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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
6
A sensational warning describes a hidden rail flaw called a transverse fissure that silently grows inside steel rails. At high speed a single microscopic defect can cause a catastrophic derailment with no external warning, prompting regulators to launch a full investigation.
Rail safety experts describe elusive transverse fissures forming at the gauge side of the head of steel rails. Investigations by railroad authorities and steel makers show defects arise from extreme wheel pressures rather than material flaws, with cracks starting microseconds after intense loads and remaining undetectable until surface emergence.
Government and railway officials warn that transverse interior fissures in steel rails, worsened by higher wheel loads, have caused numerous derailments. A study cites 2,762 accidents over eleven years with 175 deaths and $3.24 million in damage, urging reduced wheel pressures and better inspection methods.
A brief note outlines a follow up to The Pearl of Great Price detailing devotion themes. The article highlights spiritual journeys and personal dedication within a religious community setting.
In the Maripegas Islands Regan, a pirate shipowner, pursues Jim Armstrong who vanished after a risky voyage. Armstrong returns from Yataca, captured by a native chief,因 then regains Maisie’s love after a brutal rescue and a stinging moral jolt.
The piece portrays Peter Paul Cumming as an earnest aesthete among clerks, admired for his humanity and impulsive nature. It follows his longing for love and creative passion, his rejection, and a tragic end when he self dissolves amid idealistic fantasies and loneliness.
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