Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1914 — Accidents Beget Others. [ARTICLE]

Accidents Beget Others.

Accidents appear to breed accidents, as admirable railway servants with unimpeachable records are found at fault in making some elementary blunder. These may be symptoms, of which there are many others, that the present generation is losing its nerve and that the number of men qualified for the tremendous responsibilities of the higher railway work is diminishing. For one thing, remarks the London National Review, the full and detailed accounts instantly published of every accident cannot fail to increase the anxiety of other engine drivers, guards and signalmen and make them more likely to lose their heads at critical moments. A serious feature of the business is that the Inquiries, though full and productive as regards a particular accident, fail to indicate methods of preventing other accidents at different placed. A very large public is bo anxious to get about at the present time that a premium is put on Bpeed.