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Show 3808 KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS ! IN YEAR, ONLY WASHINGTON, Doc 7 A total of 3808 persons were killed in automobile accidents or died is a remit of miunes the.-eirom during the last year, the census bureau announced today. An automobile accident death rate of 14.1 out of every 100,000 of oopulation was reported for 1019, an incroase over every yc.r since 1913 when the rate . . 8.0 and an increase of 245 in the total number of deaths over 1918 Statistics for cities of 250,000 j or more population included: Los Angeles 119, increase 28, rate 21.1; San Francisco 85, increase in-crease 11, rate 16.9; Seattle 50, increase 10, rate 1G.0; Portland, Ore, 31, no change, rate 12.1; Eenever 41, decrease 2, rate 1 16.1. j |