Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention — John Shaqi
Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and PreventionRichards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
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Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention
Richards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
Railroad accidents
Another cause of injury to passengers, especially children, who always
want the windows open, is by the windows falling and injuring them.
Nearly always their little hands or fingers get hurt; or by
ventilators falling on their heads. When you have an accident caused
by a window falling examine it immediately and, if the catches are all
right, show the injured person or, if a child, the man or woman in
whose charge it is traveling, that is was not the fault of the window
catch, and at the same time call the attention of some intelligent
passenger and of your brakeman to the matter and have them try the
window catch, and send in their names and addresses with your report.
If, however, the catch is defective report the fact, but don't
advertise it, and whenever you find any defective catches or anything
else wrong about a car in your train call the attention of the first
car repairer you meet to the matter and have it repaired, and report
it to your superintendent. If the car repairers would make an
examination of the windows, their catches, and of the ventilators, for
the purpose of finding out their actual condition, we would get rid of
many such cases. Do the same thing with the matting in the aisles, and
when there is a hole in it get it fixed, or get a new one. If you
can't do that, take the matting up and so prevent any one falling on
it.
Ruth Darman, child five years old, injured December 25th, near
Correctionville, was riding in coach 269, train No. 39; caused by
ventilator window falling and striking her, injuring her head.
J. E. Wills, passenger on train No. 25, January 25th, stumbled
over the zinc at end of matting, which was out of condition, in
coach No. 659.
Mrs. Jones, passenger, injured September 23d, at Junction, was
riding in coach 480, train 65, when train stopped at Junction. She
walked to rear end of coach and in doing so caught her foot in a
hole in the aisle matting and fell forward on her face.
Nora Holm, 3 years of age, injured near Henshaw, July 24th; caused
by a window in coach 338, train 9, falling on her arm, on account
of a defective spring.
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