RULES FOR TRAVELLERS. 



do, he is liable to be struck down or run over by trains passing 

 on the adjacent line of rails. If he leave the carriage by the 

 left-hand door, he descends on the side of the railway out of 

 danger. 



On quitting a train under such circumstances, immediately 

 retire to the distance of several feet from the edge of the line, 

 so as to avoid being struck by the steps or other projecting parts 

 of carriages passing. 



On the North- Western Railway, on the ] 2th of January, 1847, 

 a passenger got out at the wrong side, and was run over and 

 killed by a train which was passing at the moment. 



A like accident happened on the 25th of December, 1848, on 

 the South-Eastern line. 



The reports abound in like accidents, resulting either in death 

 or broken limbs. 



15. Rule V. NEVER PASS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE RAILWAY 



TO THE OTHER, EXCEPT WHEN IT IS INDISPENSABLY 

 NECESSARY TO DO SO, AND THEN NOT WITHOUT THE UTMOST 

 PRECAUTION. 



Care should be taken before crossing the line to look both 

 ways, to see that no train is approaching. The risk is not merely 

 that of the train coming upon you before you can pass to the 

 other side. You slip or trip, or otherwise accidentally fall, and 

 a train may be upon you before you can raise yourself and get 

 out of its way. 



Precaution in this case is especially necessary at a point where 

 the line is carved, and where you cannot command a view to any 

 considerable distance. It is true that the noise of the train 

 generally gives notice of its approach, but this cannot always be 

 depended on, as the wind sometimes renders it inaudible. 



In crossing a railway at a place where there are sidings and 

 numerous points (which is always the case at and near stations), 

 the feet are liable to be caught between the rails and points, and 

 in such cases it has happened very frequently that the person 

 thus impeded is run over by a train before he is able to dis- 

 engage himself. 



Passengers waiting at stations for the arrival of a train, or 

 having descended from a train which has stopped and waiting 

 to remount, stand in need of the greatest caution. The refresh- 

 ment-room is sometimes on the side of the road, opposite to that 

 on which the train stops, in which case it can only be arrived at 

 by crossing the Hue. 



The reports abound in cases showing the necessity of observing 

 this rule. On the 29th of June, 1846, a female passenger on the 



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