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Show ' f NEW YORK' "jl Streets of City More U ,riff Perilous Than a 1 ;i Battlefield m Now York. Fob. 5. Tbo annual re- I I Prt ,0 e-sv York coroners -shows -J I I that 5700 suddpa deaths were rp S 'T 'I I101"10'1 t0 tllc corouer's office in 1911 1 1 ? the total being- 200 greater than in i 1 1310. Of these 3050 proved to be duo all ,0 niXtural caueoB, leaving 2650 of a 'Slj violent character. Those included sul- " "ij3f I cldes, murders and accidents. IK The homicides by shooting and as-j as-j saults were 193, an increase of 8. Of f, the 4.10 casualties in Manhattan in l which death was charged to ' some ri other person, 90 were caused by auto-I auto-I mobiles, an increase of 2S, "The stieots of this city are becom-i becom-i ing more perilous than a battlefield," tbo report says, "and it is high time - that some- change in the laws governing govern-ing the operation of automobiles bo enacted." Surface cars killed 72 persons, subway sub-way train 10, olovators GS, and there were 430 suicides. Of those who diody 420 are still listed as "unknown dead." oo |