Licking Valley courier., 1922-10-26
S1,M1,4G6 A YEARS
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Red Cross Aided $4,000 VIC
tins in United States-LoSseS
Total $30,00O,000.

Seventy-twO disasters. with hun
dreds reported killed and injured, and
more than 145,000 either homeless or
requiring assistance, called for emer.
gency relief measures and the ex-
pendlture OF $1,441 ,4S8.36 by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1922, according
to statement based on the forth
coming annual report OF the Red
Cross. The greatest toll OF life was
taken by hurricane and tornado,
while the overaowing Of rivers, the
breaking OF dams and torrential rains
drove the greatest number OF people
from their homes. The property loss
was estimated at more than $780,
100000.
The years disasters reported In.
cluded twenty-slx floods, nineteen tor
nadoes, fifteen fires, four epldemlcs.
two theatre cOllapses, two shlpwrecks
(ene an alrsh!p), and bridge col
lapse. mine explosion, railway COLL.
sion and drought. OF the floods In
the United States that at San An
tonic. Texas. caused the greatest
property loss. S6,00O,00O and the high
mark Of fatalities, 100, while the
flood In the vicinity Of Vlcksburg and
Natchez, Miss, forced $1,000 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 with d
sense OF horror and Of loss This was
the distressing collapse Of the ROOT
Of the Knlckerbocker Theatre In
Washington, ID. c., resulting In nine
ty.sIx deaths aud l25 persons injured
Situated in the center Of the beauti
! ful Northwest residential section, thi:
motion picture theatre was patronlzed
by many persons II prominence bott
: in the official and civil life OF the Ma
tlonal Capital, whose family and per
sonnl connections radlated out ovel
the entire country. The horror wa:
intensified by terrific snowstorm
which. though II retarded, did no
block Red Cross relief.
Alrship Crash Finds Aid at Hand
The crash and destruction OF the U
s. Armys large alrship Roma In Wiz
gInIa last February with the loss OF 3
officers and men aud IL injured wa
the first disaster Of its kind to call ~
Red Cross relief in this country. TIL,
suddenness OF the accident tested tn
preparedness Of the organization IN,
OF the Chapter at Hampton. Va, bu
the response was immediate and relle
furnished the survivors, also funds 10
the expens2s Of relatives Of the dead
who came from long distances to clalu
4 their own.
In the years oversee record for all
rendered by the Red Cross are tw
fires in the Philippines, one In Manila
which destroyed 1000 homes, with
loss OF sl,5OO,0OO and 5000 person
made homeless, the other at Tonic
which drove 1900 from their dwellings
In medical relief that was quick an
effective the smallpox epidemic in Sa
Domingo, which had total OF 22,OO
eases with 225 deaths In single da!
tested the readiness Of the Red Cros
for action, and the same can be sal
ot the san Domingo hurricane, whlc
killed II persons and reduced III
homes q lS2 persons to wreckage.
food in San Salvador, with deaf
toll Of 10 and 1000 refugees, was ais
effecuully handled by the local Char
Ter OF the American Red Cross.
Relief Machinery Perfected
The year has seen the further pc
fectIon OF disaster relief adminlstr'
tive measures IN every field Of Amer
can Red Cross activity, and that ii
work may he carried on to still great,
accomplishments the American Re
Cross IA appealing for widespread r.
newal Of membership during the al
nual Roll Call, to be conducted IN
year from Armlstlce nay (Novemb'
~ to- and including, Thanksglvlr
nny November 30).