The inquest on the victims of the train accident at Winwick reveals some interesting facts concerning the jormous amount of work which the signalman whose forgetfulness led to the accident, had to perform dur. ing the course of a week. Signalman Bluer, very frankly admitted the ror" responsible for the tragedy, and, in dealing with him, the coroner pointed out that Bluer had to perform fewer than 900,000 operations weekly, and that during the twenty-tone years he had served in that, particular signal box no fewer than '160, (000,000 people had passed through his hands safely. In all he had served fas a signalman for $2 years. That gives rise to the question of whether man at the age he must now be should be asked to bear the responsibility which has undoubtedly been his for years. past, for it is apparent that he must be well over. Atty, More, particularly is the question very much to the point in view of the large number of things he was apparently required to do, and the demands it must have made upon his attention and concentration. Us turally it 1s poor consolation to the relatives of those who were killed oF injured in the accident to know that Bluer nad been so careful all the years he had, but it is by no means light achievement that he should have been able to carry out his work s0 faultlessly as apparently he did, Indeed, when the comparatively mail ratio of railway accidents Britain is taken into consideration and compared witly the great amount of trae handled, the manner Which such men as Bluer do their Work redounds greatly to the credit of a very efficient system. Accidents will happen, but it is apparent that Britain they have been reduced to a minimum,
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