RAILWAY DISASTERS
PUBLIC FEEL ALARMED THE GLOUCESTER ACCIDENT Australl.il) I'resj Aisocialloo. ' (.Received 12th January, S a.m.) LONDON, 11th January. Public uneasiness at the frequency of railway disasters is answered by Colonel J. H. Follows, vice-president of the London, Midland, and Scottish Kailway Company,' who declares that the driver of the express in the Gloucester accident was true to type, steady, solid, and nothing could rattle him. He was typical of 29,000 drivers and firemen, on the system. Locomotives were bettor to-day than ever. The engine wits one of the latest and the most .perfect types. "Thus you had a man and a machine as near perfection as possible. 1 I.have absolute confidence in the permanent way. Every proved safety, device has been adopted,,'uucl money is .continually spent in . experimental work. Statistics, show that there is a thirty-six million.to one chance of 11 passenger being killed for every single journey he makes. Who. can throw the first stone?" /
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 9
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157RAILWAY DISASTERS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 9
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