, 1880-05-15
LONDON.
Railroad Accidents in Great Britain
Revelations az to tho Tay
d Disaster.
Porishnbllity Of Colors In. English paint-
ings-Another New look on
Napoleon I.
sarah Barnhardts Flight from the Theatre
Francaiso-An 0verestimated
Actress,

nbtion In tho Ifnitcd Stotrs TINT the Enrtisl, |
rntlroaI, aysten,, whatoyer its shortcomings
nav he IN other directions. ia co,nparntlyely |
frce from Incidents resulting IN loss Of llfe.
I shall. therefore. probably shack many
readers who hnyo heretofore held that ln |
lrent t,rltoin trnvol by rail Il unattcdded by |
Tho distressing casualties Incident to rail- |
roadInp everywhere e'so when say tint tho
ra,1wny-nccIients which occurred In tho
Initial Kingdom ,nst wear
eEYr 1.074 PERSONS OYER TO TIE MAJo1..
1rr,
and Injured ncnrly O, 900 more. These figures
take from the bulky returns Just issued by
the Board of Trade, which Inns special facllt-
tics Mt It's command for nscerlalning the
facts. Thirty-spycn collisions between rns-
senger-trains or parts Of pnssengcr.tratns
wsru reported; ntnrty-itve collisions between
pnssonger.tralns md freight or mineral
trains, engines, etc.; twenty-five between
freIeht-:rafns or parts OF freiEhttratns; two
cases Of trains coming III contact with pru-
1ectIons from tra!ns travelling OH parallel
lines; seventy-oNc cascs ot pasAcngcr-tralns
or parts OF passenger-tralhs leaving the rails;
thirteen of freight-trntl,s or parts Of freight.
tralns, engines, etc., leavilg the rai1s; eleven
of trains or engines travelling the wrong df-
rect1on through points; twenty-one OF trains
tunnIng into stations or sl.ltngs Mt too high n
spetd; live Of the bursting os botlcrs or tubes
OF engines: uiue Of the failure Of machinery,
aprtngs, etc., of engines; %, failures of
tires; 4oa failures OF nxles; fourteen Of fcoup.
lIngs; two OF ropes used III working lnCltncs;
ten Of tunnels, bridges, viattucts, culverts,
etc.; 1,54l broken rails; twenty-six slips III
cuttingsor efnbnnkMents; anil I've other nc
ciacltts,-maAinx mi avcrage, II l hnve
added the tigurcs correctly, Of nearly ten ac-
citlcnts day throughout tile year 1910, In
Which Personal injury was inflicted. This,
to my secnllng, Is very fair record OF dis
cster for railway system popularity be-
loved to be tho sntest III the world. l hRve
not vet done, however. OF other casualties,
In which M ncrYouol injury wns reported.
tr, ,.ns,, r,t'.o,.,t oa.os ~ +r1ns r,,,,,,f,,,
.st. WIZ nss 49,, s'us -. ,.t.'a4.
failures Of wheels; ono failuro Of a brakr-,
Apparatus: furty-ntue cases OF the Noo,llng
NJ nort,ons of nrr,,,onrnt wnv. iwo flr,s IN
oaa ~ 49,, a.na ~ ats,'o,'.. on1 -
eases ot u trans q pnnr Iy ~ over cetto or @ oths
distractions on tl,e liNc. It IL interesting,
ion. to note TINT. by Incidents frun causes
othrr finn necitfcnts tn trains. rollinr-stock.
and permanent way,--incln,!ing Incidents
dents to persons passlnr over lovol crossings,
IN fraennssarS n,ni nti,cra INT t,trsf,,a yvpr.t
E!!iea md 10 81 Injured, is e'saty.iiss Of t lie
killed and 7o5 Of the injured being pus~
sengcrH.
Writing on the subject of accidents, I cam
THE TAI nnlnaE lSvEsrlpAr1oS.
As this Inquiry proErrsscs the English and
Scotch public are alike aEllast Mt tho rcyela-
itnt1,'s ~ tbo ,,ast,,st. -, ~. ,in,' -, ~,
Isva y. NV .. ~ Nv .Ima " a.. .,'a
cnlalnlty hafe coh9 trlle. mol only WIS the
bridge known to have been rIckety fifteen
minutes bcfor. the Incident took place. and
been tIukercl III by an l.,spcrtor who lin.
sell nd,1.lts thnt hu Ind no knowlu,|rn
~ o,rlranrinu vh,4soo,",. Int II ,,,. hon,,
nroye by Mr .Jn,ns Fr,;1',s III Iiefi,nmi md Gt ti'nt
Inferior lrol, M WIN Supplied Tor tho ,oIts Of S tie
~ knaw that H." Afn.nt,,r nsa hrii,",i ~ liza
ijrm thot sn,niIoiI it"rr f%', r. ,,s ~ nM1 11
anw not, o nt Il Anatbnr ~ Hs1 Moa ~ nr. iaa
gse sviaes1 to ,ta ow lnt IT, ,nrl1r ,,ns
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@ ha ro ~ thn @ in , nf }t,ni3;yo sphien! 1ie!,
IN H. svna " nntorin "G ai";'.
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y, eas ~ Io NY 4 m1ne ni0Me w" IT, soW; II
70 mos sexeIo ai!a exemplary LUG inquiry VIII
n1vs o saf III III san, sa,t =, .h o,,,o o,,roa,,
,ra ~ 1S ssYGfaI t o, tne
u1o lhclets'hR l1e4feAbFtlo1lS 10 .-..
SECURE EstI9rATIoE rKoM THIS COUNTRY.
Some, months ago tho Kansas Pacific
"guldesn and circulars were SCATTERED right
anu lelt throughout LONDON, Nevertheless.
aE,g ~ not . H. H. monaom talas taG COMPANIES,
n61 ~ stu uss aex, o'tt ~ tg aG1
faetinp ~ II ~ ss' Jus' WI we99 ttissns +,
~ a,S S.n a,t;ilGs t'ie tIiUst ueslt!losl ri
tha o u .v ~ ~ Tv m*'ns @ 70 on 1otSMKe
hsl th%o % ssaS,irn m of I menticc @ 'nt Sfr % scmGt S
vtS 1voastST ~ nFsni ~ the atonisolls oliekh "