Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-06-01 | Page 15 | 2,268 Killed on Crossings

2268 KiLLED KILLED ON CROSSINGS Engineer Advises to Wait Few Pew Seconds for Train In 1923 there were 2268 people killed on railroad crossings an antI Injured writes rites M rites J 1 T Heat Heat- Heat wole ii ole an engineer on the Denvel and Rio Grande Crande Western rall railway rallay ay urging that the schools for tor automo automo- automobile automobile bile 0 owners ners emphasize the Importance tance of ot crossing raU railway ay crossings ca carefully I I I i I I I It You TOU should kill Kill our nur engine I on a crossing in daylight and could not get your car off ocr senda send II a person each way to flag any that ma may be coming either directIon S Hag lag the engineer by es your arms up and down with out OUI hat In lu your hand band or pour our coat I have known a train to be flagged with a ladys lady's led skirt It If vou ou get stuck on a railroad crossing after I dark use 3 sour our flashlight by swing swingIng swingIng swinging Ing It across the track It If you ha bao e eDO DO na flashlight light a 1 pIece of paper or hold hol a 11 lighted match In III the hot hol hollow low ot of your hand and the engineer most likely see vou 1 0 and stop slop It If vou ou are waiting at a railroad crossing for a train to pus pass p s where there are two or more mare tracks track do donot donot not attempt to cross a as al soon as the train clears for tor there may rosy be ha a traIn comIng In the opposite direction that you you could not see Engineers are doing all In their power to avoid accidents by sound sound- sounding ing tog the whistle long and loudly and keeping the bell hell ringing While crossing all nil crossings When approaching a s railway crossing unless you have an uninterrupted view for at least two blocks stop look and listen before going over If I the crossing Is pro pro- provided pro provided vided with a wigwag and nd It I Is working vou ou should know that a atrain atrain atrain train is coming But Dut the may be bo out o of order The engineer cannot dodge so It Is up to vou ou to do the dodgIng It takes lakes the a average lain only about seven seen se en seconds to pass pl a crossing and a train usually looks I I better from the near ner aide side than J from the far side