The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-11-18
RED CROSS Year
A RELIEF RECORD
Huge Relief Work After Midwest
Tornado the Greatest in
American Annals.
DISASTERS DROP IN 1928
Ranged From Fire to Earthquake
and Covered Wide Area at
Home and Abroad.

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Mobilization ever known has been ac-
complished by the American Red
Cross in less than a year, as part
of it's relief work in the more than
80 disasters in which it served in the
past year.
This great program was undertaken
following the tornado which struck
five mid-western States last spring,
killing 796 people, injuring 2,239 more,
and causing inestimable property loss.
1t left huge area OF devastation in
its wake, presenting real problem.
The Red Cross, however, went to
work on the heels Of the storm, car
ing for the injured. sheltering and
feeding whole communities. and help
ing every individual sufferer from the
destruction back to normal.
The magnitude of the problem is in
dicated by comparison of its huge cas-
ualty list with that of the entire pre-
ceding year, whose combined losses
were 1876 dead and not quite 1000 in.
jured, as a result of the record num-
| Der OF 1872 catastrophies.
The story of the Red Cross service
in the past year, recounted by the re
port, ranges from fires heading the list
of destructive forces with 20 disasters,
to mine explosions, tornadoes. ty-
phoons floods and earthquakes.
The Santa Barbara earthquake was
among The outstanding events record
ed in the report. The Red Cross had
completed its relief organization on
the scene within few hours Of the
disaster. and in addition had launched |
a program designed to permanently |
restore every person affected by it.
to his former status once more.
The Red Cross service in the period
following the wreck of the Navy air.
ship Shenandoah" was typical of it's
promptness and effectiveness. Serv-
ice in this instance was afforded by
Red Cross chapters in the vicinity of
the wreck, and by representatives OF
the national organization. 1t demon
strates graphically the value of each
of the more than 5000 chapters OF
the society which are at work in vir-
tually every part of the country, In
the facility they afford the national
organization in emergencies.
There were 81 domestic disaster op- !
erations reported in which the Red t
Cross rendered service either through r
chapter or national staff personnel {
Turing the year. In "a of these the .
sational organization appropriated a {
otal OF SS,047 ,256.49, the greater por- {
ion of which was received as direct +
for the relief of speci- 4
led disasters. The relief operations T
the northern Ohio tornado q
I June, 1924, were brought to a close
II May, 1925, after an arrangement n
ad been made with the Lorain chap !,
er to provide expert services to the ;,
antilles Of any tornado sufferers who q
equired such assistance in the next
wo years In this single disaster the n
alief work, as finally accounted, II
cached total of S1,O19 1913.
The mid-western tornado of this
ear covering strip of territory 400 T,
lilies long involved an expenditure
p to June 80 of s774,OO0. while the
'tal amount turned in to the fund 4;
rough the agency of the Red Cross -
as s2,645,000 In addition to this 20
I'M specifically collected for the pur 20 20
use, the Red Cross had expended ~
ON its regular reserves 1924, 1000. We
In all these disasters, Red Cross -
orkers have been impressed by the "a
irit Of determination and hopeful az
SIS shown by the people. Once they pi'
covered from their grief and bewil- an
rment they began at once to re- Po'
lid materially and otherwise. and apl
ways on better scale where posi- -
Another significant feature of NC,
use occurrences, as noted in the re-
rt OF the Red Cross, was the prompt PEI
SIS with which the local charters odi'
sanized emergency relief before apl
p could be received from outside ua'
'rees A direct effect of their ex. cie'
pie has been to stimulate disaster tne
ief preparedness among chapters ny
over this country sac
he services Of lbs American Rea ~
ss are pc ormea Invariably in tn
ne Of lhe american peSae Ci the 20
sctiveness II this representation tne
ing me year, It VII ls4nch aon
mini aauual roll csH yea sucl
November II eos ns
lnksgiving N0vembsy s,r;
ch support &c h 7rs
be invited for 92e
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