Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1935, Page 27

Death Toll Needless Safety Council and Police Cite Unneces- sary Accidents Which End Lives. N AN interview Inspector B. A. Lamb, commander of ti:z Metro- politan Trafic Bureau, praised the efforts of the National Safety Council in its continuing campaign to save life and prevent the possibility of careless accidents. On the desk before him lay a recent press release of that organization, containing true stories of fatalities which have taken place in the past month. Lamb said they might well have been avoided had proper precau- tions been taken. “A certain motorist,” runs one of the stories, “was involved in two spectacular accidents within a few weeks. In accident No. 1 he side-) swiped two other cars, ran across a lot, crushed a hedgerow and smashed | into another car. In accident No. 2 his automobile plowed through the greasing pit of a service station, knocked down a fence and came to rest sagainst an ornamental light| post. Both accidenis he blamed on | fumes from his motor. Gas Impairs Wits. “It’s possible,” N. S. C. points out, “that engine fumes could have been responsible for his bad driving. Sci- entific tests have shown that carbon Generally they leak into the car from defective exhsust pipes. Sometimes they render the driver unconscious. At other times they simply make him sufficiently drowsy to lose control of his machine.” “The motorist's explanation sounds plausible,” said Lamb, in agreement with the N. 8. C. “Nevertheless, both accidents could have been prevented. A careful check of the car would have revealed the leak that permitted the monoxide to get into the body of the car. He should have had his car thoroughly inspected periodically, as the Safety Counsel advises.” N. S. C.’s researches into fatalities and accidents take it into every field. | In the matter of fires, they point out | that losses of life and from this cause exceed similar losses in all American wars since the founding of the Republic. On the average, a building fire occurs every minute, and about 20 persons perish in flames every day. Economic Toll High. “PFire destroys about $750,000 worth of property every day,” the National Safety Council says. THE E an additional million a day, it is said. Considering all economic losses at- tributable to fire, the grand total ex- ceeds a billion dollars a day.” “Most of the fires are preventable,” agreed the inspector, “for the reason that anything caused by carelessness is preventable. That’s why waste by fire is so terrible; men and women and children crippled, burned to death, families made destitute—all be- thoughtless, inconsiderate against the wind. med, jarring the rifle from As it hit the floor, the The bullet killed her.” “Don’t take to investigate, the girl found the parents. They owe it to their chil- Labor-Saving Watch Invented. bodies of the children. Their play- | dren to point out the grave dangers A dlock All three “While workmen should keep all explosives safely under lock and key, parents should have a share in the responsibility,” advises the bulletin. “They should forbid their children to play in such places, and should make preventing fatalities, Neverthe- , | less, much remains to be done. One ject while searching for bicycle parts in a dump recently. They took it “At the same | home and carried it to the back yard. time, the fire demon exacts another | Using an iron as an anvil, they penalty by requiring constant watch- | pounded it. Their mother heard what monoxide fumes ofien collect in|ing. Modern fire-fighting equipment |she thought was an automobile col- harmful amounts in moving cars.| and organization cost this country |lision. 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