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Show RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. sl The Intlr-StatoCommerco Commls- H slon have issued a statement which that during tlio thrco months Sept. 30. 1002, there were 203 persons killed and M 2,013 Injured In train accidents. H Other accidents, Including those H sustained by employes while at work and by passengers In getting on or olT cars, etc., hi lug the total number H or casualties up to 12,007, the killed H numbering 84.'), and the Injuied 11,102. H During the thicc mouths coveied by H the statement the tralllu of a largo ' bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI majority or the lalhoads lias been ' IH heavier than ever befoie, ncucssitat- ' LLLLI lug tho cmplojment of new men In ' ubbbbbbbbbbbbbbI The total number of collisions and J jH deiallmeuts was 2,148, or vvlilch 1,444 jH were collisions and 1,011 derailments, lLLLH or which fil collisions and 1U derail- nients effected passenger tialns. Tho liLLLLa damage to cais, engines nnd roadwajs lLLLH by the accideul.s amounted $2,108,- iiLLH We do not know the sou ices from fH which the Commission gets this In- ; IsbbbbbbbbbbbI founatlon but wo donot believe tho ' jH ilguics given aio any wheie near cor- iLLLLa rcct. Wo have something over 200,000 j jJ miles or railroad in this country with bbbbbbbbbbbbI over 2,000,000 men cmplojcd directly. ' H Among train men accidents aro of B any ricqucnt occuraucc. We bclivo H theic arc thousands or such accidents ' H that aro never heard or beyond tho 'i H train dlspatchcis olllcc. Tho niiin- ; H her of collisions repotted show that our system of moving trains Is still ', jf fiom i B . . i IbbbbbbbbbbbbbI |
