Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — July 4th Accidents Take 12 Lives in U. S. [ARTICLE]

July 4th Accidents Take 12 Lives in U. S.

Statistics of the July 4th celebrations this year show that 12 were killed and 350 injured by explosions. Chicago led other large cities in the death role with only one death. The number of deaths over the county this year almost reaches the number of last year but the number of accidents does not near come up to the number of last year. The lowest number of deaths before this year was in 1914, when 14 were killed. There were 382 injured the same year. In 1908 there were 56 deaths and 1,899 injured and in 1909 there were 44 deaths and 2,361 injured.