Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-22
HENDERSON, IN. c. DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY JUNE 22 1888

1neSe 10 counties showed from SIX
deaths, each, up to Guilford's 10. NO
more than five deaths occurred IN
any of the other "a counties, and the
five maximum was reached IN IA;
leaving 70. counties in which there
was an average of less than one
death ped month so far this year.
OF the cities and larger incorporat-
ed towns, Charlotte was the most
deadly, with ten killed in the states
largest center; all out of line, how
ever, even on a population basis with
Winston-Salem, second largest city
in which there were but two deaths
in the five months. Fayetteville was
second in fatalities, with eight, while
Durham and Greensboro had seven
each.
Rocky Mount was the largest city
in the State reporting no deaths for
the first five months, the Nash
Edgecombe capital having only a
dozen injuries marked against it on
the slate.
Charlotte accounted for 218 in
juries, in addition to it's high death
toll, the only city with more than
100 injuries, though Durham's 95
pushed the century mark rather
closely.
In addition to Rocky Mount there
were dozen fair-sized cities which
escaped without any deaths They
were, with the injuries reported:
Washington l, Morganton 10, Kan
napolis 9, Hickory 18, Shelby 5, New
Bern 2, Thomasville 4, Tarboro g.,
Kinston 20, Greenville 4, Spencer 8,
and Wilson Is.
Cities reporting fatalities, with the
injuries reported, were:
Burlington l and 6, Asheville 3 and
So, Concord l and :, Fayetteville 8
and 8, Lexington l and 3, Durham
Z and 95, Winston-Salem 2 and g.
Gastonia 2 and IL, Greensboro 7 and
81, High Point 2 and "a, Charlotte
10 and 218, Wilmington l and 13,
Salisbury 2 and II, Henderson | and
2, Raleigh and "a, Goldsboro l and
13.
BY counties, classified according to
number Of deaths, the safety score
for North Carolina was:
No deaths, no injuries: Alexander.
Allegheny, Cherokee, Pamlico, Polk,
Swain, Tyrrell, Yancey-8.
No deaths, with number injured
listed: Camden l, ChoWan 4, Gates
z. Granville 22, Haywood 3, Hert-
ford 3, Hyde 3, Jackson 6, Jones l,
Macon 7, Pasquotank 2, Pender 6,
Person 8, Pennsylvania 1, Watauga
1O-total Is counties.
One death, injuries listed Anson
. Becte d, Bladen 6, Burke 68, Cald-
Well 3 Clay 0, Craven 16. Dare 10
Franklin 8, Graham 0, Greene 0.
Hoke Z, Madison 3, Mitchell l, Mont
gomery 7, Onslow Q, Perquimans 9,
W affen 3 Washing tou + Yajli1in %
total 20 counties.
Two deaths, injuries listed: Ashe
Avery 3, .Carteret 8, Catawba SO.
Chatham 10, Davie 20. Lincoln Is.
Orange 10, Stokes 0, Vance 21-total
10 counties.
Three deaths, injuries listed Ala
nance 28, Caswell 5, Currituck 5,
Davidson 20, Harnett 81, Moore 13.
Sampson Is, Surry II, Union 27,
Wilkes IL, Wilson 41-total II coun-
tiCs.
Four deaths, injuries listed: Ca
o7rrus II, Cleveland %, Duplin %,
Laseconbe Sd, Lenior 53, Martin 21,
Richmond 20@total 6 counties.
Five deaths, injuries listed: Beau
Tort 10, Columbus IL, Iredell Sc,
Johnston 25, Lee %, Mcdowell Is
Northampton 13, Pitt 20, Rowan 72.
Rutherford Is, Scotland II, Stanly
l5, Wayne 53-total IA counties.
Six deaths, injuries listed: Halifax
"a, Henderson 7, Nash "a, Randolph
18-total 4 counties.
Seven deaths: Brunswick II, Bun
combe 10, Rockingham 34-total 3
counties.
Eight deaths, injuries listed: For
syth Ill, Robson 40.
Ten deaths, injuries listed: CASTOR
23, New Hanover 40.
Eleven deaths, injuries listed:
Durham 113, Wake 1855.
Fifteen deaths, injuries listed:
Cumberland IS.
Seventeen deaths, injuries listed:
Mecklenburg 257.
Eighteen deaths, injuries listed.
Guilford 172.
Commenting on the states five
month record so far this year, Di-
rector HOcutt said there has been.
IN general, quite an improvement
over 1888, but he added that there
IS still room for much more.
He pointed out, too, that the ap-
proachlng Fourth of July holiday
weekend will, if past years are any
real criterion, be heavy tragic with
fatalities.
He urged all motorists to use dis
cretion and to be careful of their
own and other lives.