Bingham Bulletin | 1920-09-17 | Page 8 | Red Cross Active in Disaster Relief

RED CROSS ACTIVE IN DISASTER RELIEF When disaster hits a community-fire, community-fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, bad wreck or tornado the American Red Cross can be depended upon to follow right at Its heels with help for the stricken people. Red Cross relief Is almost Immediately forthcoming food, clothing, shelter and funds; doctors, nurses and special workers Svlth long experience In handling similar trouble elsewhere. During the last year, ending June 30, there was an average of four disasters a month In the United States. One hundred and fifty communities In twenty-seven states suffered. The largest and most destructive of these were the tidal wave at Corpus Christ!, Texas, and tornadoes In Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In these events of horror 850 persons per-sons were killed, 1,500 were Injured, 13,000 were made homeless, about 30,-000 30,-000 families needed help, the property loss was nenrly $100,000,000 and almost al-most $1,000,000 in relief funds, not Including In-cluding emergency supplies was expended. ex-pended. To the sufferers from all disasters during the year, the American Red Cross sent $120,000 worth of sup plies, 110 Red Cross nurses and seven special relief trains. To meet the needs of the stricken, the organization set up ten relief stations, operated thirty food canteens and as many emergency hospitals. One hundred and twenty-five Red Cross chapters gave disaster relief service. ' '.' If disaster ever strikes this town or county, the citizens can he absolutely mire the Red Crow will tie rlfht ou hand to help them In every way.