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Show RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. la the 1iwt Hire yours ami ten months mi imnsengor has -lii-fii killed thri mh collision or cIpraHtiicut on t!i Sou f.trn Pacific, accord I nj? to the accident ac-cident MlatiiHics of thi; Interstate Com-. Com-. inr.: O iiiiiiilssiou, recently wade inh,.; During this period t!m road c ii rle( 150. (00,000 mHeiiKer, h ii sner:K distance of 42 miles. In Ihe 1 is' '.hie years Btnl four month hut ul.o ((U'i.ieiiser j killed throiiKli tie-r:v:lnient. tie-r:v:lnient. or collision on the t'uiiion 11 in. There wore 27,!MM.0i) i.m-n-rjt-r.4 carried during tthut lime. 'til liieakaKO has been reduce.! to inmiuiim hy fie Introduction of trt Htimdard rail. SieeJ cars are re-' re-' (il'icin woidoii cjrs over the entire t'A.-l.ii'Ui .system and automatic hlock fi,4tial,i will soon ho in operation over vciy ,art of the lines. The Inspected Inspec-ted f Ai rails as they arc nianu- fi;!:i,d, originally InaiiKorated hy ihi liirrimarj lint!, has had much to do with the making of this sn.eiy re-Dili, re-Dili, and 'several other rjiids in this c un ry h,.ifi recently started similar iisf. '.on ti.f .ho.ls. There U one way to reduce tho fatality record on Ain-riaii ra'lroads and that Is to ; : : ! r-i that will prevent trenpa-iti trenpa-iti en f rlfihts of way. Fifty-three per 'it i f i:,e people killed on our rjiirad atinuali' lose their lives h- citiHtj of trexpaHHitiK. A larse ma-Jori ma-Jori y of t;iuo killed are holmes and i' hers, s caHiig rides, The ! rohleiii of reducing the iium-Iw iium-Iw uf railway accidents requires the rooperat'oii of both the officii! or U'e c n; anies and of the peopie. It h Im'I one of the real big problem prob-lem ot rullroad operating for years :nl vor iii.e in tie country looks forwa A lo the timo when a dea'h on a r td road because of derailment or cull, -4 n will bo unheard of. |