Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-09
f4f,4S6 A YEARS
.FISTER RELIEF COST
..,.s Aided $4,000 Vic
n United StateS-LOsSeS
TotaI 100000.

Total $3o,oOo,Ooo'
.--o disasters. with hun
'Se1 l,s,orted killed and injured and
t iyg1' $4,000 either homeless me s,s,o or
ilaI assistance, called for emer-
Shng ,of measures and the ex-
q rsn' =, 41,486.36 by the
'iiul s Red cross during the fiscal
,' s.aln . June 80, 1922, according
. l.otsment based on the forth
sauna a.nuaI report Of the Red
The greatest toll Of life was
hurricane and tornado
2 w !. overaowing Of rivers, the
-. =. # dams and torrentiaI rains
! VI tss greatest number Of people 3Ie
s "a homes. The property loss
In Donated at more than $780,
~ ,.oys disasters reported IL
y I. ,yTpnty-six floods, nineteen tor
sfteen fires, four epidemics,
N e.stre cOIlapses, two shiPwrecks
!. ,Irship). and a bridge col
nine explosion, railway COLL
nd 4 drought. OF the foods IN
T...5 states that at San An
Tsvas caused the greatest
=, los ioSg. 100000 and the high
:, fatalities, 100, while the
y 4 he vicinity Of yic ks and
IN, Mss, forced $1,000 persons
thelr homes.
4 National Calamity
a. Red Cross disaster relief
J, there will probably remain
nv Years one calamity which
~ nearly every state with a
4 horror and Of loss. This was
gTresslng collapse Of the roof
4. KpIckerbocker Theatre In
,l,g.on D. c., resulting in nine
!, Deaths and 125 persons injured.
1..,.5 n the center Of the beauti-
rortbwest residential section, this
n, DlstuPe theatre was patroniZed
.,oy persons Of prominence both
4. cselal and civil life Of the Ma
II Capital, whose family and per
N connections radiated out over
,,Hre country. The horror was
s,,b6sd BY q terrific snOwstOrm
m though It retarded, did not
u Red Cross relief.
lIUhIs crash Finds Aid at Hand
4, crash and destruction Of the o.
lmys large airship Roma in Viz
IN last February with the loss Of 81
~ and men and II injured was
Z Al disaster OF It's kind to call for
across relief in this country. The
anness Of the accident tested the
redness Of the organization and
A. Chapter at Hampton, Va, but
rspOnse was immediate and relief
aihed the survivors, also funds for
= gDeases Of relatives Of the dead,
a cane from long distances to claim
ID own.
/ ihs years oversee record for aid
ussred By the Red Cross are two
N d the Philippines, one in Manila,
Ia destroyed 1000 homes, with a
b 4 t1,5OO,OOO and 5000 persons
ss homeless the other at Tonic,
ach drove 5000 from their dwellings.
medical relief that was quick and
igtYe the smallpox epidemic in San
amigo, which had total of $1,000
Ilas with 225 deaths in a single day,
led the readiness OF the Red Cross
I action, and the same can be said
he San Domingo hurricane, which
led u persons and reduced the
ines OF lS2 persons TO wreckage. A
I'd In San Salvador, with a death
Q Of 50 and 1000 refugees, was also
actually handled by the local Chap
ld the American Red Cross.
Relief Machinery Perfected
be rear has seen the further per
1ia Of disaster relief adm4nIstTa-
y measures tn every fead Of AmeH-
Z Red Cross activity, and that the
q nay be carried on 70 sttll greater
supplements the American Red
aa Is appealing for widespread re-
sal Of membershIp during the an
Z Rel Call, 10 be conducted this
q FROM ArmistIce Day (EOvembsr
To- aHd including, Thanksgiving
Y November So).