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Show CUT ACCIDENTS ON S.P. LINES Railroad's Record lor 1920 Shows Results of Safety First Campaign Kvidenc" ..f the successful eftorts on the p.c-i of railroads to reduce ac- bients to their employes is shown In , figures compiled by the Southern Bacilli: Ba-cilli: coi nutva.tris? ( , , dea'hs of emp!"Veiy accident was re- : duccii by T or ll.isper cent as com- ! pared with 1919 add seventeen deaths or 27 per cent as compared n i i 9 1 S This record i.-;lted nolwithst jndini: la large increase in locomotive miles arid the yardmen's strike, according to local railroad off toils. J'espite the larse- increase In l" o-motlve o-motlve miles, n, ,,, the number of 11-cei.sfd 11-cei.sfd nutomo'.il' In Southern fa-i-lfic territory, K - , ... crossing casualties casual-ties were also relatively reduced, the number of klllct in grade crossings per million looomwr,vi miles being 95 In 1920. compared w ,th 140 in i n . a decrease of 3. pc-i ent. Theif were a tot, 0f 70 grade crossing accidents In J20 of which reri caused bv .iiAn'ni.iui, ninK "ii , - ,r ft ..nt f trains; 163 I automobiles, or more thAj 21 per cent ran into trains; 116 nlf on r:iek8 un.l were hit bv Ir;, ikldded Into 1 ''"'- r;l VrWr-,. roken down cros-ng cros-ng t-ati's Vwered to protect them from 1 appesjSjftjjjig trains; three ran down I anMnJured crossing flagman warn-1 warn-1 ,hem of aiproaching train; thlr-! thlr-! tc.fi resulted from miscellaneous AlllSes. During the year. 1920, 195 meetings meet-ings were held of safety first committees commit-tees nt which 4490 safet suggestions were discussed. 112 papers read on accident ac-cident prevention and reports made that 70.40S employes had been talked to Individually by members of safety committees regarding unsafe conditions condi-tions and practices Results for the year show that substantial progress was made In accident prevention by the Southern Pacific, as to serious accidents ac-cidents of all kinds and character. |