The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13

stated that the injured probably would
not recover.
The tragedies divide themselves into
three main classeS-those due to au-
tomobile accidents, to drowning acct
dents and to miscellaneous happen
ings. The miscellaneous events in
clude battles at picnics and dances,
when reVolvers and empty bottles were
welded to aid an American holiday;
s~mash-ups at amusement parks,
wrecks of excursion trains and street
cars and runaways.
Drowning accidents hold first place
Tor deaths, with q total Of eighty, AS
against this, motor accidents yielded
fifty six deaths, while miscellaneous
tragedies accounted for a record of
thirty killed.
The automobile FORCES to the front
in the lists Of injured, accounting for
lS7. : Miscellaneous causes give 113
injuries.
Many other accidents occurred in
which people tainted or were resus-
c1tated after being apparently drown
ed, or sustained severe nervous shock,
OR were badly shaken up, or in which
extensive property loss occurred.
Accidents of this sort are not consid-
cred in the tables herewith presented.
Examination Of the automobile acct
dent table will not show any disas-
tiers due to drunkenness. Careful
reading Of the accounts Of numerous
motor accidents indicates that heavy
drinking had. preceded the killing or
wounding, but if drunkenness was
specifically stated to be the cause in
only two cases no subdivision under
this head was made. A large D
ton Of the accidents under the head OF
miscellaneous We're, however. I'M
doubtedly due to i~ntoxication, as well
as some accidents under other subdi-
visions.
The grade crossing did it's work
again this summer. Accidents in which
automobiles were struck by trains had
the largest death list.
Collisions between automobiles,
were numerous, resulting in the most
extensive injury list Of any of the
classified causes. The accounts show
that some of the most disastrous col
lisions were those in which a fast
running car overlook a slower moving
one, but failed to, clear as it tried to
pass. - @ha.4 t-
Reckless motor cycling is frequently
recorded. In many cases of collision
between automobiles and motorcycles
the reports indicate that the cyclist
was to blame. @
The list Of drowning accidents shows
that most casualties were due to bath
ing; the bather, unable to swim or be-
ing a very weak swimmer, getting be-
yond depth.
Several remarkably strong swim
mers We're drowned during the sum-
mer, according to the reports. The
deaths We're due to the swimmer be-
ing seized with cramps, or to the
swimmer becoming exhausted while
irving q, il 1nYr q NJ cvyi I'm #F~# ~ 1arn J,%&n,,
deaths r. grouped In the "misella-
eous" subdivision.
The "rock-the-boata fool seems to.
have had an off summer. Not one
account read gave rocking the boat
as the cause for upsetting under eth
err the rowboat or n classification
insthe table.
The miscellaneous tragedy table has
a heavy death and injury list due to
excursion train and street car wrecks.
Derailrnent and collision of rolling
some of the saddest accidents OF the
eason
There were a number of gang
fights in New York and at nearby
beaches on Sunday, the holiday mood
of the ~gangsters seeming to require a
little target practice. Picnics and
open air dinners and dances, led In
several instances to free-for-aIl
fights.
The street cal. roWdy apparently did
not have a very amusing summer, the
reports showing that he injured but
an insignificant number of passen-
gers.
There were several bad accidents at
amusement parks In New York or d.
rectly adjacent. The roller coaster
held its accustomed post OF sovereign
AS chief killer and rlainler.
Analysis OF the reports OF the Sum