Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-08-15 | Page 34 | [illegible] Out' Plan Costs British Lives

t l ND DAY AY M MORNING ORNING JIS t J II IS OUT QT PLAN SIS BRITISH 4 LIVES M Many anY ny in Dark- Dark Scheme lie U Useless as Defense olic Aug Aub U. U H.- H. sew New ew York Keen been collect collect- experts hay haye Ic Ica on the e effect ct of or darkas dark dark- n against don a as a n protection 1 thc appear to toe tole j ids ld s and they le against the e a Rood Food case a fired and fifteen persons killed and Injured In Inot of ot London the prey ln an n. n On the one one une occasion man craft air dropping a aa aa a remote section of Lon- Lon lat Lt of of ot dead and Injured was wasly of oC the the extinction Wy ly to reel heel lights tor for the tho c city it y of oC night IB le simply that Ix YArd Lord rd i Pinks Chinks darkness R brinGs brines war warlie klie lie popular mind and so AO soi far from Cram beef heo bc- bc i recruiting re so ar fot o ef Zeppelins the London open ope some German war- war come corne their w way believing reul anti-aircraft anti puns guns gunst uns It t strategic points will bring res res given above C are arc not of- of ire are not anxious atlie the murderous results of of lights out the But they are arc apy ap- ap Ey y r accurate and nd have been beena a the following manner In Inthe ute the lights on as usual ir ere re killed In the streets of r horse drawn wn and motor- motor and by bicycles and Ions ons were wore more or less serl- serl red The homo home office has Tout tout the Ule official figures for COl bh h s show how that la last t year ere killed and more hurt in street ace ace- I Figures ures show that in 1911 1914 re e 68 58 more deaths and fatal tatal injuries than in 1913 was was a typical y year aa rather I the average But the war menco mence until August 4 4 and amI were not put out at on once ct se Ie In accidents over 1913 1911 safely assumed took place I the tho period of or tour four und and as as a u uis is s dating from tram near the August when the electric ro not put out at once The TheIn Then In n accidents over 1913 itel it rely fly el assumed took place ens ene en- en nc e s period of ot four tour and a z half halt Wing tang from near neal the middle when the electric lights red ired out to th the end of tho the the tho tame same ratio of mused caused by bad had lighting for tor months of at the present o Q are arc approximately ninety hurt Burt whom the electric would have saved aved nr arc declared too low hardly possible to e estimate al I 1 a which might be bein ben in n street accidents I since th the I because l because if of the large num- num tor vehicles of or all sorts c being used fo to o supply the omo say sav that third one-third the motor traction in London war broke out has been sent ent t I It If this Is true motors ve to killed less rather than since last August AugustIng Ing ng a corresponding period Fore ore res ires as officially given I out accidents caus caused d b by trams n II vehicles and bicycles eased ased UI d while th the motor cas- cas has hns remained about where wherefore fore ore but this Is again Indi- Indi It t t the lighting restrictions Accidents except In the caso case where the number with with- m the the streets for tor war sort sert ser sor- t counterbalanced the Ina inage In- In age a e done dono b by those which an n tho the streets figures given above do not ill 11 the tho dama damage e done by 8 war on the electric lights donors remain in houses gO o 0 out in the dark and the therIe I rIe tie and movement of is so much les less than It that It ma may be safely sareh cal- cal I mt at th the percentage of acci- acci ong people out at night is at It was watS before the tho war ps be It noted cannot be ber r tho the casualty lists because give Ive out such a small V t f light that tha It II has been fe te except l in strategic areas Be e very cry center of the tho cit city to burn as usual no o e situation obtains In Man Ian here the lighting lestric the thc same as LH in Liverpool no no official accident figures ear e have been issued Judg- Judg the normal accident lists led ed and Injured on acad nc ac- ac ad lighting ma may Jay be he assumed o ba has been about the same on With the Street et lights out is 18 e to o those old recall before electric So e Into ogue