Show Railway way Mistakes London Chronicle Not long lone ago the state stat railway ati au In Melbourne had to Investigate p JI case of at a guard leaving his van walking along the clamber clamberIng clamberIng clamberIng Ing up to the engine and making a furious 4 1 assault as ault upon the driver r the train going at full tull speed sp ed all aIL the while They are arenow arenow I now inquiring Into another curious mci IncI IncIdent l dent In this case somebody forgot to toi i fix the couplings between n the engine and the train When the signal was given g iV en the engine steamed out of at the station by itself i leaving carriages and I passengers In the lurch Guard sta eta station statIon tion master porters and spectators pe t tor yelled but without effect The engine ran for six ix miles mUes before b fore it was discovered that It I had nothing behind it The most dis die disquieting disI quieting feature of the incident Ine Ide nt was the tha th fact that It passed several signal boxes I without receiving any warning to stop Everybody must have noticed the me mechanical mechanical mechanical groovy fashion in which h hI everything Is done at railway stations I Perhaps it Is natural and Inevitable Every official takes tak it for granted that I the routine of today will be the same as that of at yesterday and many other yes yesterdays f so that powers of observation are rarely requisitioned |