Operating notes.

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At Niagara Falls June 22, owing to a misunderstanding of the signals, G. T. R. train no. 12 collided with an engine of the Erie Railway & driver Geo. Jack, of the latter, was pinned between the locomotive & tender & killed. Jack is supposed to have taken the signals given by the G. T. signalman to stop, for those of his Co., which are American standard, to come ahead, & the sun being low, shone brightly in bis eyes, preventing him from seeing the approaching train until too late. The jolt threw the throttle wide open, & the Erie engine dashed across the bridge at a high rate of speed, & tore through the city yards, until reaching the Tunnel District Jct., where the telegraph operator, having been advised of its coming, ditched it. This accident shows the emphatic necessity for uniform rules.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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