RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



1. Necessity of adopting means of watching trains. 2. Proposals of 

 Great Western. 3. Of the North-Western. 4. Merit of engine- 

 drivers. 5. Example in the accident on the Dee. 6. Investigation 

 of circumstances producing accidents arising from imprudence or 

 want of vigilance or care. 7. Instances from reports of railway 

 commissioners. 8. Analysis of 100 accidents produced by impru- 

 dence of passengers. 9. Precautions against accidents. 10. Plain 

 rules for railway travellers to avoid accidents. 11. Not to get in 

 or out while moving. 12. Not to take an unusual position. 13. 

 Stay in your place. 14. Don't get out on wrong side. 15. Don't 

 cross the line. 16. Avoid going in express trains. 17. Avoid special 

 and excursion trains. 18. In case of accident, get out. 19. Don't 

 attempt to recover a falling article. 20. Take the middle carriage. 

 21. Don't hand an article into a train in motion. 22. Don't sit in 

 your private carriage. 23. Anecdote of Lady Zetland. 24. Beware 

 of level crossings. 25. Avoid night railway travelling. 



1. SUCH accidents have suggested to the railway authorities 

 the expediency of adopting some method by which a com- 



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