The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-24
Year, Railroad Accidents.

From a record Of the railroad digs
rtrs in the United States, dating from
the beginning Of N"vcnl~r, ls7O, t"
the end Of October, 1871, We CLEAN TIN.
following facts: Tie report in question
is complied simply from newspaper
records of casualties by rail and is
only an approximation to the en,nr
truth. The Who'll. table COMPRISES re.
turns "t IO7 ,ailr"m,l "acci,lcnts," the
greater portion of which We're. strict,
speaking. not accidents at all. 1t shows
- total OF 81 killed aud 254 Wounded,
and the result nf collisions, locomotive.
explosions. giving way at bridge and
trains running off the track. Were.
on r.ilr"a's worked ns they nn.it to
he, it is perfectly ola. ions that col.
!i>i"ns ut least ought to rank as i'm
possible occurrences. OF ,his class "f
accidents, there were forty ia all tnr-
ing the prri'M referred 10. showing -
total "f 1903 persons killed and oil
! wounded. That is Ia say, Thirds
If the Killed aud nearly nne-tIlr,! III
the Wounded scrt, beyond any donit,
victims IF the negligent ar 1a.Du,i"n~
management If railroad corporations.
The foremost place in the record ot
slaughter is occnpi-d 10y the Revere
disas'cr ON August 20 the New Ham
bury tragedy "n February Il. fellows
in the magnitude Of its results; while
the train thrown from, bridge at
lIarpe,'s River. Tennessee, aud The
collisions At Ehwa,dsviIlr, Illinois,
take the third and f"nrh places -
These four events alone arcn,,nt f,.r
~ dead and 81 Wounded. while if th
accident at Bangor, Maine, on August
,. I've added :" the Est, Hrc disasters
viii t,. found to account for 81 killed
aud il5 wounded.
Perhaps the most striking thing
about the entire record is, that i,
would be impossible to find 81 single
ease where the work al negligent oil.
ci:fs or incapable manay. ~. ut has
f"ll"we,l hy its legitimate punishment
of n.anslaugh,cr. 1t is truc that when
we consider the enormous distance
some fifty -four Thousand, miles ,ravcr<-
ed by American railroads, and The
vast commerce, equal tO some four
hundred and fifty million dollars Il
year, which this represents the list of
casualties il not calculated to excite
alarm. l, is safe to say. for example,
that tried Ivy any snch test as mileage,
or even Of the gross number of pas.
sengcrs carried over given distance,
the fatal and selions accidents OD
street railrmisis would be proportion
ately much more numerous. On the
other hand. it is right t" bear in mind
that I70 I1ope killed outright is IL far
heavier penalty than We ought to pay
in Il year for rapid lrc.,n,"tinn. II til.
virtual mur,ierrrs of the larger prUpnr-
'i"n at these people had been prompt
ly brought To Justice, we should have
Il much better prospect next year of re-
,lncing the catalogue OF railroad slaugh-
ter.- Exchange. .r,t,5
HANOVER PUDDINGs.-Take two
tal,lespOOnfuls Of -four, three we'll
beaten eggs, two ounces If wnIme,l
butter, one pint Of milk, and stir well
together, 40 as to form. rich batter
then gradually thin Aawn will, half Il
pin, OF water, flavor with, ratifia, nd
ding sugar to taste beat all we'll
together, and half till timer other cul 8
that have been oiled. Bake in u
quick oven for about twenty five
minutes, then turn out, and serve
with wine sauce. ,a ma M.