Railway Accidents and Casualties
The entire loss of life of passengers carried on the railways of this country during the year ending June 30, 1892, according to the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, was 376 against 291 for the previous year. The passengers injured were 3,227 in 1892 against 2,992 in 1891. There were 2,554 employers killed, or one to every 322 employed. There was one passenger killed to every 1,491,910 carried. The greatest cause of death was collisions and derailments. The railway accidents of the present year have been even more startling. From January to October 20, twenty-four accidents foot up the number of 201 killed and 548 injured. Besides these there have been scores of minor accidents in which the loss of life would more than aggregate the above.