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The Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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United Press survey reveals 170 violent deaths during Christmas celebrations across the US from traffic accidents, fires, fireworks, poison liquor, shootings, suicides, and drownings, with total expected to surpass 200.
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Violent death was an uninvited guest at scores of Christmas celebrations in the United States this year.
A United Press survey today revealed that traffic accidents, fires, fireworks and poison liquor took a heavy toll of human life on the holiday.
With some parts of the country still unheard from the total of violent deaths reported in the country had reached 170 at mid-morning and there was every indication that the figure would pass the 200-mark later in the day.
Fires were especially prevalent in the old south, where Christmas is celebrated with fire crackers and roman candles like the Fourth of July in the north.
Poison liquor deaths were confined mostly to the east, where nine were recorded over the holidays in New York city and one in western New York state.
Traffic and hunting accidents were general throughout the country. Three skaters were drowned in Massachusetts.
The nation-wide death toll classified by causes is as follows:
Traffic, 102; poison liquor, 12; fires and fireworks, 31; shootings and suicides, 25.
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United States
Event Date
Christmas
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170 violent deaths reported (expected to exceed 200); traffic: 102; poison liquor: 12; fires and fireworks: 31; shootings and suicides: 25; three skaters drowned in massachusetts; nine poison liquor deaths in new york city; one in western new york state.
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United Press survey of violent deaths during Christmas celebrations: traffic accidents, fires, fireworks, poison liquor, shootings, suicides, hunting accidents, and drownings nationwide; fires prevalent in the old south; poison liquor mostly in the east.