The Washington herald., 1914-05-10
Grim Records Filed Daily
with |. c. c. Shows Aver
age Loss Of 1864 Lives
in 1918.
by THOMAS O. MONK.


ny Th"MAs u. Num-
While We shudder at the deaths due
| to war, pestilence, and famine, We ap-
parently have become used to the ap-
palling loss of life in the peaceful in
| dustry Of railroading in the United
States. Happily, we have been free SO
far in this country for a long time from
war. and pestilence and famine rarely
beset us But we have with LIS always
the daily toll of death made incident to
she characterization of Messengers and
property. and the toll grows larger and
larger until It now is engaging the at
tention of not only the Congress of the
United States but Of the high officials
of the CHIEF railroad. of the country.
private individuals who have become
shocked at the useless waste of life.
nupo.rous inyon,or, ana last hut No,
least ,ba In,.rstate Commerce Commits
sion
Here ~. anna e,r-ss oomni,sd bv III.
r.iIroads ,ha,,sa,,,e, "a sIad u,;,h W.
copnn,ission.
ohe hhieo rScrs seNe"
One person was killed every seven min
utes with the regularity of clock work
on American railroads during 1872.
e anu '''i'
A"i.u e ~ - aay. .
,.,,r man PC, e.. 80.
on ou'
80! tour .
eien' 'nou'anu ,soo
,hJuieu eaeh year Jul lhs 'ne PCS
iouI !eais' anu i."s'oio ~ GIL Gu
uu III, INC ."e"ts
lhese hgures are ior 'he year WHICH
ended June ~, ISL
MS l. Inc tOll OF Oedtn LOT lne year
"1ich eilueo June o. i'i";
len tmousahd' nine huhoreo anu Sixty
iouF hiieu'
Two nuhureu tnousahu' three huiioreu
ara elght injured
h'Fofts OF the commission lndlcate
mat there VIII De shght railing on In
deaths and injuries this year II the rec
ord thus far made Is maintained, but the
TOTALS are pad enough.
Inc hgures gwen above inciude only
deaths ana injuries caused on steam
tragic chapter OF their own
Inc ravages OF war pale into insig-
nihcance before these silent indications
OF the destruction of human life accom-
panying the peaceful operation Of our
railroads, says the commissions report.
Awaits Congregational Action.
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- on
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o;an, ;,'s,'st.;, ao,s.. =.
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nror.,rt, 80 ~ ,,o 90 N, d,rir,s ~ a.
i,aop r; US 100 - ,c,, '"e
1Thara 4. draar r,ono,onv I, tho
s.,rnao,, - - ro,,c..os oa,,sa 80
acidonts year .ftar year deraiIments
and coIIis;ons dua 70 Identical causss ,rs
reported.
required 10 report by teiegrapn 10 'he
, voIhiiiiSsioh Oil aeeiueh's III Which, HUMAN
me Is iost.
oh 'ne ia! that visited tne Sor,irnis
sioi' April = the coinlriisslo" hau ho'
YET crossed its ounces pu' messenger
VI ousht shedi vi teiesrahs ieeei'eu
'haI nay
ihirtS nine persons were hiileo On
Etillei rcah Ia,ir ROADS tooaE. was an
loufc Every nour vi the uaS anu
hIsh' TINS COMMISSION receives 'eie
: rams reporting the siausHler OF human
anu ny man we receive tne
IIst VI ih!uieu- our fecofus 50 lar 'hls
, ,iiUlIh sho" ~ PERSONS nave oc'h
Hiiieu' Las. march IL persons gave up
NJ ~, h'es W 'his Iusserhdut,
mere are more ehlpioEes hiieu Ihan
,,oL MANI e,IpioeS Ioshs .heI
ne:so "a, ae as '
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