INSTRUMENT OF DEATH
THE MOTOR IN THE UNITED STATES
OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND FATALITIES IN 1922
(Rec. December 3. 9.20 p.m.) Washington, December 2. That the automobile is proving an outstanding instrument of death a* well as a means of pleasure business is indicated by the Census Bureau’s report that 11,066 deaths occurred through motor accidents in the United States in 1922, representing p.n increase of 1499 oyer those in 1921. California’s rate is the highest, being 26 per 100,000 of population. Mississippi is the lowest, with three and two-fifths. Three persons are killed daily through automobiles in New York city, but its rate is only one half that of Los Angeles, which is 291 per 100,000 of population.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TWO MEN KILLED IN VICTORIA THREE SERIOUSLY INJURED. (Rec. December 3. 10.15 p.m.) Melbourne, December 3. While a motor-car was _ descending a steep hill near Research it overturned, pinning the occupants underneath. Stephen O’Brien and Augustus Sincule were killed, and Jack Donaldson, Herbert Boyle and Frank Goughian sent to hospital in a critical condition. — Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 59, 4 December 1923, Page 8
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176INSTRUMENT OF DEATH Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 59, 4 December 1923, Page 8
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