Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-24
THURSDAY. AUG. "a. 1905.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

The casualties returned by the car
riers In their annual reports to the
commission embrace casualties sus-
tained by passengers, employees, tres
passers, and other persons. These
returns are not comparable with fig
ures given In the quarterly accident
bulletins that are based on monthly
reports, which are mainly confined to
casualties 10 passengers and to en-
ployes actually on duty on or about
trains.
The total number OF casualties to
persons on the railways for the year
ending June 30, 1904, was 94,2O1, OF
which 10,04G represented the number
o. persons killed and S4,155 the mum
Der injured. Casualties occurred
among three general classes Of rail
way employees. as follows: Train
men, Ella killed and 29,275 injured;
switch tenders, crossing tenders, and
watchmen, 229 killed, 1910 injured;
other employees, 1889 killed, 35,722 In
jured. The casualties to employees
coupling and u~ncoupling cars were:
Employees killed, BOT; injured, 4,019.
The casualties connected with coup
ling and uncoupling cars are assigned
as follows: Trainmen killed, 269:
injured. $500: switch tenders, cross.
Ing tenders. and. watchmen killed, 90;
injured. 420: other employees killed,
Is; injured. SO.
The casualties due to falling from
trains, locomotives, or cars In mo-
ton we're Trainmen killed, 457; IN
jured. 4.757; switch tenders, crossing
tenders, and watchmen killed, 25: in.
jured, 3O1; other employees killed. 75;
injured, $40. The, casualties due to
jumping on or on trains. locomotives.
or cars in motion we're: Trainmen
killed, 116; injured. 1926; switch
tenders, crossing tenders. and watch
men killed. IA; injured, 27S: other
employees killed. 81: injured. 500.
The casualties to the same three
classes of employees In consequence
OF collisions and derailments were:
Trainmen killed. 613; injured, 4,337;
switch tenders, crossing tenders. and
watchmen killed, 20; injured, 1873;
other employees killed, 80; injured,
1854.
The number Of passengers killed
In the course Of the year 1904 was
AL and the number injured 9,111. In
the previous year 355 passengers
were killed and 1921 injured. There
were 262 passengers killed and 4,97S
injured because Of collisions and de-
railments. The total number Of per-
sons, other than employees and pas
sengers, killed was 5,973; injured
1877. These figures include the cas-
ualties to persons cla1sed as tres.
passing, of whom 5,105 were killed
and 5.194 were injured. The total
number Of casualties to persons other
than employees from being struck by
trains. locomotives. or cars was 4.7i9
killed and 4,l79 injured. The casual
ties of this class follows: Crossings.
passengers killed 4; injured 10; other
persons killed. S04: injured, l.i53, at
stations, passengers Killed, %: in
jured, 10S; other persons killed, ass:
injured. 525: at other points along
track, passengers killed. 8. injured,
50: other persons killed, BAG: in.
jured. 2,045. The ratios of casual
ties indicate that | employee In every
37 was killed and | employee In every
~ was injured. With regard to train.
men-that Is, ~enginemen. fremen,
conductors. and other trainmen--it
appears that l trainman was
killed for every 100 employed and l