Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — FEWER ACCIDENTS ON LINES [ARTICLE]

FEWER ACCIDENTS ON LINES

Safety Devices and Greater Care Have Reduced the Number in a Gratifying Degree. The accidents on United States railroads in proportion to the total number of passengers varies widely from year to- year. The table shows that in 1900 the amazing toll of 2,550 deaths occurred among the employees of railroads, w.hile 40,000 were Injured. In other words, one man was killed for every 400 employees and one for every 26 was injured. The ratio improved in the next ten years, when only one man was killed for every 576 employees. In 1900 there were 294 passengers killed and 4,000 injured. The statistics show that in 1900 one passenger was killed for every 2,216,591 carried; while for every 140,000 passengers one was injured. In 1910 only one passenger was killed for every 3,500,000 carried. During the last year 270 passengers were killed in railroad accidents, 2,000 employees, 5,000 trespassers and 1,200 others, not trespassers, making the total for the year about ten thousand, as compared with 9,900 in 1911 and 9,682 lii 1910. During the last year the railroads paid out on account of injuries a total of 327,640,851.