The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-21
$lyA41,4ss 4 YEARS
DtalsTER RELIEF COST
Red 0ross Aded l45, 600 VIC
tlms n United States-Losses
Total $50 600 900.

dreds reported Killed and injureds and
more than 14eyoo0 either homelasa or
relgirtng assistance called for emer-
geney relief Sneasnres. and the ex-
penditure ef $1,441, 1885 BY the
Amerieep Red Cross during the fiscal
ysar Sn9ing June 80. 1922, according
70 Z stitement based on the forth
coming annual report sf the Red
Gross. The greatest toll Of life was
taken sby hurricane and tornado.
while ne oyerhowing Of rivers, the
breaking Of dams and terrentisl rains
drove the greatest number Of people
from their homes. The property loss
was s6eimated at more than $So.-
The years disasters repoEted In
cluded tweuty-six floods, nineteen tor
nadocs. fifteen nres, four epidemics,
two, theatre collapses, tive shipwrecks
Gone An airship), and Q bridge cSl-
lapse, mine explosion, railway cslli-
sion. and a drought. OF the floods il
the Uh9ted States that at San An
tonic, Texas, caused the greatest
property loss, 5000 900 and the high
mark sef fatalities. 100, while the
flood tin the vicinity of Vicksburg and
Matches, Miss, forced 1900 perssas
from their homes.
A National Calamity
In the Red Gross disaster relief
recordS there will probably remain
for m&ny years one calamity which
touched nearly every state with q
sepseoof horror and Of loss. This was
the Distressing collapse Of the roof
Of the Knickerbocker Theatre In
Washington, d. c., resulting In nine
ty-sff & ths and 125 persons injured.
Situated In the center Of the beauti-
fui Nerthwest residential section. this
motieAs picture theatre was patroni1ed
by many persons Of prominence both
In the .onicial and civil life Of the Ma
tienal Capital, whose family and per
sonal connections radiated out ever
the entire country. The horror was
intensIaed by a terrific snowstorm
which, though It retarded. did net
block Red Gross relief.
AlrohIp Crash Finds Aid At Hand
The crash and destruction Of the o..
9. ArmS's large airship Roma In Vir-
ginIa last February with the loss Of 81
of1cefs and men and IL injured was
the hrst disaster Of It's kind to call for
Red Gross relief In this country. The
sudde1ness Of the accident tested the
prepsredness Of the organization and
Of the Chapter at Hampton. Va, but
the retponse was Immediate and relief
furni&&e &ed the survivors, also funds for
the Sxpeases Of relatives Of the dead,
who cane from long distances to claim
theiY SFn.
hItby years over1ea record for aid
rend by the Red Cross are two
hres the philippines. one In Manila,
viii; A 'eoyed 1000 homes, with q
lox - p00.0 600 and 5000 persons
less, the other at Tonic,
pntkoMefy 5000 from their dxellinss.
NJ .t.sseiief' that W1S Quick ana
e6e\ !. kha smallpox ,spidemic ~ San
Dom UwAich had aStotal Of $4,000
caseS ih 225 deaths In q single day,
testsd ~ rsadinessy of, the Red Gross
fer hctlb1, and the same can be said
sf the Sen Domingo hurricane. which
Killed II persons and reduced the
homes off1a2 persons to wreckage. A
Hood In Ian Salvador. with q death
toll o. 60kand 1000 refugees, was alss
effectuall3 handled by the local Chap
ter Of the}American Red Cross.
Rsilf Machinery Perfected
The yer has seen the further per-
fection d disaster relief administra-
tivs measures in every field Of Ameri-
can Red Gross activity, and that the
work mag be carried on to still greater
accomplishment the American Red
Cross 10 appealing for widespread Ne
newal of3membership during the an
nual Roll Call, to be conducted this
year fxo& Armistiee Day (November
III to, IND including. Thanksgiving
Day (Ns5ember 30).