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
R. B. Janeway, passenger, and J. P. Mitchell, baggageman, injured
Jan. 9th near Gray. Train No. 280 broke in two and rear end ran
into head end.
George Burgan and W. L. Smith and two other stockmen, injured at
Newport, Neb., Nov. 21st; train broke in two, and when the two
parts came together these men, who were sitting on the locker in
way-car, were knocked down.
Another class of accidents which are of altogether too frequent
occurrence are injuries caused by trains not stopping long enough for
passengers to alight.
Frequently the persons injured are old people not accustomed to
traveling, who are necessarily slow in their movements, and of whom we
should take greater care. Think how you or I would feel if our mother
or grandmother, if we were fortunate enough to have them with us
still, were injured just because a conductor or brakeman didn't have
forethought or decency enough to give them time to get off. If you
will do that, there will not be a procession of such cases as the
following, and the companies will be so much ahead.
Mrs. A. J. Denman, passenger from Norwood to Avon, injured at
Garwin, Sept. 7th; caused by the train not stopping long enough
for her to alight.
Mrs. C. E. Collinwood and C. Collinwood, passengers on train No.
32, from Omaha, injured at Hamburg, Oct. 17th; caused by train
starting before they had an opportunity to get off.
P. J. Wilkins, passenger, injured at Johnsport, at 1:10 a.m., Oct.
31, getting off train No. 35, while in an intoxicated condition;
brakeman gave signal for train to start as the man was coming down
the steps, thinking as he claims, that the man would have gotten
off before train started; both the brakeman and the conductor of
train knew that the man was intoxicated.
Sarapino Guiseppi, injured at Engletown, Sept. 26, at 6:15 p.m.
When train stopped at Engletown a number of passengers crowded
onto it and, before this man had an opportunity to get off, the
train started, and, while alighting, he fell and was run over and
lost his left arm.
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