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Show DEATHS ON RAILWAYS. Number of People Killed and Injured in Three Months. A statement prepared by the interstate inter-state commerce commission shows that during the three months ended September 30, 1902, there were 263 persons killed and 2,613 injured in train accidents. Other kinds of accidents, acci-dents, including those sustained by employees while at work and by passengers pas-sengers in getting on or off cars, etc., brings the total number of casualties up to 12,007, the killed numbering 845, and the injured 11,162. During the three months covered by the statement state-ment the traffic of a large majority of the railroads has been heavier than ever before, necessitating the em- . ployment of new men in train and yard work. The total number of collisions and derailments was 2,448, of which 1,444 were collisions and 1,014 derailments, of which 51 collisions and 9.2 derailments derail-ments affected passenger trains. The damage to cars, engines and roadways by these accidents amounted to $2,-198.000. |