Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1910 — Steam Plant Accidents. [ARTICLE]

Steam Plant Accidents.

During the 12 months ending June 80, 1905, 14 persons were killed and 40 injured from British steam plant accidents; in the United States 388 persons were killed and 585 lnjuied. The number of steam boilers in the United States does not exceed by more than 60 per cent, those in Great firitian, so that, in comparison, the actual percentage is ten times as great In the United States as in England. During the last six months there have sailed eastward from New York city 113.678 passengers.