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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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In response to a recent deadly train wreck in Graceland, N.J., killing over 20 people, the New Jersey Central and Reading railroads decided on new safety rules for train dispatching and operations at a meeting in Philadelphia on Feb. 9, effective March 1, conforming to American Railway Association standards.
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New Rules to Safeguard Trains From All Dangers.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9.-In consequence of the wreck at Graceland, N. J., on the New Jersey Central railroad, recently, in which more than a score of persons were killed, the adoption of an entire set of new and revised rules to govern the dispatching and operation of passenger and freight trains on the joint Reading and Jersey Central system, has been decided at a meeting held at the operating offices of both roads. The rules will become effective on March 1. They are made to conform in every respect and detail with the latest operating rules now recommended as the best and safest standard by the American Railway association.
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Philadelphia, Pa.
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Feb. 9
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more than a score of persons were killed in the wreck; new rules adopted effective march 1
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In consequence of the wreck at Graceland, N. J., on the New Jersey Central railroad, recently, in which more than a score of persons were killed, the adoption of an entire set of new and revised rules to govern the dispatching and operation of passenger and freight trains on the joint Reading and Jersey Central system, has been decided at a meeting held at the operating offices of both roads. The rules will become effective on March 1. They are made to conform in every respect and detail with the latest operating rules now recommended as the best and safest standard by the American Railway association.