The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1884-07-19 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

QUARTER'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. A summary of accidents and casualties, which have been reported to 'the Board of Trade as having occurred upon the railways of the United Kingdom during the three months ending 31st March, 1884, was issued on Monday. In this period there were ten collisions between passenger trains or parts of passenger trains, by which 120 passengers and 4 servants were injured; 14 collisions between passenger trains and goods or mineral trains, &c., by which 13 passengers and 4 servants were injured; 9 collisions between goods trains or parts of goods trains, by which 2 servants were killed and 7 inured; 16 cases of passenger trains or parts of passenger trains leaving the rails, by which 2 servants were killed and 4 passengers and 4 servants injured; 6 cases of goods trains or parts of goods trains leaving the rail,_ by which 1 servant was killed and 3 were injured; 2 Cases of trains travelling in the wrong direction through points, by which 2 passengers and 1 servant was injured; 4 cases of trains running into stations and sidings at too high a speed, by which 5 passengers and 5 servants were injured; 32 cast* of running trains over cattle or obstructions on the line, involving injury to 4 passengers; 1 case of the bursting of the boiler of an engine, by which 1 servant was injured; and 95 failures of axles involving injury to 1 passenger; 7 servants were killed and 6 injured by the falling of a road-bridge over a railway whilst it irai being taker; don, „ Of the 12'7 persons killed and 216 injured in accidents to passengers from causes other than accidents to trains, rolling-stock, Permanent-way, &c., including accidents from their own want of caution or Misconduct, accidents to persons passing over level-crossings, trespassers, and others, 30 of the killed and 147 of the injured were passengers. Of the latter, 5 were killed and 12 injured by falling between carriages and platform% viz., p killed and 3 injured when getting into, and 3 killed and 9 injured when alighting from, trairrs ; 3 were killed and 95 injured by falling on to platforms, ballast, &e., viz., 6 injured when getting into, and 3 killed and 89 injured when alighting from, trains; 18 were killed and 7 injured whilst passing over the line at stations; 12 were injured by .. the closing of. carriage doors ; 8 were injured by falling out of carriages during the travelling of trains; and 4 *ere killed and 13 injured from other causes; 14 persons were killed 'lnd 7 injured whilst passing over railways at levelcrossings, viz.. 7 killdd and 4 injured at public levelcrossings, 3 killed and 3 injured at occupation crossings, and 4 killed at foot-crossings; 63 persons were killed and 39 injured when trespassing On the railways; 10 persons committed suicide on railwaya ; and of other persons not specifically classed, but Mostly private people having business on the companies' premises, 10 were killed and 23 injured. During the three Months there Were 115 servants of companies or contractors reported as having been killed and 590 injured, in addition to those included in Division I. Of these 6 were killed and 91 injured whilst Coupling or uncoupling vehicles; 7were injured by coming in contact, whilst riding on vehicles during shunting, with other vehicles, Sze., standing on adjacent lines; 9 were injured whilst passing over or standing upon buffers during shunting; 11 were killed and 35 injured in getting on or off, or by falling off engines, waggons, &c., during shunting; 1 was killed and 53 were injured whilst breaking, spragging, or chocking wheels; 5 were injured whilst attending to ground points, marshalling trains, &c.; and 1 was killed and 30 were injured whilst moving vehicles by capstans, turntables, props, &c., during shunting, and 76 were injured by various other accidents during shunting operations; 3 were injured by falling off engines, &c., during the travelling of trains; 2 were killed and 4 injured by coming in oontact with over bridges or erections on the sides of the line during tLe travelling of train; 10 were injured whilst getting on or off engines, vans, &c., during the travelling of trains; 1 was killed and 22 were injured whilst attending to, or by the failure of, machinery, &c.' of engines in steam; 23 were killed and 46 injured whilst working on the permanent-way sidings, &o.; 2 were killed and 2 injured whilst attending to gates at level crossings; 43 were killed and 72 injured whilst walking, crossing, or standing on the line on duty; 7 were killed and 35 injured by being caught between vehicles; 6 were killed and 23 injured by falling or being caught between trains and platforms, walls, &c. ; 12 were killed and 4 injured whilst walking, &c., on the line on the way home or to work; and 13 were injured from various other causes. Thus the total number of personal accidents reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies during the three months amount to 268 persons killed and 2907 43.i94.9.4 • •a,