New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-30
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ten killed and eleven injured
The Manhattan Beach Railroad disaster al fa'n'
VILE tunnel, where eight were killed and twenty
eight injured has not been forgotten. The state
Railroad Commission found that a Sleeping low
erman was suddenly awakened by tne pasaiis Va
the train and in a dazed condition threw s"i'e"
under the cars. thus derailing them. Dnr'h6 '"'
trains into a street car at chicago Over
misplaced switch at East Aurora, n. y; into
spreading track at Monroe Falls. OHIO; against d
projecting freight car on side track al iio
dence through a trestle near 81. Louis. ana INTO
the rear end Of another train at Pittspurs' i"e
casual observer in each case would propap'y "a'e
been so nconsideratc as ask why 1t happened
and insist on blaming somebody. Perhaps he
would be right. for it Is utterly Impossible 10 ue
duce any law Of necessity which fits all these cases
cause.
The Lake Shore had a curious disaster at LIND
sey. Ohio. on August 6. car on an express
jumped a switch and dragged others from 'he
track. There was a general wreck, put II nap
pened that nobody on the train was Killed. thoush
twenty-five were hurt The two men killed both
stood by the track the train passed The At
antic and Danville on August IL sent some coaches
through "A trestc. killed seven and hurt four peo,
PIE 1T was disc9yerea mat 'ne od rasjnr the
creek. and the hand Of man had failed TO guaru
against the rising waters
FATALITIES NEAR NETWORK.
The next two great accidents were near this
city. A mistake about orders brought about hve
deaths and four injuries in the hcadend coil'Jon on
the Harlem at Rawlings on August y. ana earV
the next morning the awful Long Island slaughter
Berlin took place. a towcrman failed to turn
a signal against train, and the result was sixteen
dead aud seventeen seriously hurt He has just
been discharged from confinement. and the rail-
road censured for employing an incompetent man
and not providing proper brakes. which might nave
avcrted the disaster on the last day of the month
the Boston and Albany killed fourteen and manned
twenty-eght by sending IA train through frau
iron bridge that was not properly guarded I iif.
Control of express was lost on II steep grade. AT
the foot Of which was freight and six killed and
twenty wounded the report which followed
collision. killed twelve and MANNED nine Then 1t
was the Illinois Centrars turn. one section of a
Worlds Fair train came to stop ana no fagman
was sent back. The second train stopped when II
had killed eight and wounded fifteen people. Some
people said the second engineer asleep or he
would have stopped sooner, for he had two miles
of straight track before he came to the first
ton. A few days later the first section OF a
Wabash train passed switch where a freight was
standing. a brakeman, taking ii for granted that
the freight would go on. without orders turned the
switch. and the second section ran into the freight
Fourteen men were killed and forty-lve hurt.
The accidents of October are numerous and far
too recent TO need special mention. The Michigan
Central rear-end collision at Jackson: Mich. and
the Grand Trunk head-end collision at Battle Creek
the most terrible but there is long list or
collisions and wrecks from misplaced switches
which tell the same story. somebody blundered
agency TO run them. Overworked ard incompetent
cannot safely be trusted to handle trains
Tired men forget, and dull men don't think Then
comes disaster.
a DETAILED RECORD OF THE YEAR
Anybody who wishes to follow more in detail the
record Of the year will find it in compact form in
the following table.