Show AN TS NO O AMES Decision Against Railroad Injured in Wreck for Which He Was to Blame Bl me St Louis Loui Dee 23 Judge John F Phil Philips PhilIps PhilIps of the United States court of appeals today returned a verdict In m which a rail railroad railroad road is held responsible to Ma hs employers and to the public for an acci accident accident accident dent In the case calle of Benson Collier a a former fireman who sued the Missouri Kansas Ian as Texas Railroad company compan for for personal injuries received r in su sua ina illa I a wreck On that occasion the Kat Katy Flyer JI er was wrecked because a signal was as disregarded The evidence Showed bowed that Collier saw the signal S but hut failed railed to call all the attention of the engineer to it itIn ItIn itIn In summing up his opinion and de ld id iding Ing the tho case against agaIn t Collier Judge Philips Phil Philips PhilIps said saidI I feel profoundly impressed with the supreme public importance of ot holding the of railroads in positions such as engineers and nd firemen in charge of trains to a rigid accountability for the observance observance observance ance of ot reasonable rea and wise rules of the r company in the running of trains A large portion of the frightful disasters on rail railroads railroads railroads roads carrying death dl th and disaster in m their wake sake are caused by the inattention of employee Such disasters will not be he lessened by b awarding damages to those tho e whose inattention to such rules of the master contribute to the misfortune |