Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-06 | Page 4 | Railroad Accidents

The record of railroad accidents for forthe or ortho the tho past year according to the rOad Gazette Is IJ the tho largest over at tamed In this country or Of the pas pac killed Jn In 1599 1199 nearly 1 death In tho ho months ot of Janu January nt ary and May In the former month occurred the butting collision at West Donnellon N 3 1 here 16 14 passengers were killed and the record ot of Ma In elude the reat collision at Exeter Perm S passengers killed Deduct Deducting Ing these two collisions the total flora num number bee ber of passengers killed still remains 5 per cent larger Iager than In thoUgh only 3 ncr Iler cent above the for tho ho past ast fIo years The OIl Gazette tto believes though that the security ot of lIfe and limb on American railroads is II gradually It that the number of 01 tC accidents in increases cre creases lles with larger number of trains run nm but bul the number of deaths anti ond In InJuries injuries Juries does doe not toe In the came ratio a fact which cannot but be gnat grat to sit an who mut spend muth of their time Ume on the roads