The fireman
A maniacal-looking railroad fireman labeled “Criminal Negligence” shovels human bodies into the boiler on a railroad locomotive. Caption: In the first nineteen days of January, of this year, 136 persons were killed on American railroads and as many more injured. The railroads, according to the Interstate Commerce Commission, are killing men, women and children at the rate of 26 a day and injuring 237 a day.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1907-02-27