FOURTH OF JULY.
PATRIOTIC EXCESSES IN AMERICA. ' (By Telcffriiph.-Prcsß Association —Oopyri^ht) ' New York, July 6, | Sixty persons were killed and five hundred injured by /accidents during tho Independ-v once .Day (4th July) colourations 'in '"the United Slates. Many of' the casualties were caused by explosions of giant crack6rs. • , TENDENCY. There seems to bo a sad falling-off in tho national verihty, Last year the Fourth of July colobrations killed 73 peoplo, and injured 2C31, as against CO killed and 500 injured tins year. In tho hospitals, nheie tho Fourth of July is fegarded as affording a valuable flold of experience to young surgeons for tho rjpid treatment of gunshot wounds, burns, and lacerations, it is the custom to make every preparation for casualties, which are* promptly fyrthl coming. ' ' ■ The patriotic excesses last year caused one caustia writer to ccmmeiit - "Enough ohildren were maimed and killed 'yesterday /tq arouse the Gicat Powers of the world to arms hnd they been killed - r wounded in a massnero in some obscure village, instead of while merely celebrating the 182 nd. /anniversary Of the birth of this country." .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 554, 8 July 1909, Page 5
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183FOURTH OF JULY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 554, 8 July 1909, Page 5
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