East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-09

Fast speed, overworked employees
and heedlessness on part of railway
managements are given as the causes
for the large number ofcasualties on
railways during the past year.
In the report of the interstate COM
merce commission for the past year.
some startling figures concerning
wrecks and casualties are given. Ac-
cording to the report the total num-
ber of casualties for the past year
was 95,711, of which 970S represented
the number of persons killed and &c.
00S the number injured. Casualties
occurred among three general classes
of railway employees, as follows:
Trainmen, 1890 killed and 29,S5S
injured; switch tenders. crossing tend
ers and watchmen, 1876 killed. SS3 in
jured; other employees, 1895 killed,
96,097 injured. The casualties to en-
ployes coupling and uncoupling cars
were: Employees killed, $50; injured,
S543. The casualties connected with
coupling and uncoupling cars are as
signed as follows: Trainmen killed,
217; injured, 1916; switch tenders,
crossing tenders and watchmen killed,
6: injured. 1928; other employees killed,
I; injured, 90.
The casualties due to falling from
trains, locomotives, or cars in motion
were: Trainmen killed, 407; injured,
a
ers and watchmen killed, 12; injured,
1885, other employees killed, co. in
iured. $50. The casualties due to
jumping on or off trains, locomotives
or cars in motion were: Trainmen
killed, 119; injured, S79S; switch tend
ers, crossing tenders and watchmen
killed. 4; injured. III; other employees
killed, 40; injured, 62S.
The casualties to the same three
classes of employees in consequence of
collisions and derailments We're:
Trainmen killed. 579; injured. 4736;
switch tenders. crossing tenders and
watchmen killed. s; injured. 81; other
employees killed, So; injured. $50.
The number of passengers killed in
the couuse Of the year 1905, was 537
and the number injured 1O.457. In
the previous year 441 passengers were
killed and gill injured. There We're
341' passengers killed and 6O53 in
jured because of collisions and derail-
ments. The total number Of persons
other than employees and passengers
killed was 5S05; injured, S7S1.
These figures include the casual
ties to- persons trespassing, of whom
1865 were killed and 5251 were in
jured. The total number Of casual
ties to persons other than employees
from being struck by trains, locOmo-
tives or cars was 1859 killed and 4169
injured. The casualties of this class
were: At highway crossings, passen-
gers killed /, injured II; other per-
sons killed. S37, injured, 1864; at
stations. passengers killed, "a; in
jured. 90; other persons killed, Ss1;
injured, 571; at other points along
track. passengers killed, 6; injured,
81 other persons killed, $500; in
jured, 1891.
The ratio Of casualties indicate that
employe in ever All was killed and
l employe in every 81 was injured.
With regard to trainmen-that is,
enginemen, firemen, conductors and
other trainmen-it appears that l
trainman was killed for every 1873
employed and 1 was injured for every
9 employed.
In 1905, l passenger was killed for
every 1,375,S56 carried, and l injured
for every 1856 carried. For 1904
the figures show that 1,622,267 pas
sengers were carried for l killed, and
1883 passengers were carried for
injured.
For 1895, 1 passenger was killed
for every 2,9S4,S32 carried and l in
jured for every 213,651 carried. With
respect to the number of miles trav-
eled, the figures for 1905 show that
44,32O,576 passenger miles were ac-
complished for each passenger killed,
and 2,276,002 passenger miles for
each passenger injured. For 1904
the figures were 49,712,502 passenger
miles for each passenger killed, and
2,4O6,236 passenger miles for each
passenger injured. The figures for
1895 show that 71,696,743 passenger
miles were accomplished for each pas
senger killed, and 5,131,977 passen-
ger miles for each passenger injured.