The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-11-02
$1,Ml,A0e 4 YEARS
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Red Cross Aided I<6, 900 Vie.
tins In United Statss-l esses
Total $40, 000. 900.

Seventy-twS dissSters with hun
dreds reported killed and Injured. and
more than it5sD either homeless ~
requiring assistance. called for -n-r
sency relief measures and the ~.
pendIturs ~ SEA-. go ~ BY the
American Red cross during the fiscal
year ending June ~. 1917. according
to q statement based on the forth.
coming annual report % the Red
Cross The greatest toll 81 life vas
taken by hurricane and tornado.
while the overlooking % rivers the
breaking 81 dams and 'orrenilal rains
drove the greatest number ~ people
from their homes The property loss
was estimated o. more than $40.
O)OO0
The years disasters reported In
Guided tw-nty.slS no,is. nineteen tor
nsdoes. nr-en nres. four cpiiemics
two theatre ccllapsrs. two shipwr-cks
Zone an slr~hip) snd bridge col
lapse. min. explosion. railway COLL.
sion aud u drought. ~ the floods in
the United states that at San An
property loss. <I0O60 and the high
mark 81 fatalities iO while the
mood In the vicinity ~ Ni.kshurg and
hatcher. Miss. forced leo persons
from their h"-n-s
A National Calamity
In the Red Cross disaster relief
records th-r. will probably remain
for many years one calamity which
touched nearly every state With .
sense 81 horror and ~ loss Thu. was
The distressing collapse ~ the roof
% the knlck.rhocker Theatre In
Washington. u q. resulting In nine
ty.sl, deaths and ~ persons Injured
SITUATED in N. center ~ the beau'l
ful Northwest residential section, this
motion picture theatre was paironized
Nv many person. ~ prominence both
in the ofhrisi and civil lie ~ the Ma.
tlonaI Capital. who's. family and per
sonsl connections radiai-d out over
the entire country The horror was
intensified hy terrific snossi"rm
which. though II retarded did not
block Red Cross relief
Airship crssh Finds AID a. Hand
The crash and destruction 81 the 4.
=. Armys large slrshlp Roma Ia VIZ.
.inIs last February with the loss ~ ~
orficers and men and ~ Injured Was
the first disaster ~ its Kind 10 call for
Red cross relief In this country The
sudi-nn~ss 81 ia. accident tested the
- a. sIs.F Ian ,A
% the chapter at Hampton. Va. hu,
III. r-spons. was immediate aud relief
furnl shed the survivors also funds for
the expenses ~ relatives % the dead.
Who cam. from long distances To claim
their own
In III. years oversee record for cid
rendered by the Red cross are two
nr-. in the Philippines. one In Manila.
which DESTROYED l"S homes. with
loss Of 81 .is,,.1 and 500 persons
made homeless DO, ether 81 Tonic.
which dro,. l0O from their dwellings
In medical relief issi was rilck and
effective the smallpox epidemic In San
Domingo. which had iotsl 80 .so"
css~s with :.,i deaths H. single dsy.
tested the r-adlnes~ 90 the Red 'ross
for action. and the same can he said
OF the San Doming" hurricane. which
Killed y. person. and reduced the
homes - iSs persons 10 wrscksge
Hood In san Salvador. With q death
toll Of "a and .1n refugees. Was also
encctusily handled b, the local chap
ter 81 the American Red Cross.
RsliN Machinery Perfected
The wear has seen the further per
fe,-tion 81 DISASTER relief adulinlstrs'
tive measures in ever, h~ld - Am~Tf
cat. Red Cross activity. and that the
vnrk may b. carried On 20 still greater
sccompll .hm.ni. the American Red
Cross q. appealing for widespread re-
nexsl Of membership during the an
nual Roll rall. u, b. conducted this
wear from Nrmistic- la, November
I'D TO. and Including Thanksgiving
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