The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-03
Official Orders Of the Corporation Commission

weeks. as required by law, and after
due hearing held in the City OF Gutht
rie, notice Is hereby given that the folh
lowing final order is found to be real
nonable Dy the Commission and shall
be In full force and effect on and af-
I Ter the is' day of January. 1909:
% All railroad and railway compa-
nies ana street car companies operat-
ing within the state of oklahoma.
shall at once. upon the happening OF
an accident, send telegraph repor; to
the Commission at is office In Guthrie
oI the following classes of accidents;
REPORT BY TELEGRAPH
tal All accidents resulting in loss OF
life or limb or serious injury TO pass
engers or employees.
tbl All deraiuents OF passenger
trains, or locomotives, or cars in pass
euger tra'as.
tc) All collisions involving freight
or passenger trains, whether resulting
IN loss Of life or not
Cd All explosions OF boilers. and
also all accidents to locomotive boil
crs resulting in death or serious in
jury to any person.
,(e) All bridge failures.
The telegraph report shall show the
date, time aud place and kind Of acci-
dent; the train or trains involved; the
number Of passengers killed or injured
~ any
In Glass ID" the notice must show
tie number of locomotive and place
where Tie boiler can be examined.
The provision I'm reference TO de-
Iralments does not apply to minor de-
railments.
REPORT BY MAIL.
(2) Every accident, whether COW
cred in a preliminary notice by tele-
graph N not, shall be reported TO the
COMMISSION upon form presci ibed by
the Commission, Immediately after
The circumstances attending the acct
don't shall have been ascertained.
CD An accident occurring ON rail
Oad OF 4 division used jointly or IN
cCmnon by two or more companies,
S I'LL be reported by the company whose
superintendent has mediate charge Of
the road or division in question.
t4l A collision (as at crossings),
Ot the rains of two diiie'ent cuni,aa-
lel shall be reported by both compan-
les. Tho report oil such collision shalt
be plainly endorsed at the top Gross
lug or Junction
(5) An accident on a private sid
ing or private track shall be reported
by the ra lroad company to which the
engine al work OH the siding belongs.
90 Accidents TO persons resulting
ID immediate death, or death within
forty-eight hours from the time OF ine
acciccat, shall be reported on the
blank form In the column headed
Killed" All other accidents to per-
sons including those resulting in
death of the person injured after an
interval of more than forty-eight
huuis from the TIME of the accident.
shall De reported in the column In
juned" In daily Tepefis, and upon the
death OF al injured person. after forty
eight hours, a supplemental report
shall De made. stating the time and
nlace of the death, and the nature OF
the injury from which such person
diad alar
Accidents to employees In repair
shops, construction shops, or other
Places, remote from the railroads. and
not connected With the transportation
department, shall not be reported.
(S) Reports will be numbered con
tecutiveiy, beginning with each caien-
GER year.
(9) Fhe term Freight Train" is TO
include all trains and engines or parts
of trains of any kind which are not In
eluded under Passenger"
(iW Give in the space provided the
time that the accident occurred; IT
within an hour of sunrise or sunset,
say whether daylight or dark
I'D Persons killed or Injured
thould be classified so as TO snow
whether or not they are passengers
cr employees. and If employees. kind and
haracter OF work engaged in.
NATURE AND CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
G2) Give the kind and number OF