Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — THREE KILLED IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

THREE KILLED IN CHICAGO

Record an Improvement Over Celebrations of Other Years. Chicago, July 6. —Efforts for a sane celebration of the Fourth of July in Chicago bore fruits in the saving of at least nine lives and a great reduction in the number of accidents. Only three persons have been reported dead as the result of the celebration, as asai: -t twelve deaths In 1908, About sixty persons were Injured, twenty-eight seriously, while last year 114 received injuries necessitating medical attention.