| Show DEATH 1 OIT 11 T sha HE RAIL BAIL an y ye ussr r for or tra reler ame america there has been moro more railroad ac in the united states this year than in any year of railroad history it ie e estimated that up to date over two hundred people have been killed and darn damage ag ge suits are pending in about six eix hundred cases of the severely injured the following table gives tile the most import tant instances but as it was coni compiled from a hasty review of our news colu columns several have doubt been overlooked date place of accident killed iiii in jan 21 big four open switch alton III 32 jan 28 chicago great western derailment kent ill III a 3 50 feb 21 21 west shore derailment PrIn ivra NY 0 3 16 feb 22 penn pennsylvania 87 avania collision west philadelphia pa 4 20 feb 2 1 2 I schuylkill kill valley collision near choen irville ix ville 4 2 april 3 jacksonville coll collision 1 1 4 I 7 april 25 dare care rock collision sommerset Somme iset pa 11 2 may G c bia roar four derailment lafayette ind 10 14 may G da dayton 0 1 n michigan co collision ision 5 0 may blay 0 SO O tyrone clearfield collision tyrone pa 6 5 1 11 1 june 20 long island railroad lail road derailment park ville L I 1 10 20 july 13 west shote shore derailment newberg NY 6 5 21 july 17 grade crossing aati ecu dent chicago 5 12 july 25 palt baltimore imore ohio derailment 3 35 30 aug 4 lake derailment linday Lind sayO 0 3 25 aug IC 10 boston albany broken bridge 17 28 sept 7 fort wayne collision colt hour ill 13 17 sept 18 big four collision mangeno manteno Man teno ill 8 Is 18 sept 22 wabash collis collision i ion kingsbury ind 14 45 sept 27 grand gratny trunk bellevue mich 3 5 oct 13 michigan n central collision jackson midi alich 2 23 40 oct 16 wabash collision east st louis louia 0 7 72 oct 17 pittsburg fort for t tv chicago near wells wella ville Obio 3 5 oct 19 10 illinois central collision otto olto III 0 10 oct 20 grand trunk collision battle creek mich 27 30 36 1 nov nov G pac collision near reno zeno nov nev 6 3 kov 6 illinois cot col dision lisio tit allion ills 4 2 nov 8 rock pock island wreck in n iwa iowa 8 40 de 1 Leli 64 sli it valley road 1 ti alt tv V ejk aw por po r de dec 15 X Y a and d renn penn zoad train cle derailed railed 8 i 1 10 |
