Show FLORIDA LEADS RELIEF i RECORDS y a heads kornis ajor disasters i lifer s of 1926 red fled cross 60 i ss active in n 62 emergencies in year ALSO serves FOREIGN il LANDS I 1 1 preparedness to cope with great disturbances gives god go d I results in action facing conj one of the lor largest forgest gest of its whole history hestor hl stor as a result of the th e florida hurricane cabo the american red cloea roos already had behind ita U a ricord record of service in 62 42 disasters 4 at t bame nome up to the close of the fiscal year june 3 SO 1926 1020 when the hurricane struck florl florida with such devastation and loss ot alte the red lied cross Crost national headquarters quarters was waa just congratulating its ell that hat a year had bad pissed passed without a a malor major disaster V within the borders of the adu country D tho the destruct destruction io a in florida has b beba to tentatively by director of dister disaster henry L baker of the ame american ican red cross iq in terms term of oi roller work ahead of the organ lia tion thin takes info lato account an all suf out areri who must bo be cared tor for careful surrey by experienced au an place the injured at exclusive of the stricken gulf con coast at cities of Moore baren ani Cle clewiston wiston 06 of i the 1200 injured sent to atam hospitals 00 were suffering with major fractures in two other out east coast communities the injured number numbered eill nearly early 1000 th the homeless were conservatively ively estimated at SO such figures sketch ony only vaguely the human and material problem which the american red crow crom Is still doing its ita utmost to solve I 1 mr for comparison compa ilson the othor other outstanding recent disaster the midwest hIld west tornado of ida mach ch 18 19 1925 can be described in more detail in that catastrophe tho the final check showed allowed do dead injured and families of approximately SO men women I 1 and children rendered homeless the th final relief operations of the hod brors cro were brought to a close march Is 18 1026 exactly a year from the da day the tornado struck live five states so terrible dd the death and dai impress itself on tho the expert encee red hed cross forces rushed into florida that chairman john barton payne did not hesitate to call tor for a I 1 relief fund fram thi the whole country ot of the rad cross concel grated every res resource curce in trained personnel on the stricken region the now new jersey munitions explosion 1 in july while terrible as a ap poc bacle could not compare with either of these other two disasters in OW final destructiveness destructIve ress it gave the rod crees criba an opportunity for service in which j red cross nurses treated fit 94 injured I 1 and nd during the height of the erne eme j gency ency fed between and peo W I 1 pie driven drivon from their homes more mor than cases wore were registered with the red cross after tb the explosion for assistance in rega regaining lulng their hold on life through rehabilitation work this latter Is a regular part of the red cross relief oper operations allons in all ds als asters and means a ault ask continued long after the country has hiligh ceased to think of the occurrence itself the ane year has seen a new measure of disaster relief preparedness pre ills inaugurated by the rad had cross under which a tr reserve ot of medical and divid other bellef experts Is constantly constant on call tor for any service this prow edness Ju JusUf stilled led itself to in both the new jersey and in the florida Ino rids hurricane in the latter the red cross had bad at cau call more than experienced manatee dla aster workers with a network of pre prepared pareo chapters all over the country this preparedness constantly demonstrated Is cited as material assurance that the country Is better protected today than ever before fam the suffering such misfortunes engen der dad bad as were domestic disasters in both the last fiscal year and recent months some of those tho abroad to in the th same time have been comparable especially ally a flood in mexico altogether the american red cross served in ur me name of the american people in more than 15 foreign catastrophes the tenth annual roll call for tor membership to maintain such active ties will be held beld from Novem november bof 11 to 15 25 and te Is an opportunity tor for all to enroll themselves in the american red cross |