TRAGIC DEATHS
NEW YORK'S HEAVY LIST
In New York last year a.larra number of people met with, tragic deaths.': Here is a list published last month:— Killed"by njotor-cars.-... ... .■.. ,17b By l>i-chloride of mercury accidentally taken Q Murders ... ' •• m Killed by traction cars and other vehicles l»o > By surface trains <>° Jtorse cars •' »•• j» Twopenny tube io Horse-driven vehicles ill Elevated railroads ... ... ••• ,l» By lifts alid hoists ... ... ... Jb Fire accidents » ...- ... - *49 Suicides I™ Accidental asphyxiation 372 By falls :•• 790 "Of the 176 motor-car victims, 82 were little children, and in the fire accidents 140 were children. Bichloride of mercury in most cases was taken by mistake for headache powders. Comparison will show that New York's annual record of tragic deaths exceed* the total of any other capital in countries of older civilisation. ____^___^^^
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8
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130TRAGIC DEATHS Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8
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