Turntables should be locked (that is what Rule 31 says), and yet they
are often left unlocked. The result is that children are attracted to
the place, and sooner or later one of the little ones gets hurt as did
the following, which are cited as examples:
Anthony Young, a ten-year-old boy, had his foot caught at
Grandison, March 30, while playing on turntable which was
unlocked.
Phillip Chartres, eight years old, injured at Alvin, August 14,
2:30 p.m., while playing on turntable, which is about 1,400 feet
north of roundhouse. Turntable was not locked.
Now, it wouldn't take but an instant to lock the turntable. Why not do
it and prevent some child, perhaps your own, from going through life a
cripple?
Be careful not to leave any torpedoes around that are not attached to
the rail, as required by Rule 7, and never put them on a rail in a
highway; if you do children may pick them up and in playing with them
get injured as did
John Newton, aged nine years, June 30, about two miles north of
Walker. This little boy with his sister and another boy were
returning from school, walking along the track. They picked up a
torpedo lying alongside the track, and after trying to open it
with a knife young Newton placed the torpedo on the rail and
struck it with a stone, the torpedo exploded and pieces of the tin
striking him in the eyes and face, badly injuring him.