Railway travel seems to become safer every year, and the Ministry of Transport returns issued a day or two ago show that only one Passenger was killed in a train accident during 1925, This is in striking contrast to France, where the number of railway accidents is becoming alarming. There have been two bad smashes in that coun try during the last few days, which have involved several deaths. The Ministry of Transport points dered "that over! 41,700,000,000 passenger journeys train are made every year on the railways of Gt. Britain, Involving the if of 208,000,000 jassen it will be seen that a ps of death on the. railway hhfinitesimal as to be negligible, it, '1,100,000,000th chance. - Te preastble not' to contrast tive freedom from mish th the yuelancholy "death, tll'of roads' as been described, Which confronts the newspaper reader daily. and. secontuated each weekend and" every Loliday. period in "town and' country. like. Compared with the Peril of the Lordon stre Bio persons were killed in 1925, oF the heavy death roll of 9,631 for 'a year the roads of Gt. Brit by. train to hundreds of in people is practically. with other country in th Ewch' elaborate presautiol Cnutire: the safety of the traveller by tail, and to this may be attributed the fortunate position occupied by. Gt. Britals in "regard to railway" accid-
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