Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
A RemarkahIe MniIxay ACCIDENT.

A Remarkable Halfway Accident.
One of the most remarkable of railway
accidents has just been made the subject
Of exhaustive inquiry by the officials of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati * st. Louis rail
road. February Goth, 1885 an eastward
bound freight train of 30 cars left Brad
ford junction at $50 n. III. Two miles
and II half east of TINT point the wheel of
one of the cars broke, but the accident
was not discovered till the train reached
Piqua, 3 miles distant. The engineer de-
| clared that the train pulled easily, anil
the train-men that they heard no unusual
noise. The only damage to the car wilS
the broken wheel, but that wheel, after
leaving the track, dropped just outside of
the north rail and struck on the bottom
tlnnge almost every rail i'll the 4 miles of
its course to Piqun. OF the $50 rails in
TINT section l35 had pieces broken out
81 received hard blows md 1873 light
ones, while many of the rails that showed
no injury have since yielded, so TINT the
whole track will be relaid, $40 tons of 60
pound rails, costing I'll 100; but the old
material, being available in yards, sidings,
Nc, SO ms to reduce the absolute cost OF
the steel to $4,000. "Ihe accident" II
western railroad Journal says, "will hardly
inspire any traveller by rail with conf
| dence i'll the safety in chilled cilst-iron
wheels. There is something not very
| pleasant also in the thought that rails may
be SO damaged by the broken wheels TINT,
although they giyeno apparent indication
of being dangerously weakened, the very
next train may break them with disastrous
results. Cases i'll which trains have been
wrecked by broken wheels have not been
I
have heard of cnse before where the
train escaped und miles of permanent way
We're ruined. A 81 wheel, if it misses
wrecking the train TO which it is attached,
may yet destroy IN indefinite number of
steel rails. A hostile army could not do
the work so quickly nor so we'll. The ad-
yocates of properly constructed steel-tired
| wheels have not lacked for arguments for
their use on passenger trains-because
| safety is something worth paying well for,
But it seems now that safety may demand
the use of such wheels ON all trains run
ming over the same tracks as the passen-
| ger trains" ..
How French Cabinets Change.
The recent Ferry cabinet was longer
lived than any ministry since the fall of
the empire. Jules Favre was premier
from September, 1870, to September,
1871 Dufaure from September, 1871, to
May, 1873; the Due de Broglie from May,
1873, to May, 1874; General de Cissey,
from May, 1874, to March, 1875; M.
Buffet from March, 1875, up to March,
1876; NJ. Dufaure from March to Decem
her, 1876; M. Jules Simon from Decem-
Der, 1876, to May, 1877; the Due de
Broglie from May to November, 1877;
General de Rochebouet from November TO
December, 1877; M. Dufaure from De-
cember, 1877, to February, 1879; NJ.
Waddington from February to December,
1879; M. de Freycinet from December,
1879, to September, 1880; M. Ferry from
September, 1880, to November, 1881
Gambetta from November, 1881, to Janu-
airy, 1882 NJ. de Freycinet from January
to July, 1882; M. Duclerc from July,
1882, to january, 1883; NJ, Fallieres from
January to February, 1883, and NJ. Ferry
from February, 1883, to March, 1885.
The Freycinet cabinet was overthrown by
45O votes to rs.