New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1928, Page 11

AUTO DEATH RATE IN STATE GROWNG Blamed for 30 Per Ceat of All Fatal Accidents By GEORGE H. MA! NG (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C., Nov. 16— Automobile accidents accounted for 30 per cent of the total number of deaths caused by accidental means in Connecticut last year. While there was a substantial decrease in the death rate from disease as well as a decline in the rate from other accidental causes, there was an increase in the rate from automobile accidents when figures for last year are compared “with those for the preceding year. 16,757 Deaths in Year The total number of deaths in Connecticut last year was 16,757 as against 18,318 in 1926. The mortality rate, hased upon an gstimated popu- lation of 1,636,000 as of July 1, 1527, was 1,024 per 100,000 of popu- lation. The rate for 1926 based upon a population of 1,606,000, was 1,140 8houlders incomplete. Route No, ¢ Brooklyn-Danielson road in the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn are under constructin, Danielsn-So. Killingly road is un- der construction. Open to traffic, Route No. 7 Danbury-New Milford road com- crete construction completed from Danbury te New Milford. Railing uncompleted. Route No. 10 Bloomfield-Granby road is under construction, but open to traffic. Haddam road is under corfstruc- tion from Higsanum to East Had- dam bridge. One-halt mile detour at Higganum, short one-way traffic at Higganum and at bridge. Arnolds station. 7 ing laid. Royte No. 17 . Bozrah-North Colchester road is heing ofled. Route No, 33 ‘Windham-Franklin road is being oiled. Route No. 14 Glastonbury, Glastonbury - Port- land road is under construction. Open to traffic. Route No, 105 Stafford, Stafford-Somers road oil- ing entire length. Somers, Stafford-Somers road, oil- ing entire road. Route No. 109 Mansfield-Phoenixville road is un- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1926 conatruction. bridge. 8hort detour around Route No. 135 East Haven—Fozxon road, oiling macadam road, 3 Route No. 138 New Fairfield - Sherman road, steam shovel grading and macadain construction under way. Short de- lays probable. Sherman, Sherman-New Fajrfield road, being oiled for 2% miles. Route No, 150 Lyme and East Haddam, Ham- burg-North Plains road is under construction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 154 ‘Washington-Woodbury road, ma- cadam and bridge construction un- der way at several places. Short de- lays prebable. Route No, 168 Crystal Lake road, towns of Rock- ville and Ellington are under con- atruction. No detours. Stafford-Crystal Lake road, oiling completed sections. Route No. 168 Franklin-North Lebanon road 1is being oiled. Route No. 175 Baybrook — Grading Winthrop road, laying stone, slight delay to traffic, Route No. 179 Preston—the road from Poque- tanuck to Brewster's Neck is under construction, open to traffic. Route No. 180 Bantam-Morris road is under con. struction. No detours. Route N. 328 Prospect-Cheshire road, water- bound macadam under construction. No delay. Beacon Falls—Pines Bridge in .n- der construction. No delay. Bethel-Danbury road, steam shovel grading and goncrete con- struction. A short detour necessary. Bethlehem-Watertown road, ma- cadam construction and steam shovel grading under way. No de- tours necessary. . Canaan-8o. Canaan road short de- tour around bridge near Co. Canaan. Canterbury-Newent _ road under construction for 2 miles south of Canterbury. Grade rough, travel difficult. Clinton-Westbrook, ~Clinton-Deep River road is under construction for 2% miles. Enfield-Scitico, Broad Brook road is under construction, trafiic. Granby—Salmon Brook street is | Open to traffic | under construction. Huntsville to So. Canaan is under construction. Passable at all times No detours. Sharon-Millerton road construction. No detours. not complete. is under Shoulder but open to | Sterling—Oneco bridge is under construction. Temporary bridge in use. Stamford—High Ridge road is be- ing oiled. . Redding-Georgetown road, ma- cadam construction and steam shovel grading under way. Short de- lays probable. Sharon-Millerton road is under construction. No detours. Shoulders not complete. Sterling—Bridge under construc- tion at Oneco. Open to traffie. Weston-Lyons Plain road, steam shovel grading commenced. No de- tours necessary. Windsor Locks-Sufficld. East Main street is under construction. Traffic may take good road through Suf- tield Center. Westport—Long Lots road. Con- crete road under construction. Traf- fic should detour via Post Road anu Morningside Drive. First Welded Ship Reported a Success New York, Nov. 16.—P—The first welded steamer, The Pioneer, com- pleted in Brooklyn last June, is fin- | ishing her first season as tanker running between Ottawa and Mon- treal, The Westinghouse Electric com- pany. which supplied the electric arc welding machines that replaced riveting, announces receipts of re- ports that the Pioneer has perform- ed satisfactorily. In construction tests service con- ditions, such s striking sunken ob- | jects, piers and other vessels were | simulated by bending the cold sel was purposely grounded at full speed to find out whether the hull welded plates, and crgmpling them to find out whether fhey sprang leaks along the welded lines. On her trip to destination the new ves- | would twist, and the company &n- nounces that no twisting movement was found. ‘The Pioneer is 102 feet long, 20| feet beam and 8 feet in depth, with ' ia tank capacity of 72,000 gallons of gasoline and 8,000 gallons of fuel. She is owned and operated by the Pioneer Transportation company of Ontario, Canada. RARE STAMP SOLD Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov. 16. UP —One of the rarest stamps ‘in the world, a Swedish three shilling sticker of 1855, misprinted in yel- low instead of the regular green, has just been acquired by a Goth- | enburg philatelist, John Ramberg. | for 37,500 crowns. GRANT! “F" As In Phone Safpm. Mass., Nov. 16 UP—A Salem athlete who wore the letter “F™ on his sweater was asked what it stood for. “Philadelphia,” he replied. TONICandlaxative, 0 throw - off celds, build up resistance, and fortify the system inet grip and “fu." Grove’s BROMO QUININE LAXATIVE TABLETS per 100,000 of population. The de- crease in the rate therefore, was 116, This decrease in 1927 was largely due to decreases in death rates from pneumontia, measles, nephritis, tuberculosis, diarrhea and enteritis, and whooping cough. 8light increases in death rates from cancer were re- ported. Pneumonia in all its forms took a toll of 1,248 lives, or 76.3 per 100, 000 of population, last year as com- pared with 1,629 lives, or 101.4 per 100,000 of population, in 1926. Deaths from influenza numbered 233, or 14.2 per 100,000 of population, last year as against 486, or 30.3, the year before. The largest proportion- ate decrease was shown in deaths from measles, the number of deaths dropping from 203 in 1926 to 24 last year. The total number of deaths from tuberculosis in all forms dropped from 1,222 in 1926 to 1,073 last year, representing a decrease in the rate fromn 76.1 to 65.6 per 100,- 000 of population. Nephritis caused 1,507 deaths, or 93.8 per 100,000, in 1926 and 1,362, or 83.3 per 100,000, in 1927, Heart Disease Leads Heart disease was the greatest single cause of death in Connecticut, causing 3,585 deaths last year, or 63 more than in the preceding year. There was an increase also in the number of deaths from cancer, the total being 1,719 in 1927 and 1,668 the year before. Decreases in the number of deaths were reported for typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, dysentery, rheumatism, diabetes, paralysis, bronchitis, appendicitis and congenital malformations and diseases of early infancy. No deaths were reported from smallpox in the state for either 1926 or 1927 and only one death resulted from malaria as compared with two the r hefore. Suicides accounted for 186 deaths, | or 11.4 per 100,000 of population, ' last year as against 216, or 13.4 per | 100,000, in 1926. There were 35 | homicides in 1927 and 44 the year | before. | 1,092 Accidentpl Deaths | Deaths from all a¢cidental causes | last year totaled 1,092, or 66.7 per | 100,000 of population, as compared ! with 1,123 or 69.6 per 100,000, in 1926. Automabile accidents were re- | sponsible for 327 deaths last year, or 20 more than in 1926. Deaths from hurns decreased from 87 to 72; acci- dental shooting, from 20 to 15; accl- | dental falls, from 252 to 212; rail- roads accidents, from 51 to 41; ex- cessive heat, from 8 to 7; and air- plane, balloon and motorcycle acci- dents, from 24 to 22. Deaths from drowning increased from 90 to 118; machinery accidents. from 17 to 21; unknown acci- dental causes, 51 to 61. Twenty-six persons were kil in street car accidents in 1927 afid the same num. ber in 1926. Road Conditions in | State of €onnecticut Itoad conditions and detours in | the State of Connecticut made necessary by highway construction, repairs and oiling announced by the State Highway Departmrent, as of | November 14th, are as follows: Route No, 3 Andover - Willimantic, road, oiling short sections. | Danbury-Newtown road, bridge Q! construction work on new loca- | ton. Waterbury-Middlebury road ana | Sunnyside avenue is under copstruc- tion. Shoulders not complete. 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