Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-12
s1,M1,4ss A YEARS
DISASTER RELIEF COST
Rsd Cross AIdsd l45, 900 We
tins IN United States-lesses
Total $50, 600 900

Seventy-tW0 disasters. VIII nuu-
lreds reported killed and injured. and
more than ls5.00O either homeless o.
requiring assisfsncs. called for smer-
gency relief measures and the ex-
penditufe Of el.A41. .4s636 By the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1922. according
to q statement based on the forth
coming annual report sf the Red
Crcss The greatest toll Of life was
taken By Aurrirane and tornado.
while the o4erAoving Of rivers. the
breaking Of dams and torrential rains
drove the greatest number Of people
from their homes. The property loss
vas estimated at more than So
10000.
The years. cisasters reported In
GUIDED twenty-six foods. nineteen tor
nadoes. afteea dres. four epidemics.
two theatre es,lapses. two shipwrecks
Zone an airsAip). and q bridge col
lapse. mine explosion. railway COLI
sion. and q drought. OF the foods in
the United States that at San An
tonic. Texas caused the greatest
property loss. 5000. 900 and the high
mark Of. fatalities. 100. while the
Aood In the vicinity a. vicksburg and
hatcher, Miss.. forced $1,000 persons
from their hOmeA
A National Calamity
IN the Red Cross disaster relief
records there viii probably remain
for many years one calamity which
touched nearly every state with
sense Of horror and Of losA This was
the distressing collapse OF the roof
OF the Knickerbocker Theatre In
weshlngton, d. C.. resulting IN nine
ty-six deaths and l25 persons injured.
Situated IN the center Of the beauti-
full Northwest residential section. this
motion picture theatre was patrcnixed
BY many persons Of prominence both
in the o6iclai and civil life Of the Ma
tional Capital. whose family and per
sonal connections radinted out over
the entire country. The horror was
intensified BY q terrific snowstorm
which, though Il retarded. did not
block Red Gross relief.
AIrshlp Crash FInds AID a Hand
The crash and destruction Of the y.
8. Army's large airship Roma In vir-
ginia last February with the loss Of ~
oficers and men and II injured was
the first disaster Of its kind to call for
Red Gross relief In this country. The
suddenness Of the accident tested the
preparedness Of the Organization and
ef the Chapter at Hampton. Va. bnt
the response was Immediate ard relief
furnished the survivors. also funds for
The expenses Of relatives Of the dead.
Who came from long distances to claim
heir own.
In the years oversea record for aid
rendered By the Red Cross are two
nres in the Philippines, one In Manila.
which destroyed 1000 homes. with
loss u $1.500.000 and 5000 persons
made homeless, the other 1t Tonic.
which drove 5000 from their dwellings.
u medical relief that vas suick aAA
effective the smallpox epidemic In Ban
Domingo, which had . total Of 1900
eases with rs deaths In . single day.
tested the readiness of the Red Gross
Tor action. and the same can be said
q the San Domingo hurricane: which
killed II persons and reduced the
8Oul18 III To- pcbb%ItD - WreSA1B~s -
food In San Salvador. with . death
toll Of 50 and 1000 refugees, was also
eRectually handled By the local Chap
er Of the American Red Cross.
Nsiise Maehlnsvy Psrssctsd
The year has seen the further Per.
lection Of disaster relief 'administsa.
tive msasmes im every. bcad Of Amert-
ean Red Cross activity. and that the
work may be carried On 70 still greater
accomplishment the American Red
Cross Il appealing for widespread re-
sewal Of membership during the an
nual Roll Cali. ts be conducted this
year from Armistice Day November
~ to, and including. Thanksgiving
Day November SO.
Red Cross Roll Call
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