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Show Deaths at Grade Crossings i j Gates and flacmen at grade crossings cross-ings do not prevent accidents. Two-thirds Two-thirds of the people killed at crossings In Massachusetts during the past yepr were warned of danger by gates and attendants. Tills record includes only the fatalities which occurred while protective appliances were in operation, opera-tion, and It shows that many persons are w tiling to take the 'chance of N ing killed to save a minute of time I A lowered pate and a Ragman on duty j seem to be accepted as a challence to duck under the obstruction and dart j acoss the track in front of a lo. omo- tive. Those who make a slis;ht misrai- dilation of distance and speed can expect ex-pect only death or injury, and it won;. ! seem that a minute of waiting is an j insignificant price to pay for life and j sound bctiies and limbs. Th r'-per's I of the beard of railroad commissi. irv I ers. howewr. shows that there Is a deplorable spirit of rnr-kl'-sTiess in the '.state and that saf',fy can be' provid'-d tmlv by abolishing the crfssir;gs I'rn idenre- Journal. |