The citizen., 1922-10-12
S1,441,4SS A YEARS
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Red Cross Aided l45,000 Vic.
Tins in United States-losses
Total s3o,OOo,0O0.

NfNfltN UlNVNltTNs WIN
dgeds reported Killed and injured. and
more than ii5 100 either homeless or
requiring assistance. called for euer'
gency relief measures md the ex-
pcndliure Of Sl,iii.IS6.36 by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 10. l022 according
10 statement based on the forth
coming annual report " the He'd
Cross. The greatest toll of life was
taken by hurricane and tornado,
while the overlooking of rivers, the
breaking ~ dams and torrentlal rains
drove the greatest number of people
from their homes The property loss
was estimated at more than S5o''
100000
The years disasters reported In
cIudrd twenty-slX floods, nineteen TOR
nadoes. fifteen fires. four epldemlcs,
two theatre collnpses, two shipwrecks
Zone an alrshlp). and bridge col
lapse. mine explosion. railway COLI
sion and drought or the floods In
the United States that at San An
tonic Texas. caused the createst
pronertv loss. sG0oO0oo and the high
mark of fatalities. 100. while the
food In the vicinity Of Nicksburg ana
Natchcz. Miss. forced 3l,OoO 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 state win a
sense OF horror and of loss This was
the distressing collapse ~ the roof
" the Knlckerhocker Theatre In
washington. u. c.. resulting In nine
tv.slx deaths and l25 persons Injured
Situated in the center of the heauti
fuI Northwest residential section. ms
motion picture theatre was patronized
nv many persons ~ prominence hoth
IN the official and civil life ~ the Ma.
,lonal Cnnital. whose family and per
sonaI connections rndlated ont over
tho entire country The horror was
intensified by II terrific snowstorm
which though II retarded. did not
block Red Cross relief.
The crash and destruction OF the L.
= Army's large alrship Roma In Nir'
rinla last February with the loss OF ~
officers and men and II injured was
the FIRST disaster ~ its kind to call for
Rcd Cross relief in this country The
suddpnness of the accident tested the
nreparedness OF the organization and
of the Chapter at Hampton, Va, hut
: the response was immediate and relief
furnished the survivors. also funds for
/ 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 Gross are two
fires in the Philippines, one In Manila
which DESTROYED 1000 homes. with q
loss OF 81 100000 and 5000 persons
! m,de homeless. the other al Tnnio
| which drove 3.CoO from their dwellings
In medical relief that was quick an'
effective the smallpox epidemic In SAL
Domingo. which had a total OF 22ON
cases with 225 deaths In single day
| tested the readiness Of the Red Gross
for action. and the same can be sale
Of the San Domingo hurricane. whicf
killed IL persons and reduced th'
homes - lsa persons to wrecknge. a
food in San Salvador. with deatf
toll OF 80 and 1000 refugees, was als'
effectually handled by the local Chap
| ter OF the American Red Cross.
Relief Machinery Perfected
The year has seen the further per
fection OF disaster relief adminlstra
tive MEASURES in every field OF Amer
can Red Cross activity, and that th'
work may be carried on to still greate
accomplishments the American RED
Cross is appealing for widespread re
newal OF membership during the an
nual Roll Call. TO be conducted TN
year from Armistice Day tNovemhe
lD to. and Including Thanksgiving
Day November 3O).