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. Annual report of the Public Service Commission, and the ... annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners . Passengers. Fourteen passengers were killed and 167 injured during the year. Of the total fatalities to passengers, 6 were reported to have occurred from causes beyond their control and 8 as the result of their own imprudence or negligence. Of the num- 1914.] ACCIDENTS. 27 ber of passengers injured, namely, 167, 148 were reported asinjured from causes beyond their control, while 19 were re-ported as injured throug
. Annual report of the Public Service Commission, and the ... annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners . Passengers. Fourteen passengers were killed and 167 injured during the year. Of the total fatalities to passengers, 6 were reported to have occurred from causes beyond their control and 8 as the result of their own imprudence or negligence. Of the num- 1914.] ACCIDENTS. 27 ber of passengers injured, namely, 167, 148 were reported asinjured from causes beyond their control, while 19 were re-ported as injured through their own imprudence or total number of passengers killed and injured during thepreceding year was 15 and 103, respectively; the average num-ber of passengers killed and injured annually during the years1903-1912 was 10 and 77, respectively. The character of accidents to passengers during the year end-ing June 30, 1913, is shown by the following: — CHARACTER OF ACCIDENT. Injured. Collision, Derailment, .... Falling, Crossing track, ....Getting on or off trains, cars, etc., Other, Total, ...... The following table shows the ratio of passengers killed andinjured to the total number of passengers carried and milestravelled by passengers on railroads in Massachusetts duringthe years ending June 30, 1912-1913: — 28 RAILROAD CORPORATIONS. [Jan. PASSENGERS CARRIED, ETC. 1912. 1913. Number of passengers carried in Mas-sachusetts, 1 Passenger miles travelled in Massachu-setts, * Passengers killed by causes beyond their control, . . .Ratio to total passengers carried, .Ratio to total passenger miles travelled, Passengers injured by causes beyond their control, Ratio to total passengers carried, .Ratio to total passenger miles travelled, Passengers killed by their own fault or want of care, Ratio to total passengers carried, .Ratio to total passenger miles travelled, Passengers injured by their own fault or want of care, Ratio to total passengers carried, .Ratio to to
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