Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

dicating the increased number OF ma
chimes IN use is illustrated by the fact
that in 1907 1924 persons were killed
and 1914 injured as against 200 killed
and S51 injured during 1906.
The hunting casualties show that
the fool hunters are increasing in a
ratio rather greater than the Increase
of poulation. In 1907 19l were killed
and 155 wounded as against rs killed
and 167 wounded the year before.
More than one-half OF these were vic
Tins of criminal negligence.
The statement of the loss of life by
railroad accidents. both steam and
electric, includes only passengers and
persons not in the employ of the
roads. The record shows that 1883
have been killed and 1897 injured on
the steam roads and III killed and s.
$50 injured on the electric roads. Were
the number Of employees added. the to-
tai would be greatly increased as may
be inferred from the reports made to
the Interstate commerce commission
for 1906 which gave total of 3.sO7 en-
ployes killed and 55.524 injured. Then
follows a list of sixty-four of the most
StllOuS hlSdSlflS bii ram OciAlS dAAl III =
the year.
The record Of lynchinss IS encour-
aging as it contains the smallest num-
Der in the last twenty years, So. In
1906 Abe number was 60. The year be-
fore It was Sc and in 1904 it was s.. In
1903 it was 104. The greatest number
recorded in the last twenty-three years
was in 1892 when there were 235 lynch
ings. In February. 1907. no lynching
occurred. June and July and october
seem to be the open seasons for this
sort Of sport as the greatest number,
eight. occurred in each Of those
months All but three Of the persons
lynched were colored.
In respect OF war losses it was re-
markabIy peaceful year. The loss of
life occasioned by war were but about
$4,000 as cQpoared with Assoc the
year before and $4,000 in 1905 and
AGO. 900 in 1904. The losses for the
year are distributed as follows: Mo-
rocco. 6.S35: Arabia. 6.45i: Roumania
1850: Mormosa. 2.441; Russia. 1H7;
Honduras. 120O; Algeria. 200: China
40: Corea, sos; Dutch East Indies
$50: Portugal Civil outbreak. 200:
Persia, 16s: France Civil outbreak)
1Os: Bulgaria. 90; Turkey. ~: lava. IS;
Nicaragua. 81: Philippines. 2S; Argentine
Republic. 20: Venezuela. 10
The fire losses though $3.50 900 O0O
less than those of 1906 when the i'm
mense aggregate of 1857. OOO. 900 was
largely due to the San Francisco fire
are still heavy and larger than those
Of 1906 with the San Francisco fire
emitted The total loss is about s159.-
OOO. 900 in this country. A list is print
ed by the Tribune showing every fire
where the loss was 100000 or more.
The loss of life by disasters upon
the ocean during 1907 was 1885 and
upon inland waters 344. There were
% vessels lost on the great lakes. in
volving the loss of 135 lives. Tho de-
| tails are given of nearly a hundred
wrecks. The greatest loss Of life was
143. the steamer Larchmont on Long
island sound The Columbia which
went down off the California coast
with 81 victims was ninth in respect
of numbers lost.
The details of thirty-four mining
disasters Of greatest magnitude in
the world during the year. are given
There were 121O killed i'm this country
in these disasters and 1.235 in foreign
countries. The total number of fatal