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
John A. Owen, W. A. Stead, Martin Kjoelseth, Andrew Thorsen, and
C. G. Strombeck, passengers on train No. 82, were injured at
Wallace, Aug. 2, by reason of the caboose in which they were
riding colliding with some cars on the side track, caused by
Anderson, a telegraph lineman, unloading some poles from a car in
the train upon which they were riding while it was moving, one of
which struck a switch target, opened switch, and caboose ran into
side track and collided with cars.
And when you have a car loaded with logs in your train see that they
are secure. If you do an accident like the one near Hamlin, January
8th, won't occur:
Julius Lewinsky, passenger, was injured while riding in coach;
chain on one of the cars gave away, and logs fell off and were
forced through bottom of the coach, striking his left leg.
It would seem to be a simple matter to see that logs, water pipes,
machinery, or other property liable to fall from cars are properly
secured before car is taken in the train, and so avoid such accidents.
Why not do it?
When in a terrible rain-storm you are running with a slow order over a
track which is being repaired, don't do it at a speed of 50 or 60
miles an hour, if you value your life and the lives of those in the
cars behind you. If you don't value them, don't do it because it is
dangerous and your orders tell you not to, and because your family
will suffer if you get killed in the attempt and the company's
property will be damaged, and don't, under such, or any other,
circumstances, run by a station five minutes ahead of time contrary to
Rule 4, and yet that is just what was done on the night of July 2,
when
James Williams, engineman; Charles Jones, fireman; and two tramps
were killed; and F. C. Stodmeister, brakeman; W. W. McAllister,
baggageman; C. W. H. Brown, Charles Brown, and A. Parsons,
porters; W. J. Smith, telegraph operator; Mrs. Miller, Alice
Eager, and Mrs. David, passengers, and Thomas King, a tramp, were
injured, 1-1/2 miles west of Janeway by train No. 8 running off
derail and knocking down the tower.
When you get a bulletin prohibiting your running down certain hills or
around curves faster than 30 miles an hour, don't do it at 40 or 50
miles an hour, as it is unsafe, and yet that is exactly what was done
May 12 near Wilkes, and resulted in the derailment of freight train
No. 18, and
William Little, brakeman, was killed, M. J. McWheeney, Geo.
Orneson, Jr., O. A. Dalseth, C. F. Shoelkopf, Geo. V. Hickock, and
C. W. Doner, passengers, injured.
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