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Show I GREAT DECREASE IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS Washington, Nov. 18. A great decrease de-crease in the numberd of collisions and derailments of railroad trains for the quarter ended June 30, 1914, as compared with the preceding quarter, was reported today by the interstate commerce commission. As compared with the corresponding quarter of 1&13 there was a decrease of 737 In the number of train accidents. Defective De-fective roadway and defective equipment equip-ment together cnused more than 72 8 per cent of all derailments reported In train accidents the total number of persons killed was 104, while -1 57 were injured. |