Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-08
ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.
During Year e,e4o Persons Were
Killed and 76,55s injured


The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers Journal contains some fig
ures on railroad accidents taken from
advance sheets of the report of the
interstate commerce commission.
The accidents and fatalities are sum
married. as follows: The total num-
Der of casualties to persons on the
railroads for the year ending June 30,
1908, was S6,393, of which 9S40 repre-
sented the number of persons killed
and 1868 the number injured,
Casualties occurred among three
general classes of railway employees
as follows: Trainmen, 1910 killed and
1856 injured; switch tenders, cross
ing tenders and watchmen. 2S3 killed,
1852 injured; other employees, 25S
killed. 32,453 injured. The casualties
to employees coupling and umcoupling
cars We're: Employees killed, 281;.
injured, 1851. For the year cores
bonding figures were, killed. 1877:
injured, 1854. The caUsalties connect
ed with coupling and uncoupling
cars are assigned as follows: Train
men killed. oil; injured, 1923; switch
tenders, crossing tenders and watch
men killed 81; injured, 416; other
employees killed, 13; injured, 112.
The casualties due TO falling from
trains. locomotives. or cars in mednn'
were: Trainmen killed, 440; injured.
1 1871; switch tenders. crossing ten
ders and watchmen killed, 80; injured.
461; other employees killed, 70; intur-
ed, $50. The casualties due to jump
ing on or off trains locomotives, or
cars in motion were; Trainmeu killed,
101; injured, 3,133; switch tenders,
crossing tenders and watchmen killed.
caras were: Employees killed, 2si,
10; injured, 279; other employees kill
ed, So; injured sos. The casualties
to the same three classes of employees
N consequence of collisions and deraii-
ments were: Trainmen killed. 64S;
injured, 4,526; switch tenders, cross
tenders and watchmen killed, IL; in
jured, 1877; other employees killed, I2S :;
injured, 743.
The number of passengers killed. i'm
tht NOdi &c VI lut : ear lJu0 WAS O8.br
and the number injured 1921. In.
the previous year 345 passengers were
killed and 6,6SS injured There were
17S passengers killed and 4,5s4 in
jured because of collisions and de-
rsilments. The total number of per
sons other than employees and passen-
gers killed was 1873; injured. 7,S41.
These figures include the casualties
to persons classed as trespassing- of
whom 5000 were killed and 5079
We're injured The total number of
casualties to persons other than en-
ployes from being struck by trains,
locomotives, or cars were 1884 killed
and 4,029 Injured. The casualties of
this class were as follows: At high
way crossings. passengers killed. S95;
injured, l,474; at stations. passen-
gers killed, "a; injured, 1903; other
persons killed, $50; injured, sol; at
other points along track. passengers
Killed, s; injured IA; other persons
killed, 3,214; injured. /, 1926. The ra-
tios of casualties indicate that one
employe in every 364 was killed, and
one employe in every 90 was injured.
With regard to trainmen-that Is, en-
ginemen, flremen, conductors and
other trainmen-it appears that one
trainmen was killed for every 123
employed, and one was injured for
every 10 employed