Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-05
HURT.
HERE, WITH HIGH
4TH TOLL OVER j. s.
Officials Consider Stricter
Ban on Fireworks in
Washington.
TRAFFIC FATALITY
DUE TO CELEBRATION
Eight Other Deaths in Maryland
and Virginia, With National
Record Heavy.

A holiday fireworks accident toll Of
four-score injured in Washington and
vicinity today caused officials to con-
slider a stricter ban on fireworks here,
while reports from farfiung parts of
the the Nation told of three killed
and thousands injured in pyrotechnic
celebration of Independence day.
There was one death here In a
traffic accident and eight other deaths
attributable to the holiday in Mary
land and Virginia. The Associated
Press said the national toll of dead
from all causes was more than 200.
largest since 1882.
Would Ban Explosives.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown,
alarmed over the number Of fireworks
casualties in the District, indicated he
may recommend outlawing of all pyro-
technics-even the so-called safe and
sane" variety.
An early check showed more than
three times as many hurt by fireworks
this year as in 1894. Some threescore
were treated at hospitals for burns, as
compared with 20 last year.
Maj. Brown said a number Of chill
dren were reported burned by so-called
harmless fireworks" Only the So
called harmless" variety is now al
lowed here.
The police chief ordered his precinct
commanders to make full reports to
him by Monday on the number of
fireworks arrests here in the last few
days.
Nations Toll Of Accidents.
The independence day casualty list
for the Nation, while the largest since
1892. was well under the average for
the previous seven years. From 1928
to 1884 the July Fourth accidental
death total was 1880. an average of
approximately 233 deaths for each
year.
The independence day casualty list,
while the largest since 1882. was well
under the average for the previous
seven years. From 1928 to 1894 the
July Fourth accidental death total was
$50, an average of approximately 233
deaths for each year.
Yesterdays death list, compared
with the 1T recorded last year, the
fewest since 1929, and 483 killed on
the Fourth in 1882, the costliest in re-
cent years
The Midwest, with 80 deaths, led
the holiday mortality roll. Only 10
deaths were reported in the mountain
States, New England had 10 also, the
Mid-Atlantic group had 20, the South
%, the Southwest % and the Pacific
Coast IA.
Three Fireworks Dead.
Only three deaths were directly at
tributed to fireworks, an Associated
Press survey showed. The majority
of deaths were due to automobile &C
cidents and drownings. Autos killed
SO and 70 were drowned.
New Jersey reported 325 persons
treated in hospitals for fireworks
burns. while Chicago police received
reports of only IS persons so injured.
st. Louis had 312 known fireworks
victims.
Chicago counted l of the killed
directly by fireworks. The victim was
Chester Bullwicki, II. whose windpipe
was collapsed by firecracker which
exploded on his chest. Another fire.
works fatality occurred in Kansas.
Boy Killed Watching Race.
A 12-year-old boy was killed at the
Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey speedway
when a wheel of a racing automobile
spun loose and felled him. Two
young Toledo, Ohio, sisters drowned
together in the Maumee River. Three
automobile racers were killed in Penn
sylvania and a fourth in Georgia.
A hunting fatality in Oklahoma
and a gasoline explosion in Iowa
added to the toll. Lightning killed
one person in Indiana, heat two in
Minnesota.
Hundreds suffered various degrees
of burns or lost fingers, toes or eyes
in premature explosions of fireworks.
A tabulation of Fourth of July
accident deaths for the six years, with
their causes, showed:
Fire Drown Other
works Autos. ing Causes Total