THE FOURTH OF JULY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 6 July 1911, Page 5

THE FOURTH OF JULY.

i, A LIGHT DEATH ROLL. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright (Kcc. July G, fI.SO a.m.) New York, July S. Half ilie town of Prineofon, thirty miles from Kansas City, lias been destroyed by fire, following tho Fourth of July celebrations. It is not known if any lives liavo been lost. It is believed that the I'ourth of July celebrations lwve not Ijoci'j responsible for more than thirty deaths throughout the United Stales this year, FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS. The ''Journal of tho American Medical Association" has kept a, record of tho accidents iu tho United States due annuallv to tho colebration of Independence Pay from 1903 to l'JlO. Tho following aro the figures:— }£$*• Killed. Injured. Total. X 4e(i 3,393 3,859 J9M 383 ;i,!)88 <,169 182 'MM 5,176 158 MOB 5,460 161 1,249 4,413 J22 8 5,460 5,623 1309 215 5,307 5,522 1010 •••• 131 2,923 3,051 Total, 8 years 1,662 35,620 37,282 Hie grand total for tho <;ight year 3 showed that, since 1903, 37,282 persons were injured as a result of l'Wrtli of July celebrations, of which 1,662 died, 694 as tho direct result of injuries, and i 8 from tetanus following injuries. One hundred, and twenty-two persons lost ii™ I ', ' os '- 'ho 1I9(> of ono eye, 'ost. (arms, legs, and hands, and 1541 wen; crippled by tho loss of fingers. lho detailed figures for 1910 showed 72 cases of lockjaw, 67 of which wore fatal: 7 persons lost their sight, 33 lost ono eye, i ,l cg !' ~a r! l lis' or hands, and 114 lost their fingers. Blank cartridges wero responsible for 386 of these accidents, and iirecrackers for 1050) cannon for 212, firearms for 229, and powder and fireworks for 976. Ut the (2 tetanus cases, blank cartridges were responsible for 64; all other causes 8. ilio report showed that as a cause of • ,Si U n r • 'fptpdses were responsible in 1910 for eight times as many cases as all other causes, while the death-re.to from tetanus was 93 per cent.; 43 of tho 131 deaths and 1455 of the 2923 initios occurred in cities of over 50,000. i« • e d ,^ r n caS9 fr ? m 4Cfi deaths in 1903 to 131 in MHO was due to more intelligent methods of celebration, tho most marked decrease taking place in States where tho strongest rcstrictive measures was