Phillips County herald., 1922-11-16
S1,441,486 A YEARS
DISASTER Relief COST
Red Cross Aided l45,0O0 Vic.
tins in United States Losses
Total $30,000,oo0.

| Seventy-two disasters. with hun.
dreds reported killed and injured, and
more than $4,000 either homeless or
requiring assistance, called for emer-
gency relief measures and the ex-
penditure Of STILL. .4Sess6 by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1922, according
10 a statement based on the forth
coming annual report Of the Red
Gross. The greatest toll OF life was
taken by hurricane and tornado,
while the overflowing Of rivers, the
breaking Of dams md torrentlal rains
drove the greatest number OF people
from their homes. The property loss
was estimated at more than $780,
100000.
The years disasters reported In
GUIDED twenty-six floods, nineteen tor
nadoes. fifteen fires, four epidelnlcs,
two theatre collapses. two shipwrecks
Zone an airship), and bridge col
lapse, mine explosion, railway COLI
sion. and drought. OF the floods In
the United States that at San An
tonic. Texas, caused the greatest
property loss, 100000 and the high
mark Of fatalities, 100, while the
food In the vicinity Of vicksburg md
Natchez, Miss, forced $1,000 persons
from their homes
A National Calamity
In the Red Cross disaster relief
records there will probably remain
for many years one calamity which
touched nearly every stafe with a
sense Of horror and OF loss. This was
the distressing collapse Of the roof
Of the Knickerbocker Theatre in
Washington, d. c., resulting In nine
| ty-six deaths and 125 persons injured.
situated in the center Of the beauti-
full Northwest residential section. this
motion picture theatre was patronized
by many persons Of prominence both
! in the Official and civil life Of the Ma
,ional 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 Gross relief.
Airship Crash Finds Aid 81 Hand
The crash and destruction Of the u.
8. Army's large alrship Roma in vlr-
cinia last February with the loss of 81
officers and men and II injured was
the first disaster Of Its kind to Gull for
Red Cross relief in this country. The
suddenncss 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 fct
the expenses Of relatives Of the dead,
who came from long distances to claim
their own.
In the years oversee record for aid
rendered by the He'd Cross are two
fires In the Philippines. one in Manlla
which destroyed 1000 homes, with a
loss Of siF00.000 and 5000 persons
made homeless. the other at Tonic
which drove 1900 from their dwellings
In medical relief that was quick and
effective the smallpox epidemic In San
Domingo, which had n total Of 220OC
cases with 225 deaths In single day
tested the readiness Of the Red Gross
for action, and the same can he said
Of the San Domingo hurricane. which
killed IL persons and reduced the
homes of 1s2 persons to wreckagc. A
food In San Salvador. with n death
toll Of 80 and 1900 refugees, was also
eiYectualiy handled by the local chor'
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