The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-11-30
St,441,486 A YEARS
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Red Cross Aided $4,000 VIC
tins in United States-Losses
Total $50, OOO,0 900.


dreds reported killed and Injured ano
more than $4,000 either homeless OF
requiring assistance, called for emer
gency relief measures and the eA
pendlture Of Sl.44l ,4S0.30 by me
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1922, according
to Il statement based on the rorth'
coming annual report Of the lieu
Cross. The greatest toll or lie was
taken by hurricane and tornauo
while the overlooking Of rivers, lhe
breaking of dams and to:rentlal rams
drove the greatest number OF people
from their homes. The property loss
was estimated at more than $JV'-
100000.
The years ti-asters reported In
Guided twenty-Six floods, nineteen tor'
nadoes, fifteen fires, four epldemics.
two theatre collapses, two shipwrecKs
Zone an airship). and bridge col
lapse. mine explosion, railway con-
sion and a trroua.lt. or the Hoods III
the United States that Mt San An
tonic Texas, caused the Creates
property loss, S6.000,000 and the hisl
mark of fatalities. 100. while the
food in the vicinity OF Vicksburg ana
Natchez. Miss. forced $1,000 person.
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 state win q
sense of horror and OF loss. This was
the distressing collapse of the ROOF
of the Knickerbocker Theatre II.
Washington, d. c.. resulting in nine
ty-six deaths and 125 persons Injured
| Situated in the center OF the beautl'
| ful Northwest residential section, this
motion picture theatre was patroniZed
| by many persons of prominence both
in the official and civil life OF the Ma
| tional Capital, whose family and per
sonal connections radlGted out over
| the entire country The horror was
| intensified by terrific snowstorm
which though It retarded, did not
| block Red Cross relief.
Airship Crash Finds Aid at Hand
The crash and destruction of the U
8. Army's large airshlp Roma in Vir
ginia last February with the loss OF 81
officers and men and II injured was
/ the first disaster of its kind to call fol
Red Cross relief in this country. The
suddenness of the accident tested the
preparedness Of the organization anC
of the Chapter at Hampton, Va, but
the response was immediate and relief
furnished the survivors, also funds foi
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 Red Cross are tive
fires in the Philippines, one in Manila
which destroyed 1000 homes, with =
loss of $1,5000O0 and 5000 persons
made homeless, the other at Tonic
which drove 5000 from their dwellings
In medical relief that was quick ant
effective the smallpox epidemic in Sar
Domingo, which had a total of 22,OW
cases with 225 deaths In a single day
tested the readiness Of the Red Cross
lDT 3ttlpii, anu thC sdhV NNi oS s'aAN
Of the San Domingo hurricane, which
killed IL persons and reduced tn,
homes # 1872 persons to wreckage.
food in, San Salvador, with a deatl
toll of so and 1000 refugees, was ast
effectnally handled by the local Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
Relief Machinery Perfected
The year has seen the further per
lection OF disaster relief administra
tive measures in every field Of Ameri
can Red Cross activity, and that the
work may be carried on to still greater
accomplishments the American REQ
Cross is appealing for widespread re
newal of membership during the an
nual Roll Call, to be conducted thu
year from Armistice Day (Novembei
~ to. and including, Thanksgiving
Day (November 3O.