RAILWAY DISASTERS
PRESIDENT’S STATEAIENT ; (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, Jan. 11. Public uneasiness ef the frequency of railway disasters is answered by Mr J. F. Follows, AUce-President of the London-Midland Scottish, who declares that the driver of the express in the Gloucester accident was true to type—steady and solid—and nothing could rattle him. He was typical of the 29,000 drivers and firemen of the system. The locomotives were better to-day than ever. The engine was one of the latest and most perfect types. “Thus you had a man and a machine as near perfection as possible. I have absolute confidence in the permanent way. Every proved safety device is adopted, and money is continually spent in experimental work. Statistics show that there is a thirty-six million to one chance of a passenger being killed for every single journey ho makes. AYlio can throw tho first stone?”
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1929, Page 5
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147RAILWAY DISASTERS Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1929, Page 5
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