The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-25
MOST ACCIDENTS
ARE PREVENTABLE
This Is Slogan of Junior
Chamber of Commerce
in It's Campaign
WILL ERECT WARNINGS
Over 100 Signs viii Be
Placed at Dangerous Points
Along Popular Highways

Accidents tho majority of them
at least, can hs prevented, This is
the belief back OF the Rccidcnt-p pro-
yentlon campaign upon which the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce Us
embarked ,uc part of the cam
paign will Doc ,J arouse new TonSe
OF the nccdlf a.Dcss or street acci-
dents I'm Tulsa cttiZcnry through
such methods as the safety First
essay contest Just finished IN the
public schools md another impor-
tant etep viii hn tho placing OF over
one hundred warning signs At dan
ger points on much-traveled boulo-
Yards and thorouRhfares.
Was Topic of Essay.
That accidents are prcVcntahlo 10
the primary thought In the essay
with which Murcclla IawHon ot Riv-
er View school won tho first place In
the Junior Chambers essay contest
and the financial award attached
thereto. This Is the way Marcella
expresses IL;
campaign iH 10 reduce the number Of
accidental deaths. Three-fourtha OF
the deaths iu the United States
caused by accidents might have been
prevented. In 1919 nearly 1900
people were killed In accidents
caused by falls. over 5000 were
killed In automobile accidents. Other
deaths that occurred in that year
amount to $4,000. They were
caused by burns. railroads, drown
ing. mines, firearms. machinery, de-
structive gases, street cars and
poison. Many OF the above acct
dents could have been prevented II
the rules OF Safety First had been
observed
should Begin at Home.
safety instruction should be given
in the home first. because the par
ents are more capable OF imprcselng
It upon the children's minds than an
outHider. II should also be taught
at school as part OF the course OF
study. Everything possible should
be done 10 warn people of the enor-
nous and increasing dangers TINT
are all about them-in the streets. in
the parks, In the Fairgrounds, in our
homes, everywhere.
MANY people are killed by poison.
In many cases the label which had
poison" printed on II had been lost
and the bottle OF poison had been
mistaken for another medicine. AL
ways keep medicine out OF chill
dren's reach, for they may take the
poison and drink IL.
Brakes oftcn the Cause.
Automobile drivers should always
know whether their brakes are in
good shape or not. because half or
more of tho automobile accidents
are caused by brakes which add no
have the proper attention.
ITO gamble with u railroad train Is
to play game against frightful
odds. A train running 40 miles an
hour travels 90 feet In one second
and cannot be stopped In less than
quarter of a mile. Whereas an
automobile running 30 miles an
hour can be stopped In 5S feet.
"One railroad has reported that 95
out Of 1919 automobile accidents at
railroad crossings resulted from the
motors trying to cross directly in
front of approaching trains. And In
b4 of the remainder, automobiles ran
into trains--not trains into automo-
biles. Another railroad reported
that in one year 500 crossing gates
lowered as II warning signal were
run into by automobiles and broken
down. Stlll another railroad, after
careful investigation, reported that
of $500 motorists approaching
grade crossings, 62 Ber cent looked
neither way, 81 per cent looked one
way and only 4 per cent took the
safety first precautlon Of looking in
~ both directions.
III everyone would observe this
old proverb, An ounce OF prevention
is worth n pound of cure, there
would not be so many accidents"