Encyclopedia Dubuque
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"SCORCHERS"
"SCORCHERS." In 1910 "scorchers" was a term given to automobile drivers who drove too fast. The "Telegraph Herald" began a campaign about such drivers and the following day a girl was struck and killed by a car. The incident was given three stories in the newspaper. One, an editorial on the front page, was entitled, "Will Auto Speed Mania Subside?" In the course of the trial of the driver, it was found that he had been driving at a speed of eight miles per hour.
In 1930 to help lower the number of accidents, the DUBUQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT joined the National Safety Council. In 1932 Dubuque in competition with ninety-two other cities won first place for its efforts to reduce accidents.
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Source:
"History of Dubuque and Dubuque County." Telegraph Herald, Jan. 15, 1939, p. 5. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dtdBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BaoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5766,3140247&dq=dubuque+electric+company&hl=en
