, 1869-11-15
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
MreatEE ct new York Soctety OF
Fra Gtscnl EpKaueeFs-efoSS to Avoid
DfkAxteFs

Tractscal EpKaueers-AoSvt TO Avoid
Dttn&ter.
From the N7e y.nrt tirraLs, Nns. II.
1ne ctdla.s1 mon'a,y pee..ns Of .hta socetJ
graphical ard STATISTICAL socte:r. Cooper Un:on
tiIndtnEA Thr chair AAa tskeh by the Prssthea,,
Jan 4 whitney; The .esontl par o. : pa7eI
Vi P1errbts'n, " wsa rad hy Mr. MtltamA 10
TeitIi7pR tn the best description Of rlreuAd, tie
sapsf ,sattd s1st It n,1 t,e sen 1una hy szpe.,
tsfuctxd compound ral-E1z, tho isl tnowu
Is, m IS. ,op Or ncad ns,9K Of ,sss spa
nm tnpcssibl,v stat fractare eaould occus
10 eofa eseI sase % ar waans i1ed oei eee Ious
briiec bsake. which vii, alop tra!n RoloE at the
rate ol 1blrt. u:rs an tnnr IN sixteen Or e;gat-ea
thr momentum Of u srain l. sp2llr1 ~ means OF
\ taek Acstpp 10 tern po!ons 10 the snnft OF
which l. atsarhed the cha1a shtch operates rue
hfacee. 10th 1he-t dcElces lesscDcd tho Liability
10 accidents - reads nit now npe-asAI A 70
! safety ~nee'a AMI hx'cr. thcfr wRs considerable
ltsnssy TO accident y tie breaking up Of ~neeis
! 1hy Of railroad Companies vas tue great ca 1ss
| tbat prevented the sdons'on OF efficient .aveu-
Wheels ard aIIeA OF iron and atce4 and anot In
! encatltE the rhnse of certain portions OF tue
ou'Tf s,s snesss2s yns.s :ss' 1aes e;es
smoonted practically 10 coutinuou. osas4os. This
| lR6t device 0rt9inA&ed with Mr. Wllltama Acct-
| dents at dfknstltgrs could .e. prevented BY AlR+
| paipg. A great MANI rzha2y Accst,ents were AZ
t1ousahie 10 thc want OF properly constructed
cnr, aud to the ertire d'sreGu1o Of safety 10 taeit
equipment lie suggested thai the cars could ec
ulade OF india rubber or Rusta pefcha 10 some Of
| tteir v1tGHA forms OF manufacture, OF, WnAt
would be better tts'l. s1rAw rapef. He aleO nc
omu eutesi In thi- c,1nec'ou tue u'c Of the "M'l.
let platform, y atd 1netanced 'he fectns accident
al Mount HOoc, on the EEic Robd, In 1stu*:tAtlOu.
Tiers ios 'fa1 T., rs 81 male 10 Of nlne eas. ciat!
Loi- Il w4A 10 lkta excenlonai car Ih1s the acct.
| dent was at nbafts], The paper then referred
nj length 10 ttf-ETsphlnx, End RECOMMENDED
| more perfect AlT1nEeu1cntA The chirf fttztu1-
| neTd1tton TOT preventing Acc1denA that MI
WlnIaua Admitted, Nx1 node Of stopping tint
| tram b. rs own momentum. without intu5J
| either to csfa or 70 passenger, and he surpo*cd
that the EpAce OF the action OF rcatstsuce NAs &
4 ultpEeA that 1t wuned amoant ID The aggregate
| 10 Ely scet OF nnrr. which could be done s11ril
| by kkviIg the huCef1 It each end Of the ear &C
I through spAce Of ctcu four CT tnofc feet AT
I h,gn rate ct apeed the momentum OF the trst1
, ! eeufd nc 80 entcstd u not even TO fracture III
the c1rs car9tn9 Tong pneuraattc, hydraulic. q
! olhrf bunr7a Nf. Williams explained vita co3
| siderable Mtnueuets the detail By which ths
1 eoud BE- tecemEuthe1 He hAl drNELed An4
propostd Practical plan by which inc Io91cn
and dragging then Atoor tic tsack u rDe1aanlcal
| taken NIB AUD tnut.altx~d and substituted Tor In
| clusblnK proce2s, which vas not only dAaResUQs
| bet exrcng.ve- The dtaElnEs Hrfo thcu ex
] tlAtDed and the nse OF Aast'y brakes on ta1r
faIls ard Lse 2nI,eE cunc1ndc1 hy crying the econ
I ouy Of rfeve1t,s e. to 2tcidenfs being adopsct b
!. | Atsrs which the Chairman .tsclased the meet!u
, ! 1dt1ufrAf.