New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-25
DEATHS Inv RaiIroad.

The railroad slaughter IN the United States may be
tras with that Of England mentioned thus in TIE Lotd0n
Iiness
Ihepubc will learn with considerable interest III AZ the
central account OF railway accidents has beeu made up
the close Of last year that the actual state OF this qGes
ton be sscertained The results bsi0re Us 10
return Of the number and nature Of the accidents and
1.-THE Diuri' to life and limb which have occurred on al
"the ways in Great Britain and Ireland from the ls
July TO the 3ls December 1882 together with the
Der Of passengers conveyed during that period Our
first brief announcement of the facts here disclosed viii
create, fear uumgaed dismsy In the six months
terminating as aforesaid there killed upon the rail
Of this Kingdom one kEadred and hiry ID epersons while
there were injured hyec haRdred and eghy These
amounts appear perfectly terrible Many pitched battle
has b. with smaller loss Of life 10 tact the great
fght Of Meeanee which destroyed the Ameers an gave Sir
Ch.res Napier the command Of Scnde cost the British
force but 200 wounded and 90 10 killed The total
number Of sufferers shown in the return is $50 for the six
months which, If the rate IS maintained would give up
wards Of thousand casualties for sngs year We shall
presently offer explanations which will materially
uodiy these conclusions but the result VIII stu deserve
very serious reflection.
10 commence with the most alarming itein-that Of the
1873 violent destbswe soon reduce this sum TO figures
far lees alarming OF these fatal accidents Al occurred to
trespasser being neither passengers Of the
companies, who lost their lives by wily Inadvertently
e1posing themselves 10 danger without having bust
ne on the line all This class Of casualties therefore
forming nearly third of the whole must clearly be de-
Quoted from the gross account In the next place, 40
servants of the companies workmen employed by
tractors With their deaths by their careesness
mis- enduct that have now nearly 40 thirds Of the
smount accounted for without any censure attaching 20
the companies any risk shown 10 passenger
traffic gene rally Thirdly, find ls passengers killed by
fault-ss the report usbut their Forty
deaths only remain therefore ascrbabe to railway manage
menthat is to say having proceeded from causes be
yond the control of the sufferers and 81 Of the victims
companies servants work people, the xctuh nun
Der of passengers Killed by railway accidents in the usual
sense of the phrase is reduced TO 9.
On the other hand turn TO the list Of wounded
discover the very first item that fewer than 36 pas
sengers sre admitted to have been injured without any fault
their psrts and from causes confessedy beyond
their control This number for period of SIX months
only must be felt to be quite alarming; do know
thai offer any efectu mitigation Of its purpQ-
Ii that the return is sweed by the Extraordinary
humber Of sufferers in one OF tso particular accidents
such that at Redhi on the lst Of November when II
passengers injured together and that the Man
chester Sheffield and Lincolnshire line where az
smir fate. may be also true iusinust,d in the re
port that great number Of these IN uTes very
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