Identifier: railroadengineer61newy (find matches)
Title: The railroad and engineering journal
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ssing over the line at stations ; 37were injured by the closing of carriage doors; i was killedand 7 were injured by falling out of carriages during thetraveling of trains; and 13 were killed and 32 injuredfrom other causes. There were 26 persons killed and 14injured whilst passing over railways at level-crossings, 12being killed and 11 injured at public level-crossings, 9killed and 3 injured at occupation crossings, and 5 killedat foot crossings. There were 79 persons killed and 46injured when trespassing on the railways; 32 personscommitted suicide on railways ; and of other persons notspecifically classed, but mostly private people havingbusiness on the companies premises, 15 were killed and38 injured. III. ACCIDENTS TO EMPLOYES. During the six months, there were 214 servants of com-panies or contractors reported as having been killed and920 injured, in addition to those included in Division i.Of these, 20 were killed and 109 injured while coup- 557 THE RAILROAD AND December, 1887.
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Vol. LXI. No. 12. ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 558 ling or uiK-oupliiiK vilucles; 2 were killed and 12 in-jured by coming in contact, whilst riding on vehiclesduring shunting with other vehicles, etc., standing onadiacent lines ; 2 were injured whilst riding, passing overorstanding upon butlers during shunting; 11 were killedand 72 injured in getting on or off, or by falling off en-gines, wagons, etc., during shunting ; 3 were killed and 49iniured whilst breaking spragging or chocking wheels;6 were killed and 38 injured whilst attending to ground-points, marshaling trains, etc.; 3 were killed and 90 in-jured whilst moving vehicles by capstans, turn-tables,props, etc., during shunting; and 16 were killed and 169injured by various otheraccidents during shunting opera-tions; 9 were killed and 34 injured by falling off engines,etc., during the traveling of trains ; 2 were killed and 8injured by coming in contact with over-bridges or erec-tions on the sides of the line during the traveling of tnii

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