The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-27
TEN THOUSAND
RAILROAD VICTIMS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE coHmis-
SIGN ISSUES ACCIDENT sULLE.
TN.

| Washington. Dec -s.-Acc.tell Jls-
t.. SO. 81. ..-, issued b. the inter-
state commerce commission, shows
q. 'te number o. persons killed IL
.-z.a ar-iceL,. during the months @.
.g-. Say and June Of 1912 was ~,
~. u injured @.Zs3 Accidents O;
other Kinds. Including those sustained
~ eup.oses 1hlie a. WORK, by pas
seazers getting on and OF >ars, ~
y.-ons a, L.ghway crossings, by PEI
,s doing business At stations, etc.
b. uespassers and others, bring up
the total number Of casualties eIclud-
..qs industrial accidents to 1886
-.ag- killed and 1864 lniuEedJ
The total number Of casualties Oh
steam roads during year ended June
80. 1912. aas Is0l23. Of this numbe,
.y5.5 represents the number Of per.
Jns killed. and 1859 the number
injured
These figures Indicate an increase
Of 10 in the number Of persons killed,
and 1875 in the number injured rs
compared with returns for the year
l3ll The total number Of casual''ea
Includes 92,7G3 casualties to employ
~. 400 being killed and s2&G3iniured
reported az industrial accidents, 20
which term embraces accidents TO en-
ployeg in and around SLOWS, on boats,
wharyes at stations. at freight houses
ald engine houses. and in brief, such
accidents az do not occur in connec-
tion with movement Of locomotives or
with the movement OF locomotives or
c"rB on rails The figures for the year
under review show that OF the mum.
Der killed, 1885 were employees, 3lS
passengers anu G,632 represents other
persons "trcspassing and not trespass-
irg," showing an increase Of 32 in the
total number OF employees killed, q
decrease Of 3S In the number Of pass.
ongers killed and an in case 10 the
total number Of persons will'l other
than employees and passengers.
OF persons killed other than pas
scnRers and employees 5,434, Of 50 per
| ,,n, Of the total, were trespassing at
the time of the accidents. OF the
employees killed, trainmen in road SER
vice sustained the greater number
o fatalities II will be seen that out
OF a total Of 2,92O Of the employees
killed while on duty 1,182 or 40 per
| cent were trainmen in road service.
This bulletin gives the cause of de.
railments in greater detail than here
toforc published. Out Of total OF
S,2lj derailments, 1877 were due TO
defects Of roadway, and 3,S47 were
due TO defects OF equipment. This
shows an increase Of 552 in the num-
bcI Of deralmcnts due II defects CT
roadway, and l,O23 in the number due
to defects in equipment when com
parison is made with the returns for
tie year 1911.
The most fruitful causes Of fatali- !
ties and injuries are indicated by the
large number of casualties from being |
struck or run over by locomotives or |
cars. The total number Of persons |
Killed in aCcidctns involving train op-
crations was 101S5. OF the number |
killed G,7S2 or 50 per cent were struck |
on run over by engines or cars and |
,.7S2, Of II per cent. were killed in |
setting on or Off and by falling from
engines and cars.
The number of employees as; ported I
10y carriers in connection with their
monthly reports of accidonS gives a
tctal Of l,729,1i4, being Sl,1ll greater
tlan the number correspondence re-
ported for 1911,
During the year ended June 80 1912
there was one employe killed to every
i7j employed, and on employe injured
to every twelve employed as compar-
ed with ass in the number employed
to one killed and thirteen in the num-
Der employed to one injured for the
corresponding period of 1911.