The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-16
'PENNSY" MAKES
WONDERED RECORD
Only Five Train Accidents
in Last Five Years
TWO ACCIDENTS IN 1912
One-Third of the Population of the
Globe Was Carried in Last
Five Years by Great
Railway System

Demonstrating perhaps the most re-
markable record of any railroad III th'
world for few accidents statement
has been issued by the Pennsylvania
system showing that of 101,755,O6l pas
sengers handled in 1912, there were
only two accidents to trains in which
messengers were killed. The state
1nent shows that one-third of the pop
ulation of the globe has been handled
by the Pennsylvania during the past
five years, but in that only five train
accidents have taken place in which
passengers were killed, while in all
that number only 16 passengers have
been killed in accidents.
The statistics issued by the Pennsyl-
vania follows:
Records now compiled show that If
there had not been single train
wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad in
1912 nevertheless % passengers-fall-
ing off trains, walking in front of
trains at stations, and getting on and
off moving trains-would have been
killed
"The fact is that S37121 trains were
run for an aggregate distance of 4O,-
100000 miles, carrying all told 100,-
100000 people-more than the popula-
tion of the United States-and two
trains suffered wrecks causing loss OF
lie.
Twelve passengers were killed by
falling from moving trains, three were
killed while attempting to board NOV
Ing trains, and eight were struck by
trains while at stations. Accidents to
'passengers" as officially designated
by the interstate commerce commi ission,
thus include deaths of many people
who are not on board trains.
"Of the passengers injured in 1912
S21 were hurt getting on and off trains.
Two hundred and fiftyiive ''passen-
gers" were hurt in falling while on
property other than trains. All OF
these cases are officially recorded as
railway accidents Due to train acci-
dents there were 212 passengers in
jured, of which number 1855 were in
jured in the two wrecks mentioned.
Nearly 50o.O0O,ooo passengers-one-
third of the population of the globe
have been carried by the Pennsylvania
railroad in the past five years, and 16 OF
them lost their lives in accidents to
trains, nine having been killed in one
accident. In five years, only five trains
out of over 100000 operated suffered
wrecks which caused the death of any
of the passengers carried on them. Til,
record of the Pennsylvania railroad
lines east of Pittsburg for passenger.
killed in train accidents in the pas
five years is as follows:
Year, 1905; passengers carried. SIS, ,32S, ,6oi
train accidents in which passengers were
killed, none; passengers killed in train ac
eidents, none.
Year, 1909; passengers carried, 81, 391 ,356
train accidents in which passengers wer,
killed one; passengers killed in train ac
cidents, one.
Year, 1910; passengers carried, 100,S44
81; train accidents in which passengers
we're killed, none: passengers killed il
train accidents, none.
Year, 1911: passengers carried o, ,97S, ,SS9
train accidents in which passengers wer,
killed. two; passengers killed in train ac
cidents II.
Year. 1912; passengers carried, l0l ,755, ,O6l
II ain accidents in which passengers were
killed. two; passengers killed in train acci.
dents, Tour.
Total passengers carried, lS1, 29s 337
train accidents in which passengers were
killed. five; passengers killed, five; pas
sengers killed in train accidents 16.
THE management of the company re-
CARDS every accident of any kind on the
property of the Pennsylvania railroad as
one too many. The number of accidents
is too large; it must be cut down. To that
end efforts are being directed more dehn-
itely and systematically than ever be-
fore"