Show accident bate hate in m parks soars sours washington stressing the ne cassity for better observance by the public of safety regulations newton B drury national park service di rector reported that the accident rate among visitors to the national park system jumped 28 per cent during the first six months of the present year fatal accidents in all of the areas of the national park system during 1946 totaled 29 drury re healed adding that the figure rep resents a rate of 0 per visitors contrary to popular belief falls from heights in the rugged country characteristic of most of the na dional parks accounted for only 14 per cent of the 1846 1946 fatalities drowning was responsible for 66 per cent of the fatal mishaps and in many instances the victims were swimming alone a a p |