Show mm 1 LE iw ADS 1 TO RECORDS ay iy heads major disaster of 1928 red cross active in 62 E emergencies mc r g e n c e s I 1 in n Y year e ALSO SERVES FOREIGN 3 laa DS preparedness to cops with great greal disturbances gives good results in action neing facing one ane of yf the garost rehabilitation efforts of its whole history as 4 result of the florida hurricane th the 0 american tied red cross already had behind if it ft a ree record ord of service errica in 62 disasters d at home at 09 to the taa close clo of the year jimo jime 20 30 1921 1926 wh eib the hurricane stick truck florid with such devastation and loss of life the red cross national headquarters was just juat congratulating itself ettelt that a year had bad without a ma major bor dis astor aster within the borders bordera ot of the country the destruction in florida hoa has been bee tentatively estimated by director ator of disaster relief henry 1 L daker bof 0 the american red cross in terms tenna of relief work ahead of the organization this takes take into account all sufferers who must be barad tor for careful by experienced sn an thorit lee les place the injured at exclusive of the stricken dult dulf coast cities of Moore haven aid Clo wlaton of the 1200 injured seat to miami hospitals were angering with malor major fractures in two other evit ent mast coast communities the injured numbered nearly 1000 the homeless were conservatively ively estimated at such figures t the e human and material problem which the american rod red cross Is still doing its utmost to flor compa comparison risom the other outstanding recent di the midwest tornado of march IS 18 1125 1925 can be doi lu in more detail in that calai troche the anal chock check showed dead injured and fani families files of approximately men women and children rendered jko homeless mels toe the final relief operations of the nd cross were brought brou clit to a close barah is 18 1926 exactly a rear from the day the tornado struck die states so terrible did the death and de impress itself on an the experienced red crosbi tores rushed into florida that coalman chairman john barton payne did not hant tAe to call tor for a oil fund from mm th whole country of S the find crom cro a concel con every resource in trained personnel nel on the stricken region the ile new jersey jeromy munitions explosion in july while terrible as a spectacle could not compare with either of these thesa other two disasters in alna destruct iven 0 18 it gave the R red zt d cross croo an opportunity tor for in which red led cross croos nurses 88 84 injured and during the height 0 of f the erne sency ency tod between aird peo pie driven from their homes mor than eases cases were registered with the red cross croes after the explosions lor for assistance jn regaining their hold on life through rehabilitation work this latter Is a regular part of the red cross relief operations in all disasters and means mean a task continued long lone after artir the country has baa ceased to think ot of the occurrence itself the year hu has seen a new mf lasure of dica diew iter ster relief ellef prepared preparedness binau by the rod red cross under which a trained of medical and other relief relict experts Is constantly on call tor for any service this preparedness justified jut fled itself in both the now new jersey explosion and tit ta the florida hw hurricane ricans in the latter the red had cross cron had at gall call more than 20 exper loed disaster workers with a network of prepared pared chapters an all over tho the coun coca try art this preparedness constantly demonstrated Is cited clyod as material sa a sumner that the th country to better protected today than ever before from the suffering such engen der bad as were domestic disasters to in both the let dinst fl fiscal al year and recent months some of those abroad la ill the same time have been comparable es specially pec tally allY a flood in mexico altogether the american red hed cross served in the name of the american people in more men than IS 15 foreign catastrophes the tenth annual roll call tor for membership to maintain such ties will be hold held froni from Novem november bor 11 to Is 25 and to Is an opportunity for all to enroll themselves la in ur the american red crow cross |