1 - ... ——— ■ ' ' .■■'.,■ . AMERICAN RAILWAYS. ; The bitter comments and the saddening statistics published in America during the last year- about the increase in railway fatalities have stimulated the search for a remedy. The figures show that the most frequent cause of the most distressing catastrophes has been the breaking of rails. Defects in some rails, even of a most perfect manufacture," have not been detected until too late. Necessity has given birth to invention. AVhat is picturesquely termed an
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13483, 9 May 1907, Page 4
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77Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13483, 9 May 1907, Page 4
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