Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-10
NOTABLE DECREASE
IN LOSS Of LIFE
IN NAVIGATION
Only Two Hundred and Thirty
One People Died During
Twelve Months Among Over
300,0O0,000 Passengers.


100000 Passengers.
Washington. u. c.. Jan. 10 There
were only as accidents. In which but
5e2 lives were lost. out OF 3t4,T8S,-
$50 passengers carried, during the
year ended June 30 last. on the steam
vessels required by law 10 report the
number Of passengers TO Supervising
Inspector General UhlCr OF the Steam
boat-lnspection service. department OF
commerce ana labor. OF the whole
number lost tt3 were from accidents
| incident TO the porils OF navigation,
and as were from suicide and other
causes beyond the power OF the sorv-
, ice Ia avert; leaving 23f which can
be charged fairly 60 accident. collis-
ion. or foundering. This means that
| S02,9S1 passengers were carried for
each life lost. whether OF passengers
or crew. and from all causes.
Classification by Causes.
Classified according TO causes tho
/ accidents and deaths are distributed
as follows: Fire. accidents. 10
deaths; collision. 10 accidents. 4G
| deaths; explosions or accidental os-
| cape OF steam 4 accidents. az
deaths. snags, wrecks. and sinking. II
accidents, 10 deaths: accidental
drowning III; miscellaneous 50.
The loss Of life Was due largely 20
the following disasters:
| On 5, Itember @, 1910. the steamer
| Pere Marquette 40 is, from Luding-
ton. Mich, bound for Milwaukee. wis,
| with cargo of 90 loaded cars. sank
/ from some unknown cause. Twenty
seven lives were lost many being kin
cd by the sea and floating wreck
age
ON October 80, 1910. the steamship
! Arkadia sailed from New Orleans
La. for san Juan. u. r.. carrying I
! passengers and 90 crew. Tho Arkadia
was never heard from again and is
/ supposed 90 have foundered and an
on board lost during thc hurricane OF
October "a, 1880.
ON January 10, 1911. tho coal-ladon
| bargcs Trcvorton. Corbln, and Pine
| Forest, in tow 90 the towing steamer
| lykens, from southern Coalport to
| Salem, became detached from the
| towing steamer during a gale. went
ashore on Cape Cod and were wreck
| ed. Seventeen OF the crew OF the
bUrges were lost
on June e. 1911. one of the fluts
In the outside OF port boiler Of the
steamer city of ST. Joseph collapsed
while ehc vessel Was en- route up the
Mississippi river. % OF the Grey being
| drownou by jumping overheard or
| scaldod 90 death.
Expenses at the service.
During the fiscal year the sum Of
Sffi,509.sG was expended for the sal
aries Of the officers and clerks OF the
! service, and tho sum OF Si0l,Oa9.g6
was paid for travelling and mlscclan-
cous expenses. tho grand total being
&5i2,549.S2. an increase Of SIi430.SO
over the previous year This Increase
rs due 20 the reorganization OF the
service and the installation OF the now
ming system, which has made the
work uniform. The expenditure FOR
the year ending June 80. 1919 viii be
less than that for tho fiscal year enc
ed June 80. 1911.
Tests OF 39iG marine boiler plates
were made az tho mills by assistant
| inspectors, and 3,6O5 were accepted.
81 rejected.
Life prcscryers were Inspected 10
ft'' NNtht'A W A'f@"NH w " ANlfN aNNf=
500 were passed. $50 rejected. THESE
figures show an increase of 53.422 IN
the number FOR the previous year.
There were l4,006 officers Of an
grades licensed. Applicants number
ing 1917 were examined for color
blindness 80 OF whom were found
color blind and rejected, and 1887
passed. There was an incrCas. OF PCS
I'm
in the number passed in the previous
year.
There were 1857 domestic vessels.
with tonnage Of 5,i64,Iio, Inspected.
IA decrease of gS in the number and
OF lS0,li5 tons from tho year before.
There we're f6S foreign passenger
steamers, with gross tonnage of
3,330,2G1 examined. an increase Of
II, with "a tonnage OF 2O0,395.
The total number OF vessels OF an
classes inspected during the year was
S335, with a gross tonnage 81 S,t9i.-
3N6, a decrease of % in the number
and increase In tonnage Of 2O.2SO as
compared with the figures for tho pre-
ceding year
Laws Are IIctter Understood Now.
During the year considerable work
WAS done In connection with motor
vessels, especially the licensing OF
operators for motor vessels carrying
passengers and 10 is stated that the
provisions of the act of congress ape
proved June .. 1910, rclatlng 10 motor
boats. are now better known than be-
fore, with the result that the law ls
being effectively administered. The
nun inspection of vessels is also more
thorough than ever before, and the
rule requiring vessels of a certain
tonnage 20 uomit blue prints showing
their construction and other lnforma-
tion 90 value To the inspectors Is ans
wcrlnR "a long-foit need
The supervising inspector general is
charged with the uniform admins
trutiun of thc steamboat Inspection
laws aad % is stated that as result
at the bulletins issued each month
AN OF the districts are now working
len more uniform manner, and tho
merchant marine Is more generally