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Show THB DEADLY HANSOM. Le1oe Weata Bubslltote for Ike Vahlelo TSel Kills. London I sorely In need of publlo vehicle to iiipeinede the hansom cab. The atrecta of the metrnpolle are mors llppery and more crowded than thoa of any other city. Horses drawing hansom caba are notoriously prone to atumble on the alilny surface of our asphalted and wood-paved thoroughfares. thorough-fares. And when a hansom cab horaa fnlla tha pasaenger haa little chance ot eacaplng Injury. He la generally flung bead foremost over the "curtain" on to tha body of the hurae, struggling frantically on the ground. If tha window win-dow la down, he I thrown through that well; If the window la up, tin udden (toppagi of the cab frequently bring It sliding downward with luch force that the gins la shivered Into plerre and the sharp fragment lacerate lacer-ate bl face and bead. An authority who ha apent years In etudylng the question of treet paaaengar tram mentioned aeveral case to Dally Mall representative where hansom cab paasengor known personally to him-aelf him-aelf have had glasa extracted from tha face, bead and lege In consequence of the horse' merely slipping. Another fruitful aource of accident I the kicking kick-ing In of the footboard by a reatlv horse. The splinter are ihowered Into In-to the passenger's face, aa In the other case be baa no means of eacape, for If ba attempted to Jump out he would probably be struck by the lunging hoofs of the homo. In fact, no matter what the nature ot the accident, tha hansom cab passenger la perfectly helpless. It matten little what type of carriage Is adopted ao long a It Is safer to ride In than the preaent han-aora. han-aora. which aluya Ita score of people annually and Injurre many hundred. London Mall, |