Show SUICIDES ON 88 Enfil bratto I 1 11 to the lh Kc see katir tir of took it t far tf F cose the british connul general at film buri burg la A special report to the oran office states that according to recently Publia bed annuel report of the hamburg help owner association much attention ha has been given luring during la the last year 1897 lh br hamburg state authorities and by representatives of 0 the steamship compA compi ilc to tb the sub ab eject of at suicides among firemen and ad trimmers employed in hetwin met chant vessels i the london times it appear appears from the results of careful lately nude mad that the th a anoual annual number of suicides during durin the last ten which de occurred balong all pons belonging M the th engine room stairs of bernd steamers ite amera wa was 2 69 per thousand while the average annual number for firemen lono alone wai was I 1 0 per thousand and for trimmer trimmers I 1 er thousand of the r mentioned against it may be added 46 suicides per and persons by the male kopul population ahloo of at germany employed in verlous occupy occue a tl ca swi JI li will wili perhaps ier bap A cau f to iram learn that molt most of at the out ul 1 eldes among the engine room staffs are stated to have taken place not aj i I 1 might be suppose aup poet 4 during voy alges to at 01 from the tropic tropics but la in the north Aine american rIcan aide and in the bet best ap P cl 1 viz 1 l in those be longing to the north berin german an lloyd company of bremen and to the ham hana burg american steamship company where the boat best possible accorn accommodation m and hygienic condition conditions are provided tor for the men and it would indeed eem seem as i if it there must be ome some connection be tween the fro frequency quency of desertions and ot suicides Theae facts are point toward the ne cetty of at seeking for the cause of these suicides cuore especially in the circumstances that a larce large number of men engage them selves for thia this hard and unpleasant errice service who ho hare have becia unable to flad glad in any other ay or who have come to grief and who are neither physically nor more so pe clelly la in mind fitted for bearing uch such severe hardships |