ACCIDENTS UPON STEAM RAILROADS IN MAINE. By referring to the two foregoing tables it will be seen there were 273 protected grade crossings, and 1218 unprotected grade crossings in Maine on June 30, 1914. The total number of persons killed and injured at stations and grade crossings by the steam railroads was seven (7) killed and one hundred twenty (120) injured, divided as follows: Ninety-six (96) persons were injured at stations; one (1) killed and thirteen (13) injured at protected grade crossings; and six (6) were killed and eleven (11) injured at unprotected grade crossings. Reference is had to the following table showing number of persons, employees, trespassers, and others who were killed or injured at stations, and protected and unprotected grade crossings in Maine for the year ending June 30, 1914. ACCIDENTS AT STATIONS AND GRADE CROSSINGS DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1914. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. ACCIDENTS RESULTING FROM THE MOVEMENT OF TRAINS, LOCOMOTIVES OR CARS. Accidents in Maine resulting from the movement of trains, locomotives or cars, as compiled from the reports of the railroad companies for the year ending June 30, 1914, were three hundred and twenty-four (324),—forty-three (43) killed and two hundred and eighty-one (281) injured, classified as follows: Railway employees, seventeen (17) killed, one hundred eighty-one (181) injured; passengers, three (3) killed, forty (40) injured; postal clerks, express messengers, Pullman employees, etc., four (4) injured; other persons *twenty-three (23) killed and *fifty-six (56) injured. In 1913 there were fifty-six (56) persons killed and two hundred and sixty-seven (267) injured. During the year ending June 30, 1914, there was a decrease of thirteen (13) persons killed, and an increase of fourteen (14) persons injured. ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM CAUSES OTHER THAN THOSE RESULTING FROM THE MOVEMENT OF TRAINS, LOCOMOTIVES OR CARS. Accidents arising from causes other than those resulting from the movement of trains, locomotives or cars were two hundred and fifty-seven (257) classified as follows: Railway employees, two (2) killed, two hundred and twentyseven (227) injured; passengers, one (1) killed, fifteen (15) injured; postal clerks, express messengers, Pullman employees, etc., two (2) injured; other persons, one (1) killed, nine (9) injured. In 1913 there were three hundred nineteen (319) persons injured. During the year ending June 30, 1914, there was an increase of two (2) persons killed, and a decrease of sixty-four (64) persons injured. Reference is had to a detailed statement in appended tables giving accidents and causes. * of this number twenty (20) persons were killed and thirty-four (34) persons were injured, while trespassing on the property of the railroads principally while walking on the tracks or stealing rides on trains. |