The Detroit times., 1912-09-14
RIGHT NOW rs THE TIME TO GET
BUSY FOR A SANE FOURTH IN 1918

n
The Ioua AZ the American presents this week
statistics gathered showing deaths and injuries resulting from the
celebration this year Of the Fourth of July
ONLY seven Gases Of aw were reported year compared with
eighteen hast year ssrsaytwO in 1910 and $50 in 1909
ages patients this ranged from to 10 years
and all but one were boys the injury the hand;
leg The length Of time between injury and
death from days
Tstanus cases only this against ten
states last year eighteen states 1909
Virginia had two of tetanus this both oc
curing city webug Other states having each
s Michigan California Massachusetts, Oklahoma
Besides the six thave persons killed
by fireworks making total of fOrtOne deaths sixteen
less than last year ninety l74 less
This is the lowest number of deaths from such in ten
and shows decided Improvement previous years.
This year persons killed outright firearms by
posOn powder bombs opedOes by by giant
crackers by oodponng explosions
chemicals,
eight mostly girls
death by from fireworks Of these being the socald harmless
varieties including very small hrecrackers and spaks
There 94 nonaa injuries this 5sS LESS THAN
LAST YEAR
Eight persons were totally blinded this year. twenty one lost one eye
each thirteen lost legs hands and three lost
fingers.
Although
injuries injuries
reported for the two years previous. ae---,
aoerated wounds and responsible for most of the losses Of
and fingers This 362 injuries including deaths
giant fecraker Firearms l57 accidents year. including nine
killed
injured nearly orderly persons who
stray bullets from the reckless by Others
and six deaths resulted.
The seventyfv injuries including killed
IN THE TEN YEARS TOTAL OF 4o,l17 PEoPLE-THE EQUIV
ALENT REGIMENTs-wERE KILLED OR INJURED IN THE
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY!
toward something like celebration independence
s exists many minds that patriotism exemped by
ing byandsrs eye pistol setting
his barn with giant frecracker.
the Almighty speed the day when this carnage
away with either by cOnquerng people
prohibiting deadly implements
discriminate SALE
significant presented
CARTRIDGE wounds responsible
for large majority Of tetanus this CAUSED ALL OF THE
SEVEN CASES
this knowing awfulnes death
from loR isn't criminal for the tolerate longer the
Of blank cartridge pstols'
better now the legislature Of Michigan
to M emphasize the need Of law for the protection
and girls from this danger.
The Times pleaded against silly practices
dependence days condemnng upon
their harvest time to capitalize fingers legs
lives in the sale of the deadly implements they make and SELL
year year
waiting the day. until fireworks reached
the dealers and found place their shelves before raising protest
isn't ot 100 early IoDAf 70 invite the moners ana fathers
and girls and the officials get together and work for laws
stand black and white against the possibility Of Of lock
jaw this Fourth of July figure these statistics
Times pledges to support this that
started power Legislature
end the manufacture the sale this
deadly things which responsible already many ddene homes
and budening society cripples
time prepare for years showing NOW
Truly may FOURTH OF JULY that win not
the pistol the blank cartridge the dynamite
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