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Las diagrammas suivants illuatrantia mAthoda. «^> '^\ ' t 1 V 9i' 2 3 6 "•^^^^AZtiX^^^^^^t^^^'^'^"^^^^^-^^ i?'-^^*^^]**^"^'*^ ''*' /C-T^-^^ , / An Act to make provision for -the safety of Railway Employees and the Public. a WHEREAS frequept ^accidents to railway servants and Pre^nbl.. others are occasioned by the neglect of railway companies to provide a fair and reasonable measure of protection a^^ainst • their occurrence .^ and whereas a proper Construction of rallwav 6 bridges and certam precautions in tfie construction and main- '^ tenauce of railway frogs, wing-rails, guard-rails, and freight cars would greatly lessen, if not entirely prevent. tKe happen- ing of such accidents ; > ^^ \a nflh^?^°^^^ H«'--Majesty, by and with the advice and consent . , 10 of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts i as follows: — -^ ' v , - '■'"-' '■■■ ' ■ ^ v--^ 1881 "^'^ ^^'^ """^ be. cited [as ."The Railway Accidents* Act. Short tiUe. 1 . .^fjJ^^^f ^^"^ ^"l^^'^f ''««P«<^iv« provisions thereof apply to Application of liSr'7 ""l'^*:^ and railway company in respect of which the ^'=*- Legislature of Ontario has authority to enact such provisions respectively ; and, ih this Act. the expression " Railway Com- pany includes the owner or lessee of any Such railway and the contractor working or operating the san>e. '/X 20 3 In this Act the word " packing " shall mean a packing k" Packing." wood or metal.or some other equally substaritial and solid muter!^"""^"* of. lai, of not less than two inches in ^thickness, and which, where bf ^ ' tljis Act required to bp filled in, shall e?teVd to within one and^ , - «- L l°n'f °^ *^® f '*'^" °^ '^« ™"8 in "«e on any such rail- So ^y, shall be neatly fitted so a^ to come against the web of such - ra^ils, and shall be well and solidly fastened to the tieron which such rails are laid, ► \ . 4. Every highway or other overhead bridgfe. or other Exi,tine , erection or structur« over any railway, existing afthe tinie of S^'obe ^°SrsT/h^ °l "? ^^'' "* ""^''^ '^' lower IJ^s or meml l^^v-a' ^Ze^ bers of the superstructure are not of a sufficie^ height from of 7 fe"etC the surface of the rails to admit of an open eLd clear hea'd f*T' '""^ s way of at least seven feet between the^toplf tt hiS^st'ttX"' Jreight cars then running on such railway and the bottdni of '"''s'"'*"- ^^ ?rn Irf!, ^T ""' "'^'n'hers, shall, within twelve months .from that date, be re-constructod to that effect, with suitable approaches thereto, if a bridge, by and at the cost of the railway company, municipality or other owner thereof, and '^' ^n^nH '1 ^ t'mes thereafter be maintained at such H^ht; 40 and e»ery such railway company before using higher freight . Z^-.lS!^'lTr'SJ'\^^'^ milway at*the?imeof the passing of this Act. or of the re-construction as aforesaid of ■:ii y 1-^' \ ■ T «*' / • t>ridge8,Mre built or old onei re-built, •pace of 7 f«et to be left be- tween Buoh briOKee Mid^ the top* of ^ freight OMn. / Special provi- (ions againat •cddent. any such bridge or other erection or atructni^e, as the case ma^ be, shall, after having dtst obtained the consent of the muni- cipality, or of thp ov^ners of such bridge or other erection or ^ structure, raise evAry such bridge or other erection or structure over their nulway and th^ approaches thereto, if necessary, 5 at the cost and chaiges of the railway company, so as to admit as aforesaid an ppen apd clear hejidway of not less than seven feet over the top of the highe^ freight car then about to be used on tTie railway. . ' ■■ 5. Whenever a highkay. bridge or any ^ther erection 10 t or 8tructar« shall hereafter be constructed over a railway, or . « whenever it shall bfecome necessary to re-construct any high- way bridge, or other erection or structure already built over a railway, or to make large repairs to the same, the lower beams or members of the superstructure of iny such highway or over- head bridge, or of any other erection or structure over any rail- way, and the approach%s thereto, shall be constructed or re- constructed by and at the cost of the railway company or of the municipality or other owner of the bridge, ejection or structure, as the case may be, and shall at all times be main- tained at a sufficient height from the surfjwe of the rails ofthe railway to admit of an open and clear headvray of not less than seven feet between the top of % highest freight cars then running on the railway and' the; lower be^s or members of such bridge or other ^erection; and thei^at'ljer, any railway company, before using higher freight cars than those running on their railway at the time of the '(^qB iruction or re-con- structioA of, or large repair to, such bljbdge or other erection or structure, shall, after having first obtii^ed the consent of the municipality, or of the owners of sulh,. hi^bway bridge, or other erection or structure, raise the saie filled in with packing ; (3) The running-board on the roof of each box car used for lO freighting purposes on any sUch « railway, shall at all times after |tlie lapse of twelve months from the ' passing of thia Act, oe of a Sufficient thickness and strength, and not less than thirty inches in width, and shall, with propier nnd safe supports, ej^^nd 16 ' the whole lengfjh of such car and beyond each end thereof to a point not more than two inchesr less than that to which the dead-wood or bumpers at each end of such c^ likewise extend ; And every railway company owning, working or operating 20 within this Province any such railway, shall on and throughout said railway so make, arranga and construct and re-arfango, re- constriict nnd maintain all railway fro^s,wing-rails,guard-rails and other rails forming part of suoh railway or used therewith, and every such space as afore3aid,and the fillip in thereof with 25 jpacking as aforesaid,and the running-board on every such boxcar as aforesaid in ,such manner and at such time that the same shall respectively copfiorm to and comply with the require- ments in that behalf oi this section. I ■ 7. Where within this Province personal injury isjCaused to R«ilw»y cttm- 30 a railway servant, whilst in the employment or service of a rail- ^J'Jirotwii5n» way company, on any, rail way owned, worked or operated by of the precea- said railway company, or to any other person lawfully in, upon ^jj^blefor*" orlabout said railway, or any train or car thereon, and such per- injury <>cc»- s aonid injury has been occasioned or arostf either wholly or partly '^!^^^ *""* 35' (I) By reason of the lower beams or members of the superstructure, of apy highway, or other overhead ^ bridge, or any other erection or structure over said railway, not being at all times after the lapse of twelve < , months from the passing o^this Act, of a sufficient «0 height from the surface of the rails to adnjplt of an open and clear headway of at least seven f^jj^etween the top of the highest freight cars then Ulnping on such railway, and the bottom of such lower H^ams' or members; or, 45 (2) By reason of the space between the rails in any ra^way ! frog, extending from the point of 9uch frog backward to where the heads of such rails are not less than five inches apart, not being at all times after the lapse of 'three, months from the passing of this Act filled in 60 with joking ; or, ' (8) By reason of the space between any wing-rul and any such railway frog,and between any such guard-rail and any other rail fixed and used along.side thereof as afore- said, and betwi^n all wing-rails where no ott^r rail 66 intervene, save only where sbch space between the heads of any such wing-rail anq^ntilway-frog as afore- said, or bet ween any such guard-rail aojl other rail fixed I and used alongside thereof as aforesaid,or between any such wing-nulsi,, where no other rail intervenes as I I V f J: r I «r' \ When rail- w»y not; liable for default sfone^kid, is not mora than one and one-half pf an inch n width, not being at all times during every . month of April; May, June, July, August, September and October, excepting the months of April and May OMt after the passm^g hereof, filled in with packing; or S (4) By reason of the running-board on the roof of any box can used for freighting purposes on any Hueh railway, after the lapse of twelve months from the passing of thi$ Act,not being of a sufficient thickness and strength, ^d at least thirty inches in width,aiid with proper and 10 iafe supports, extending the whole length of such car /and beyond each end thereof to a point not more than / two inches less than that to which the dead-wood oi / bumpers at each end of such car shall then be like- / ^ wi^ extending, 15 railwayl servant or other person, or in case the injury re- in deatli^, the l.egal personal representatives of such servant ^^^^ Of h?r person, and any persons entitled in case of death, shall be ehtitled'to recover frpm such railway company compensa- Oo«pfcir all damages and lifts sustained from or by reason of 20 such injury; and where ant such injury has been so caused to or suffered by any such railway servant, the right of compen- sation and the remedies against the railway company shall be the same as if such railway servant had not been a servant of ^or in the employment of the railway company, nor encaeed 25 m Its work. ^' 8. A railway servant shall not be^ntitled, under this Act, to any right of compensation or remedy against the railway com- pany of which he is such servant in any of the following cases that 18 to say; • " • 30 Buck sul (1) (2) In ifr-.- (3) In say Unless the default, matter, or thing occasioning either wholly or partly the personal injury referred to in section seven ot this Act, arose from or hdd not been discovered or remedied, owing to the negli- gence of such railway company, or of some person in 35""^ the service of anH entrusted by the railway company with the duty of seeing that such default, matter or thing did not happen, occur or exist ; • any case where the railway servant knew of the ' matter, default or negligence which caused the injury, 40 and failed within a reasonable time to giyef or cause, v- to be given, information thereof to the railway com- • ' pany or some person superior to liimself in the service of the railway company, unless he was aware that the railway company or such superior already knew 45 of the said matter, default or negligence ; any case where such mattei', tkfault or net^ligence was occasioned by his own act, OQiission or negligence. liimit of coiQ' pensatioti for mjuiy. Limitation of fctiona. 9. The amount 0^ compensation. iM^Verable under this Act in the case of injury to^any railway^ervant as aforesaid, shall 50 not exceed such sum aSSnay be f^^nd equivalent to tKe esti- mated earnings, during the thngg^years preceding the injury of a person in the same grade, employed during those years' in the hke employment, and within this Province. "^- —■'-'-^ 10. An action for the recovery, under thwAct,of compensation 55 - for an injury, shall not be maintainable unless the action is commenced within six months from the occurrence of the acci- dent causing the injury, or, in case of death, within twelve months from the time of fdeatb. " ■7 ' '^"^ ' -. *'.-■■" ■ r- ■ '« ■■. (■■■ ■"■'■■■■■:■■.. , * / -k ^ -"., 1 ■ . -^ ■ * " *. , * . . 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