Notes on Railroad Accidents

by Charles Francis Adams

INDEX.

Abergele, accident at, [72].
Accidents, railroad, about stations, [166].
at highway crossings, [165].
level railroad crossings, [94], [165], [245], [258].
aggravated by English car construction and stoves, [14], [41], [106], [255].
comments on early, [9].
damages paid for certain, [267].
due to bridges, [99], [206], [266].
broken tracks, [166].
car couplings, [117].
collisions, [265].
derailments, [13], [16], [23], [54], [79], [84].
in Great Britain, [266].
America, [266].
draw-bridges, [82], [266].
fire in train, [31].
oil-tanks, [72].
oscillation, [50].
telegraph, [66].
telescoping, [43].
want of bell-cords, [32].
brake power, [12], [119].
increased safety resulting from, [2], [29], [155], [205].
precautions against early, [10].
statistics of, in America, [263].
Belgium, [260].
France, [260].
Great Britain, [236], [252], [257], [263].
Massachusetts, [232]-60.
general, [228]-70.
List of Accidents specially described or referred to:—
Abergele, August 20, 1868, [72].
Angola, December 18, 1867, [12].
Ashtabula, December 29, 1876, [100].
Brainerd, July 27, 1875, [108].
Brimfield, October, 1874, [56].
Bristol, March 7, 1865, [150].
Carr's Rock, April 14, [120].
Camphill, July 17, 1856, [61].
Charlestown Bridge, November 21, 1862, [95].
Claypole, June 21, 1870, [85].
Communipaw Ferry, November 11, 1876, [207].
Croydon Tunnel, August 25, 1861, [146].
Des Jardines Canal, March 12, 1857, [112].
Foxboro, July 15, 1872, [53].
Franklin Street, New York city, June, 1879, [207].
Gasconade River, November 1, 1855, [108].
On Great Western Railway of Canada, October, 1856, [55].
On Great Western Railway of England, December 24, 1841, [43].
Heeley, November 22, 1876, [209].
Helmshire, September 4, 1860, [121].
On Housatonic Railroad, August 16, 1865, [151].
Huskisson, William, death of, September 15, 1830, [5].
Lackawaxen, July 15, 1864, [63].
Morpeth, March 25, 1877, [209].
New Hamburg, February 6, 1871, [78].
Norwalk, May 6, 1853, [89].
Penruddock, September 2, 1870, [143].
Port Jervis, June 17, 1858, [118].
Prospect, N. Y., December 24, 1872, [106].
Rainhill, December 23, 1832, [10].
Randolph, October 13, 1876, [24].
Revere, August 26, 1871, [125].
Richelieu River, June 29, 1864, [91].
Shipton, December 24, 1874, [16].
Shrewsbury River, August 9, 1877, [96].
Tariffville, January 15, 1878, [107].
Thorpe, September 10, 1874, [66].
Tyrone, April 4, 1875, [69].
Versailles, May 8, 1842, [58].
Welwyn Tunnel, June 10, 1866, [149].
Wemyss Bay Junction, December 14, 1878, [212].
Wollaston, October 8, 1878, [20].
American railroad accidents, statistics of, [97], [260]-6.
locomotive engineers, intelligence of, [159].
method of handling traffic, extravagance of, [183].
Angola, accident at, [12], [201], [218].
Ashtabula, accident at, [100], [267].
Assaults in English railroad carriages, [33], [35], [38].
Automatic electric block, [159],
reliability of, [168],
objections to, [174].
train-brake, essentials of, [219].
necessity for, [202], [237].
Bell-cord, need of any, questioned, [29].
accidents from want of, [31].
assaults, etc., in absence of, [32]-41.
Belœil, Canada, accident at, [92].
Block system, American, [165].
automatic electric, [159].
objections to, [174].
cost of English, [165].
English, why adopted, [162].
accident in spite of, [145].
ignorance of, in America, [160].
importance of, [145].
Boston, passenger travel to and from, [183].
possible future station in, [198].
some vital statistics of, [241], [249].
Boston & Albany railroad, accident on, [56].
Boston station of, [183].
Boston & Maine railroad, accident on, [96].
Boston & Providence railroad, accident on, [53].
Boston station of, [183].
Brainerd, accident at, [108].
Brakes, original and improved, [200].
the battle of the, [216].
true simplicity in, [228].
Inefficiency of hand, [201], [204].
emergency, [202].
necessity of automatic, continuous, [202], [227].
See Train-brake.
Bridge accidents, [98], [266].
Bridges, insufficient safeguards at, [98].
protection of, [111].
Bridge-guards, destroyed by brakemen, [244].
Bristol, accident at, [150].
Brougham, Lord, comments on death of Mr. Huskisson, [7], [270].
Buffalo, Correy & Pittsburg railroad, accident on, [106].
Burlington & Missouri River railroad, accident on, [70].
Butler, B. F., on Revere accident, [142].
Calcoft, Mr., extract from reports of, [196], [255].
Caledonian railway, accident on, return of brake stoppages by, [211].
Camden & Amboy railroad, accident on, [151].
Car construction, American and English, [255].
Carr's Rock, accident at, [120].
Central Railroad of New Jersey, accident on, [96].
Charlestown bridge, accident on, [95].
Claypole accident, [83].
Collisions, head, [61]-2.
in America, [265].
Great Britain, [265].
occasioned by use of telegraph, [66].
rear-end, [144]-52.
Communipaw Ferry, accident at, [207].
Cannon Street Station in London, traffic at, [163], [183], [194].
Connecticut law respecting swing draw-bridges, [82], [94], [195].
Connecticut Western railroad, accident on, [107].
Conservatism, British railroad, [29].
American railroad, [41], [52], [65], [161], [205].
Coupling, accidents due to, [117].
the original, [49].
Crossings, level, of railways, accidents at, [165].
need of interlocking apparatus at, [195].
stopping trains at, [95], [195].
Croydon Tunnel collision, [146].
Deodand, [43].
Derailments, accidents from, [13], [16], [23], [54], [79], [84].
statistics of, [265].
Des Jardines Canal accident, [112].
Draw-bridge accidents, [82], [97], [114].
stopping as a safeguard against, [95].
need of interlocking apparatus at, [195].
Eames vacuum brake, [208].
Eastern railroad, accident on, [125].
Economy, cost of a small, [174].
at risk of accident, [268].
Employés railroad, casualties to, [243].
Engineering, on American inventions, [221].
English railways, train movement on, [162], [194].
Erie railroad, accidents on, [63], [118], [120].
France, statistics of accidents in, [259].
panic produced in, by Versailles accident, [60].
Franklin Street, New York city, accident at, [207].
Galt, William, report by, on accidents, [268].
Gasconade river accident, [108].
Germany, railroad accidents in, [261].
Grand Trunk railway, accident on, [91].
Great Eastern railway, accident on, [66].
Great Northern railway, accidents on, [84], [149].
Great Western railway, accidents on, [16], [43], [112].
of Canada, accidents on, [31], [112].
Hall's system of electric signals, [168].
Harrison, T. E., extract from letter of, [210].
Heeley, accident at, [209].
Helm shire accident, [121].
Highway crossings at level, accidents at, [165], [170], [244], [258].
interlocking at, [195].
Housatonic railroad, accident on, [151].
Hudson River railroad, accident on, [78].
Huskisson, William, death of, [3], [200].
Inclines, accidents upon, [74], [110], [121].
Interlocking, chapter relating to, [182].
at draw-bridges, [97], [195].
level crossings, [195].
practical simplicity of, [189].
use made of in England, [192].
Investigation of accidents, no systematic, in America, [86].
English, [85].
Lake Shore railroad, accident on, [11].
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, accident on, [100].
Lancashire & Yorkshire railroad, accident on, [121].
Legislation against accidents, futility of, [94], [109].
as regards use of telegraphs, [64].
interlocking at draws, [97].
level crossings, [97].
London passenger traffic, [162], [183].
London & Brighton railway, accident on, [145].
London & North Western railway, assaults on, [32], [38].
accidents on, [72], [143].
train brake used by, [222].
Manchester & Liverpool railway, accidents on, [10], [11], [45].
opening of, [3].
Massachusetts, statistics of accidents in, [156], [232]-60.
train-brakes in use in, [157], [214].
Metropolitan Elevated railroad, accident on, [207].
interlocking apparatus used by, [196].
Midland railway, accident on, [209].
protests against interlocking, [192].
Miller's Platform and Buffer, chapter on, [49]-57.
accidents avoided by, [19], [53], [56], [70].
in Massachusetts, [157].
Mohawk Valley railroad, pioneer train on, [48].
Morpeth, accident at, [209].
Murders, number of, compared with the killed by railroad accidents, [242].
New York City, passenger travel of, [184].
New York, Providence & Boston railroad, accident on, [106].
New York & New Haven railroad, accident on, [89].
Newark, brake trials at, in 1874, [217].
North Eastern railway, accident in, [209].
brake trials on, [218].
returns of brake-stoppages by, [211].
Northern Pacific railroad, accident on, [108].
Norwalk accident, [89].
Oil-tank accidents, [72], [150].
Old Colony railroad accidents on, [20], [24], [174].
Oscillation, accidents occasioned by, [50].
Pacific railroad of Missouri, accident on, [108].
Pennsylvania railroad, ballasting of, [248].
English block in use on, [164].
Penruddock, accident at, [143].
Phillips, Wendell, on Revere accident, [141].
Port Jervis accident, [118], [202], [218].
Quarterly Review of 1835, article in, [199], [269].
Railroad Gazette, records of accidents kept by, [261].
Rear-end collisions in America, [144], [151].
Europe, [143].
necessity of protection against, [159].
Revere accident, [125], [172].
improvements caused by, [153].
lessons taught by, [159].
meeting in consequence of, [161], [205].
Richelieu River, accident at, [92].
Shipton accident, [16], [216].
Shrewsbury River draw, accident at, [96].
Smith's vacuum brake, [208], [220], [226].
popularity of in Great Britain, [220], [226].
compared with Westinghouse, [218], [227].
Statistics of railroad accidents, [230]-70.
Stopping trains, an insufficient safeguard at draw-bridges and level crossings, [94], [97], [195].
Stage-coach travelling, accidents in, [231].
Stoves in case of accidents, [15], [41], [106].
Suicides on railroads, [246].
Tariffville accident, [107].
Telegraph, accidents occasioned by use of, [66].
use of, should be made compulsory, [64].
Telegraphic signals, chapter on, [159].
Telescoping, accidents from, [43].
Thorpe, collision at, [67], [172].
Train-brake, chapters on, [199], [216].
Board of Trade specifications relating to, [219].
doubts concerning, [28].
failures of, to work, in Great Britain, [211].
introduced on English roads, [29], [216].
kinds of, used in Massachusetts, [157], [214].
Sir Henry Tyler on, [222], [228].
want of, occasioned Shipton accident, [19], [216].
Trespassers on railroads, accidents to, [245].
means of preventing, [245], [258].
Tunnels, collisions in, [146], [149].
Tyler, Captain H. W., investigated Claypole accident, [85].
on Penruddock accident, [143].
train-brakes, [222], [228].
extracts from reports by, [192], [194], [228].
Union Safety Signal Company, [168].
United States, accidents in, [261].
no investigation of, [86].
Vermont & Massachusetts railroad, accident on, [112].
Versailles, the, accident of 1842, [58].
Wellington, Duke of, at Manchester & Liverpool opening, [3].
Welwyn Tunnel, accident in, [149].
Wemyss Bay Junction, accident at, [212].
Westinghouse brake, chapter on, [199].
accidents avoided by, [19], [209].
in Newark, experiments, [217].
objections urged against, [176].
stoppages by, occasioned by triple valve, [211].
use of, in Great Britain, [226].
Massachusetts, [157], [214].
Wollaston accident, [18], [20], [155], [172], [227].

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