Image 2 of Sierra County advocate (Kingston, N.M.), July 24, 1908
author: Anonymous
source date: 1908
availability: public_domain

1 Sierra County Advocate W O Thompeon Proprietor lite Sierra unv Advocate is eutred at the Post Office at Hillsboro fcierra tjouuty New Mexico for trattHinisHioii hrjijli the IJ 8 JJailn as second cluvs uiultr FRIDAY JULY 24 19C8 The Railroad Slaughter The annual report of the later state Cororncrpe Commission re cently tanJo public BftB lite pumbtT f paHBHityfrs killed in the course of the year 1007 was 010 and the number injured J011 puriug the previous year uJ pasttigers were killed ami 10701 in jured Ttiore wore 376 ptfsengere tilled ftud 8ll5 injured becauso of collisions and dei ailments The total u umber of persons other than employes and passengers kit rd was 5005 injured lObiU ilUmo iiguies include the cauul jies to persons trPBpashing of whom 5012 were killed and 5512 were iujured The total number it casualties to persons other than employe from being ctriick by trnini locomotives or cars was S327 killed and 4 870 injured The casualties of this class wrr At highway crossing piihsengrs kiltd 1 injured 20 othpr per tons killed bSi injured 1707 at nations passengers killed JJ4 iu Iured 102 other persons killed 510 njured iy2 nt other points along