New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-25
TOLL Of JULY 9TH
MAY Be ZOO dead
Museum Of Safety Issues Warn
ine to Parents in i. 5.

New York. June e5-"There are
in the United States today 200 hap
by children, toddlers and older-Who
will be nourncd by grief-stricken
parents on July 5. unless their par
cnts take greater interest in aud eX-
ercise more care over the way they
celebrate the Fourth than did the
parents of 1875 little Americans last
july" says the American Museum OF
Safety in statement issued by It's
president. Arthur Williams.
And in addition to these living
sacrifices to the spirit Of The Fourth
! OF July season, there will be more
than 5000 other victims OF the
Fourth suffering varying degrees OF
agony. some Of them condemned to
so through life more of less manned,
even blind.
These figures are based on statis-
tics They arc the fore knoWledg"
! gained by the American Museum Of
/ Safety through its annual surveys oil
, Fourth of July accidents and its eff
forts to keep these tragedies down
i1t IL minimum.
In spite Of the annual warnings
issued by the Museum of Safety and
other organizations. and the broad
casting of warnings by newspapers
and magazines through pictures and
the printed word and warnings is
sued to employees by many industries.
each year sees an increasing danger
10 the innocent celebrants OF the
Fourth In the last three years the
number of deaths has nearly doubled
and the number of injuries has in
creased three-fold.
In 1925 there were I'll deaths and
1850 injuries; in 1926, the deaths
we're 16l and the injuries @Go7. and
last year IS lives We're lost and the
injuries ran up to II -.
Mr., Williams. who is vice prHel-
dents vas one Of III" founders ot the
American Museum of Safety and has
been IT'S president since its lncnr-
poration IN 1911. il" expressed the
belief that the annual ton Of deaths
and injuries would have been much
greater n'li tbI iIl'oi' Nfl 'illlS7-
yet. there is little excuse for this
condition." Mr.. Williams said 'NhN
should there be 900 or more happy
.chlldrcn with us today who Will not
he living after the Fourth OF july
season. and more than 5000 others
who win be more OF less severely
in Iured, some Of them blind" W.
tr,- No l., 4 B.
.tbes. deaths and Injuries on th'
victims, boCaus" So many OF them
are so Young. The blame attaches
Partly to parents and guardians
.larty to conditions that permit eN-
plosive and mfammable materia
coming into the hands of children
without proper supervision, ant
partly 10 the long -drawn-ou cele
bration of the Fourth of July
ALREADY, in June, in some com
munities, dealers have been arrested
for the sale of roNorls to children
These are usually the smaller com
: munities. In the larger cities tn
= restrictions of the fire department
and police departments are NOR
stringent.
mo doubt, Nh" annual toll Of fire
works victims would oc greatly re
duced IN these accidents if parent
f exercised NOR" care over their chill
drcn."
In 1927. the statistics show, Their
, were II pre- Fourth deaths l6S oc
CURED on the Fourth, and six atte
the Fourth. Twcnty-siX of the we
TINS We're under five years OF ag'
some of Them only two, the cause o
the deaths OF these infants belni
PHOSPHORUS poisoning from eat'n
torpedoes and other, tirew orlls. Tn
injured ran in about the same pro
! portion. PA of the victims being fix
5 years Old and younger. The greafe
e number Of victims Wer" between III
!, aecs OF six and 20, and the grea
= majority We're boys.