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Show Annual Report Shows. One of Every Six Deaths Due To Accident One death ou7o"f every six recorded record-ed in American Fork for the year 1929 is classed as unnatural, accord- ing to the record of the registrar or vital statistics. Ten out of the sixty recorded deaths were of an unusual type Two persons in one family died as a result of two automobile accidents. A third fatality came when a boy was hit by a truck as he left the school bus. Two died as the , result of gun shot wounds. One man hit by a railroad tram, one electrocuted, an accidental nvowning and one case ct cyamd poisoning bring up the lis! to nine. The most unusual death record is that of a man found dead in bed, ap-, proximately two weeks after tis , death, seemingly from natural causes. An increase of six deaths during 1019 over 192S is shown. I ' Ninetv-three births were reported for 1129, 4S boys and 45 girls. This hows a decrease of four compared to the number of births during 1928. |