Freakish Accidents 



Your home — the most dan- 

 gerous place in the world 



CAREFULLY compiled statistics 

 show that at present the num- 

 ber of accidental deaths occur- 

 ring annually in this country amount 



nothing to do with it when it is gained. 



One of the most interesting facts is 



the mitigation of old and the rise of new 



hazards. This process is going on to 



An automobile attempted to crawl under a house which it found unexpectedly in the 

 roadway. Two men were pinned under the front seat and the fire department had to be 

 called upon to jack up the house in order to release them. They were not seriously hurt 



to about seventy-eight thousand, and 

 more than eleven million injuries re- 

 sult from accidents yearly. 



Industrial accidents have a place of 

 their own. Large as their number is, and 

 their increase up to a few years ago was 

 constant, yet the 

 problem of indus- 

 trial accidents is 

 under process of 

 control. But in re- 

 lation to the una- 

 voidable accidents 

 to which all men 

 are liable np such 

 means of preven- 

 tion are applicable. 



Our streets are 

 daily becoming 

 more and more con- 

 gested. Our activi- 

 ties seem constant- 

 ly to increase. Men 

 rush to save a min- 

 ute of time with 



This fire truck, traveling at full speed, 

 ran into a tree. The truck was wrecked 

 and two firemen were seriously injured 



a greater or less extent in every direction. 

 For instance, fifteen years ago bicycles 

 were a considerable cause of accident. 

 The automobile was unknown. To-day 

 the bicycle has practically disappeared 

 as a cause while the automobile has 

 rushed from obscur- 

 ity to the third 

 place in importance, 

 contributing in 

 1915 nearly twenty 

 per cent of the total 

 number of ac- 

 cidents. 



Contrary to be- 

 lief, street accidents 

 occur oftener in the 

 least congested 

 areas, rather than 

 in places where traf- 

 fic and people are 

 most congested and 

 the danger more 

 apparent. 



The percentage 



100 



