Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-10-12
$1,441,486 A YEARS /.
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Red Cross Aided $4,000 No-
tins In United States-osses
Total $780, 900.

Seventy<vo dfsasteFA With hun
dreds reported killed and injured. and
more than $4,000 either homeless Or
requiring assistance. called for emer-
gency relief measures and Tho ex-
penditure Of S1.441. 1855 by the
American RED Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1912, according
10 q statement based on the forth
coming annual report q the Red
CresA Tho greatest tot1 Of life was
taken BY hurricane and tornado.
while the overlooking Of rivers, the
breaking q dams and torrentlal rains
drove the greatest number Of people
from their homes. The property loss
was esttmaAed se more than $780,
OO0OM
The years. cisasters reported IN
Guided. twenty-six Foods nineteen tor
nadoes, fifteen fires, four epddemics,
two theatre collapsed two shipwrecks
(ons an airship), and a bridge COZ
lapse. mine explosion. railway eoin-
don, and a Drought. OF the foods IN
the United States TINT at San An
tonic. Texas caused the greatest
property loss, 100000 and- the high
mark Of fatalities, 100, while the
food In the vicinity az Vlcisbufg and
Natchez Miss, forced $1,000 persons
from their homeA
- A National Calamity
In the Red Cross disaster relief
records there win probably remain
for many years. one calamity which
touched nearly every state with
sense Of horror and Of loss THIS was
the distressing collapse Of tho roof
Of the Knickerbocker Theatre IN
Washington, b. c., resulting In nine
ty-sIx deaths and 125 persons injured,
Situated tn the center Of the beauti
full Northwest residential section, this
motion picture theatre was patronized
by many persons Of prominence both
in. the oficial and civil life Of the No
tlonal Capital, whose family and per.
'sonal connections radiated out over
the entire country. The horror was
intensified by terrific snowstorm
which. though It retarded, did not
block Red Cross relief.
Alrship Crash Fires AID q Hand
The crash and destruction Of the q.
8. Army's large airsbip Roma in YH-
ginia last February with the loss Of 81
officers and men and II injured wa
the first disaster Of It's kind to call fos
Red Cross relief tn this country. The
suddenness Of the accident tested the
preparedness Of the organization and
Of the Chapter at Hampton, Va, but
the response was immediate and relief
furnished the survivors, also funds for
the expenses. Of relatives Of the dead.
who came from long distances to claim
their own. =
In the years oversea record for afd
rendered by the Red Cross are two
fires In the Philippines, one tn Manila,
which destroyed 1000 homes, with a
loss Of $15oo.O00 and 5000 persons
made homeless, the other at Tonic.
which drove 5000 from their dwellings,
In medical relief that was quick and
effective the smallpox epidemic in San
Domingo, which had total Of 1900
cases with 223 deaths in single day,
tested the readiness Of the Bed Cross
for action, and the same can be said
Of the San Domingo hurricane. which
killed IL persons and reduced the
homes Of 1872 persons to wreckage. A
food tn San Salvador, with death
toll Of 50 and 1000 refugees. was also
effectually handled by the local Chap
ter Of the American Red Cross.
The crow apparently knows what a
gun is, according to authorities on the
the bird.