| Show DISASTERS NUMEROUS IN FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR i American Red Cross Lists the Many Occasions That Have Required Its Ita It Assistance Washington The The first half hult of ot l 1024 1924 24 hows a record of ot more disasters drawing upon the relief of the American American American Ameri Ameri- can Red lied Cross than any similar period In n Its history according to statistics compiled complied at nt national headquarters and announced there Assistance to the victims from Red fled RedCross Cross Crus funds It was stated has been extended In not less than thun 35 localities Floods Bloods tornadoes explosions fires and epidemics In the United States and earthquakes In foreign lands lunda called for tor direct from the national Red ned Cross 3 treasury while Red fled Cross chapters chapters chapters chap chap- an and Individuals contributed to relief relief re- re lief lef work much more than that amount In addition to these major operations there herc were numerous smaller disasters la In D. D which relief Ivan Riven by bs t tUi local i Red ned Cross chapter without assistance national headquarters The Th Red Cross Is still carrying out an extensive work of ot relief and reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction recon recon- among the victims of ot the Lorain Lo- Lo rain Ohio tornado of ot June 28 where nearly already has been raised nail and more Is ms In sight for the re establishment of ot the territory territory territory terri terri- tory and Its people I The disaster In Ohio caused the most widespread destruction of ot any listed by the Red ned Cross this year ear although other calamities of ot th the half year have recorded greater death lists The list of disasters from January 1 to Juno June 30 where human suffering was relieved by the Red ned Cross Is as follows Tornadoes Tornadoes South South Carolina Chatham Chatham Chatham Chat Chat- ham county N. N C. C Martin MarUn county N. N 0 U. Harris county Ga Meriwether cOunt county Gu Ou Tunica Miss eastern Oklahoma and Lorain Ohio Shawnee Okla Mississippi Marlon Murlon county Ala Cascade county Mont Cloudburst Cloudburst Carter Carter county count Tenn Dickinson Windstorms Dickinson N. N D. D and sections of ot South Dakota also In MIn Mm- Floods Floods Crosby Crosby Minn mine Cumberland Md Belle Fouche S. S Dj D. D i flitter Bitter Creek Wyo Harpers Ferry W. W Va Explosions Explosions- Pekin Ill Ill starch works i Johnson City III Ili Welch Velch W. W Va Yo mine i Kenwood Benwood W W. Va mine Fires Fires Vt Montpelier Vt Kalama Wash The Red Hed Cross also extended assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance In funds and trained workers at of a serious typhoid epidemic In Lin Lin- coin Memorial university Tennessee and during the lie e Arizona quarantine against the mouth foot disease The rhe North Carolina and Ohio tornadoes tornadoes torna torna- does culled out tile the Mobile disaster relief relict unit recently organized by the tiu Am American Red Hed cross which responded at once with trained disaster relief administrators and workers and ap- ap applied applied ap ap- plied piled relief Immediately where calls were most urgent J I |
