hands.
In response 20 appeals from Press
dent Harding, Governor Shoup ana
other governors OF western states anA
through local chapters Of the RED
lions, public-spirited citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re-
Mobilization to more than $325,000.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
food waters Is a matter of record
More than $500 homes were affected
and 1851 persons we're left homeless
Estimates Of 100000 rs an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were 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. The
race riot mt Tulsa also was unique fn
disaster relief annals In that outside
OF Il small emergency relief fund con-
trlbuted 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 pro
vious year, only one tornado assumed
the proportions of major disaster
This occurred on April 10, 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 that
1t covered So much rural territory as
to make necessary large number ~
relief workers.
The famine In China, necessitutlng
relief expenditures totallIng more than
$1,0OO,OOO by the American Red Cross
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 admnIstra-.
ton Of disaster relief measures, an In.
creaslnG effectiveness on the purr nf
the Red Cross to deal with emergen-
cies was manifested during the past
year. In 82S Chapters Of the AmerI-
can Red Cross there have beenrfhrmc,7,
special committees 10 survey the re-
sources OF their respective COmmuni-
ties and 70 be prepared In ease Of
disaster. In others Of the 3.4O2 active
Cha-'""S. n nc.v"' r. Of communication
has rcnn formed Though which instan.
taneoUS relief IGuy be dispatched to.
any part ~ tie United States
Thar It's work N this field mny he
cort,n"pd w''' ".n~ rr"utrr pTprtIve-.
ness 80 Amr".r~ R,1 Gross w a,,-
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