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... track 3 1 Found dead on track 1999 Q240 22 422 2 41 9 3 842 669 25 127 Killed . Injured . Killed . Injured . Killed . £ 3 Injured . 884 722 Killed . Injured . Killed . 28 139 21 26 6 78 42 96 32 8885 330 Injured . Killed . 26 49 48 162 ...
... track 3 1 Found dead on track 1999 Q240 22 422 2 41 9 3 842 669 25 127 Killed . Injured . Killed . Injured . Killed . £ 3 Injured . 884 722 Killed . Injured . Killed . 28 139 21 26 6 78 42 96 32 8885 330 Injured . Killed . 26 49 48 162 ...
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... track No. 1 with a number of empty gondolas , when the Empire State Express engine ran into and through them ... track which formed part of a Y between the M. and M. yards and the tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River . The ...
... track No. 1 with a number of empty gondolas , when the Empire State Express engine ran into and through them ... track which formed part of a Y between the M. and M. yards and the tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River . The ...
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... track and between main track and a side track . At the time of the acci- dent a freight train ( extra No. 73 ) , consisting of a locomotive , 20 freight cars and a caboose , was standing on a side track , north side of main track , and ...
... track and between main track and a side track . At the time of the acci- dent a freight train ( extra No. 73 ) , consisting of a locomotive , 20 freight cars and a caboose , was standing on a side track , north side of main track , and ...
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... track , also hides the view of a distant train until within about 150 feet of the track , but from there to the crossing ( aside from the slight obstruction caused by the tool - house ) trains approaching can be plainly seen a half mile ...
... track , also hides the view of a distant train until within about 150 feet of the track , but from there to the crossing ( aside from the slight obstruction caused by the tool - house ) trains approaching can be plainly seen a half mile ...
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... track , the tender even with the engine and lying on the east - bound track , the buffet car across both east and west- bound tracks , and the trucks of the following sleeping car on the ties . My theory is that the engine was derailed ...
... track , the tender even with the engine and lying on the east - bound track , the buffet car across both east and west- bound tracks , and the trucks of the following sleeping car on the ties . My theory is that the engine was derailed ...
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Page 269 - Commission, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture...
Page 60 - The amount of its capital stock and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided.
Page 184 - The Legislature shall pass general laws providing for the cases enumerated in this section, and for all other cases which in its judgment may be provided for by general laws.
Page 184 - ... consent also of the local authorities having the control of, that portion of a street or highway upon which it is proposed to construct or operate such railroad be first obtained, or in case the consent of such property owners cannot be obtained, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the department in which it is proposed to be constructed, may, upon application, appoint three Commissioners who shall determine, after a hearing of all parties interested, whether such railroad ought to...
Page 65 - ... 4. To receive or discount any note or other evidence of debt with intent to enable any stockholder to withdraw any part of the money paid in by him on his stock ; or 5.
Page 64 - To divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation ; or to reduce such capital stock without the consent of the legislature ; or 3.
Page 330 - To divide, withdraw, or in any manner, except as provided by law, pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation; or, 3.
Page 44 - The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by these By-Laws.
Page 296 - ... constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the decision brought up for review.
Page 219 - January, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.