, 1875-12-04

Nheani1icnns to stn, II. thau8.,. tve:, MI It vsa.
IN 1rsn thsn Blk pcfnYna lost tness lives, atu1 a
much taFEer number wtro mora or ltAa H. jured.
EcIe all tha precautions imr,seh b7 Tho toy
Hcctcnt law warn tnketi, AMI re.vct o.riy t1 "a
veal tho wrah paint tu it.. Thn acctdons wan dun
70 tho neglect Of tie corporation IN not hAsias
the draw and Its eyutcm of signals b.tocketl
in Bnch = way Iiiat The movement Of tho oan
should automatically csunc corresponding
movement Of to otsor, ns,d THIS nce1ce. N l,rrli
qrartcrH nado II possible for C. c.-ntc.n eslpo5,
% opon tho draw On ta..:u1rlY dask and
foREy morning, wu'n l'u for;ot a. the HANG 10
ahits his tRna!s. \ statute provision mating
compulsory tic ntn,la:FinK Of ntl ttrA ~ tn rail-
road trt'!gcs with proper And ntaltl!lu nyatc1o
tnsEit Therefore, have Claims VI tia conKldtta.
tioEi nf nm intelligent Le.lHlRt:lrr; not 60 An Gil
sctHlnnt which conre!s tlic ntonptn2 II traiua nt
poinsn tshcro danger il Small AMI makes no pro-
vlsson rs laHrecth tsnr p.iA..; whera 1t In great.
Ahtl vet hlidse.necstonsa hina}s haro been,
Gu Gu NJ" et t'0ta'y u 1 G%.yH 1,1. 5sr" hx s"qn 2s
Is c1r7sed. lsson1'l 10 lnl2o.sibls fo- CORPORA
tom 10 tako too gr1at prccau:tol.. a.nuet them
hn'l That t!e E-ccautuna taEbn nrs very groas III
couClasiyn!y thoTa bj tie fact tia. viii, thou-
fahds OF btaEes many times eacll day subjected
70 tho strain of the pas7aEo II specd of heavy
trniun Eo y"rv feT diaaeti1s oceur. ScTe:.r-
leFh, the-o nt0 lnrM7 precautions 0tli,h, n tho
1aco 0! terrible experience. coFp7ratioH1 do not
and will not taie. For instance. oTtly ra,tnal
tlltnushons ie approaches, ahonli have III track
111tertnd nt:ainst po. aib!e dc1aIDent. +. IL iia
exception sui not tho rnle. iorcrcr. tn. tilis is
doan Long Immunity from assnt.cr lreesln n
tioan and yct the e,ngle lnishap in ilounsn
innHt surely fa1' to the lot of como one Many
yeeis ago tho terr,ble reanita WHICH, must 70 III
or la.0 bo erpccta'l wherever the cpusa-
quencea Of durailment on the apprnacIl,a
to a bridge hre not suroiy guarded a,al.n:
wore illustrated by dlna.tar Oil tho Great Wcst
rfn Raj, owl OF Cauhda Which, combined ,nal,y of
tha worst lurro1n 1t both t!le Nosna ak anIt tito
Now Hamburg tragedies rnore rtce1Itly tho al
most forgotten leston waa enforced n,eiu on lilo
Vermont Massachusetts, ltoal. III u, iia brils,
oSor tho Nill Rlyer. at Attlol. Tlla ncc!l2Ht
last refGrtel 10 occurred on tne i til o. juno.
ls1H. but, though forciDlo enough ~ reminder,
II WIS tAine 1ndtc1 IN Comparison with taH 1Jca-
JhfC;neH tnnat dtnHte.. Which ID BILL te:uner-
81 ahons!, II happened rs long ngo al ihe l7t4 or
MxrvL, 1867.
THE nFs.IAnD1:'Ea CANAL. Acc1ptST.
Tho fireat Western la,lIoad Of GEliada ct1Egetl
ts canal by Dsidgs Ut MI elevation Of asou: ~
feet. AZ the time of tlls accident there were
sone IL feet Of Wattr 1T the caual. tho1gt. Aa ia
r1Knnl iii Canada Mt that Heason, i. waH co:cr:,i
by ice come = fcet Ii ilickuos Tn tho af.or-
noon Of tho LII, OF Mach, tho lcc.l arc g:.,-
snodhtion-train frnn Hamilton WaH nexr!tg tho
bridge. tB locomotive, though 1t waa theu iuov-
inE et q very slow ratio of eGced, SaH III Humc
wa; thrown from tho tack md TN to tho tmbt-u
OF The bridge. Thcso i. cut through, ansJ then,
falling heavily Oh tAu string rleccs. i. parted
them, ahd iusts1stIy pitched hcndnug OH - tho
freAc' ElrIacn of Tie clEat bn!u,r lrAEguc afics
it tue teudcr, baggaEo-car. and twp passenger
cars, Which composed tho Whole train. Tucrs
WAS nothing wha:cyer to bleak The fsli Of Cd
feet; and even tlen feet Of leo ou!y INTERVIEWED
bokwcen tho ruins OF tl,p trAi,. and tho Go.t3nI
Of tho cnnal IL feet below. Two feet OF solid ion
will afford M contomptiblo roslAa.,ca to fall
ing body; tho Locomotive aud tender cruehcd
heavily through i. and INSTANTLY nank ont Of
sight. IN falling tile basgase-car struck a cor-
n1r OF the tender, aud Tas tA1A throat Boa,e 10
yards to ono aldo, and was fol owed By iho ites
passenger oar, WHICH. turning s9mersautt NJ 1t
went down, fDlt oa its roof mud Mas cr7l,hed
to Fragments, but only part ally broke
through the Ice. upon which the uest car fell
cn'wlac, and rested in that position. Tint
every human boins in tho first car was o:!llr
CT flshed Or drowned scelns moek natural tua
unly Cause for oslonBlulout is 1ouud III tue fart
thht any ono should GAyo survived Euch catas-
tiorhe, tumble oi 60 feot on ice a. at,lid a.
rock! Yet, of tour persons tn tic baggage-car,
three wont down with il. aud not olo or thc.n
wEs moro than slightly injured. 1Ao cugincor
aud nionsn. MID tho occupants OF tho second
passengor-car, were less fortunate. Tsc former
were found crushed under the locomotive in the
buttcln Of the cannl; NAi!e, Of tho Iuttae. len
Wero killed.. aud not one eRcnnrd govern injury.
Very rarely indeed i'll tho history Of rAi!road- -ac-
eadeptH have 40 faEGo a portion Of tho:s OH tin
train lost their lsyca III this cAgc. for, out Of
ninety pof.ouH, Klxtv rcrihhod, anl III tha H,lc1-
her wha Included every woman aud cINId among
the passengers, with single exception.
There wcro two ctcuns a1cc4 aton.
this disaster worthy Of csptcia! notice. IN
tho frat place, au well ns ecu now DO
aHcoEthsued, in tho abBcnco of any Trustworthy
iecorti ot MI investigation into cauacs, the acci.
tlont WAS easily preyeatable, though by means OF
spplianeoh which eycn yet h7Te norer boon
brought into general nse. It apreare 10 Hayo
IAnt {rkn1n &1Ity
locomotive. hawevtr occas,one<l jl.at ~ 1t was
anterIuE Oh swing draw. bridge. Thrown from
tue t!acks. thefo "as nothing IN this nooriuE to
prevent tho desaiiod locomotive from dei!ect!n.
from lis coursc nut,l It toppled oya, tho ends of
tho ties. nor were tho Lies aud flooring apparent
Is suificiensay strong to suesaia il even yalo il
hold 10 Its c0lr.1H. Under such circumstances,
tho dcrhilment Of locomotive upon my bridge
can mean only Destruction It meant It then, it
nleans 1t nov and get our country Ia to-day full
OF bridges constructed in all cxa:tls similar way.
A vevy aimpie aud ine1 1peosiyo appliance would
mako nccideuts from this ca,t4c, II not iu,poss,-
bic, at least highly improbable. IL Is on!y ucc-
eteary 10 mako tho ties md iloorinS4 of
3 feet OH either side OF them. sufll-
cientlY attong 10 sustain tho whole woiSht Of =
tram oil tllo track aud in motion, while / third
rail- or HtrGng truss Of wool securely fastened.
should ho LAID down midway beta tho rH,ls
throughout the entire lonGth OF tho bridge and
its nprroachos, With this arrangement, rs Tho
1alGos Of tho wheels pre OIL tho lusstso it must
follow that, iu cass OF deralmeut and diycEg-
cnce to ono sido or tho othor OF tho brilR,. tiio
inner side OF tho tlange MIL como ssaiust tic
cuco amounts to half tha Hpace boiwocn tlla
rails which liz tho Ordinary gauge is2 feet and 10
fnchea. Tho WlleolB mnet thou glide along tlis
ginrsl, holding tho tram ttom any further dlyer;-
eneo from IT'S cos,rro, until it can bo checked.
MeAnshfle, ~ tho tics and flooring extend for
tho space OF feet outside OF slo track, sn:.i-
oleut support Is furnished by them for ,.o ether
wheels. 4 legislative enactment compelling tho
with additional rrosisunB Tor the lhLerlock-
Ing Of drawa with thar slguats lii shs cases Ut
bridges acsosH 1,aSiGaolo waters. would bo orcn
to tho objection that laws against daugers Of nc
c,lont by raj. have almost invariably proyol i'll
effective when thoy wore not absurd, but in it,
self, il enlolcel it might not ltnrrobably render
dsasterH like thoss II Eorwkk and Dos Jartiiuos
telrors Of The past. The New-llAmbur5 accident
dnt,1udn3 mn oti i,or r%1,Af&iora