More Vigilance Needed.

The recent sad accident by which one of our employees lost his life through being run down by a train on the Woburn line, should bring home to all railwaymen the great risk involved in walking heedlessly along the track. Statistics published some time ago showed that about 40 per cent. of all accidents and fatalities to railway employees are due to their being struck by moving vehicles. To lessen the number of such accidents, it is vital to remember that, wherever there are railway tracks, there is a possibility of a train coming along—a train that might hit one with fatal consequences if the space between the rails is being used as a thoroughfare. If it be necessary in the carrying out of duties to walk along the track, walk always a safe distance from the rails.

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