Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-27
Statistics Estimate Twenty-six
People Lose Their Lives !,
Every Day
RATIO AMONG PASSENGERS LESS
Greatest Number of Casualties Occur
Among Railroad Employees, and Out
of e,7o3 People Killed Last Year Only
5s7 Were Passengers - Other Sta.
tistics Given in Detail.

Washington, Sept 27.-Twenty-s six
persons daily was the average killed
on American railways in the year end
ed June 80, 1905. The total number
killed in the year was 9,103 and 86,00S
were injured. The greatest casualties
We're among the railroads employees, as
follows:
Trainmen, 1900 killed and 29,s53 in
jured; switch tenders, crossing tend
ers and watchmen, 1856 killed, $50 in
jured; other employees, 1926 killed,
36,097 injured. The casualties to en-
ployes coupling and uncoupling cars
We're: Employees killed, $50; injured
3.542.
The casualties connected with coup
ling and uncoupling cars are assigned
as follows:
Trainmen killed, 217; injured, 1916;
switch tenders, crossing tenders, and
watchmen killed, 6; injured, 12S. Other
employees killed, Z; injured, SO.
The casualties due to falling from
trains, locomotives, cars in motion,
We're: Trainmen killed, 407: injured
4.645. Switch tenders, crossing tend
ers, and watchmen killed, ~; injured
1876 Other employees killed, so; injur-
ed, 559
The casualties due to jumping on or
off trains, locomotives, or cars in mo-
ton were: Trainmen killed, 119; i'll
jured, 3,79S. Switch tenders. crossing
tenders and watchmen killed. A. in
jured, Ill. Other employees killed, 40;
| INF, G0Q Thn caS lfa1tipS t0 the
same three classes of employees in con-
sequence of collisions and derailments
were: Trainmen killed, SO; injured. A.
1876. Switch tenders crossing tenders
and watchmen killed, s; injured, 81
Other employees killed, So; injured, 100
The number of passengers killed was
537 and injured 10,457. In the previous
year AL passengers Were killed and ~
III injured. There We're 341 passengers
killed and 6,053 injured because OF col
lisions and deraifmenrs. The total
number of persons other than employees
and passengers killed was 5,S05; in
jured, SITS. These figures include the
persons trespassing, of whom 4,Sbo
were killed and 5,261 injured. The to-
tai number of casualties to persons
other than employees from being struck
by trains, locomotives, or cars was A.
$50 killed and 4,163 injured.
The casualties of this class were: Al
highway crossings, passengers killed
L; injured, 10: other persons killed
s37; injured, 1854. At stations, pas
sengers killed. "a; injured, 90; other
persons killed, 3s1; injured, 571. AT
other points along track, passengers
killed, s; injured, z; other persons
killed, 1920; injured, 1891.
The ratio of casualties indicate that
one employe In every AL was killed
and one employee in every Fl was in
jured. With regard to trainmen-that
is, enginemen, firemen, conductors and
other trainmef-one trainman was
killed for every 1873 employed and one
injured for every nine employed.
In 1905 one passenger was killed for
every 1875, S56 carried and one injured
for every 1855 carried. For 1904 the
figures show that l,622,267 passengers
were carried for one killed and 1888
passengers carried for one injured.