The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

oo taken inuO account that this record "
not made from official reports OF homi-
cides resulting IN arrest and conviction.
As a matter Of fact, there are no official
records which are complete. This record
includes deaths from every form OF vio-
lence, n perhaps II would be more
exact to characterize II as a record Of
deaths by violence. In the absence of
official records II Ia impossible to make
a correct classification, hence the large
number which are set against "quarreis'
and unnamed" II being impossible to
subdivide them under appropriate head
ings. The various causes. generally
classified. were as follows:
SSn nnsmsa causes c.o... :..ss|E s.as ares. , -
by hishwaymen. asgs,rikes ............ 20
ifS issss ::: i, ! s s!Ss' Outrage: Il
T~hirty-nve persons were killed by
Black Handlers and nineteen by the
Highpinders ana tongs. There were
also twenty-five cases OF double muir
ders. eight OF triple, Ave Of q%uadrupie,
Two OF quintuple n one case In which
SIX were murdered at one time.
33I Aviators Victims.
She humble OF aviators who lost their
lives In 1915 was 33I. but ls9 of these
were killed In the war and l4o we're
killed by accident. The number OF in
jured was only 50 in 1915 az compared
with 1888 In 1914. In the United States
the following were killed: Lincoln
Beachy. at a Francisco; Frank Site.
UNIVERSAL City, Cal Cecil VI. Pecli. Col
lege Park. Md: Ensign Melville NJ.
Stolz, Pensacola. Fla. FREDERICK Roda.
Cleveland. George L. N.wberry. Troy.
n. Y: George II. Hershey, Quincy,
Mass; William u. Ely. Quincy, Mass
capt O. III. Knox. For Sill, Okla Lieut..
H. u. suffer. Fort Sill. Okla. Lawrence
Lyons. tonesus Lake. ". Y: Donald
tiagon. Erie. Pa; Helen Grace. Stanton.
Mich George Williams. Fort Wayne.
mo-. aeroplane accident, Washington,
Ind. 3 persons: Raymond Lawson. Pc
terson. Iowa: Edward Wheeler. Jores-
vile. Va. Lieut.. W. X. Tallaferro. San
Diego, Cal Total, 20. The number of
injured was IS.
In Germany the number OF accidental
deaths was % In England, IA IN
France. Il: In Holland, ~; in tally, 81;
IN switzerland. !: In japan. : In Swe-
den, u In the Argentine. Mexico and
Chile. : each In Spain and Yucatan.
each.
Railroad accidents Killed 6..O7 persons
and injured 70.5i6. but these figures do
not include those killed or hurt In rail-
road yards or while stealing rides or
while trespassinS. Among the graver
railway accidents of the year were the
freight train M trolley collision at De-
troit on April 10. IL killed. ~ injured:
a derailment at Lake City, Mimi, on
June :. 5 killed. 90 injured a collision
at Orient. o, or August ~, 6 killed.
20 Injured a derailment at Randolph,
Kan. on October l6, Is killed. 90 in
Jured a collision at C~hickasha, Okla.
October 10. , killed. 20 hurt a collision
al Columbia. Ga. on November 90. q
killed. 40 injured
The loss OF life by marine dlsa sters m
1919 not due 10 the war was 2.SOA. as
compared with e.5l9 in 1914. OF these
l,'35 died at sea, 1869 upon inland
waters. In January the steamship Angel
Parodi was lost at sea and 81 persons
persisted. In February the greatest loss
was that of the steamship Clan Nc
~.Naughton. lost AZ sea with $50 persons
in March the United States submarine
F-f sank and destroyed IS lives. In
April the largest loss was tina OF the
steamship Prinz Maurltz OF the Vir.
cinia coast. ~ lives. In May the
steamship MaNimlniano Errazur,s went
down on the Chilean coast carrying 90
persons TO death. In June the schooner
Washakio was lost at sea with IL per-
sons.