THE TiATANUSNA VALLEY PIONEER j
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ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS TT! PRICE OF
SAFETY
The tragedy of the hideous death
of Robert Cunning is still fresh in
the. minds of the workmen of Palmer#
T--e writer served on the Coroner’s
Jury which investigated the accid
ent that .caused the unfortunate
saw-mill hand’s life#. He saw the
horrible .mutilation which the teeth
of the saw had inflicted uoon him#
One remembers such things# A
feeling of sick horror wells up
from deep within .one when-he thinks
of how, on the day before, the waxy
and truncated cornse'had been a
haney and - virile man, full of the
joy of life; entirely unaware of an
into ending and merciless death which
screamed in the glittering white
ness that rimmed the whirling blade
of the saw.
Our legs and arms are counted.to
our brains. The' brain is fully cap
able of keening legs and arms out
of•lots of dangerous places - that
is, if the brain is given a chance
to work.
Many of ns hate to think, SOme
seem to believe that any show of
thoughtfulness on his neighbor’s
Dart is a sign of cowardice.or of
weakness. There are some who mis
take carelessness for bravery.
But the brave man is the fellow
with the cburage to take his time
when’in a place where to hurry may
mean to die!
Then too, of course, it becomes
a habit with some men to grow cal
loused to dangers connected with
jobs they have been working on for
years. Such men must be protected
against themselves, for- their state
of mind is dangerous indeed.'
Bolts, pulleys, saw-teeth, elec
trical apnaratus, moving caterpil
lar tractors, heavy objects rreaped
up at treacherous balance, unturned
nails nrojeeting from boards lying
on the ground, all are dangerous as
rattlesnakes. If you would avoid
them, it' is necessary that you
should THINK!
We must be watchful of all these
things. Not only may one save his
own life or prevent seme terrible
injury to himself, but he may also
prevent an accident 'to someone
else.
To say -that a happening is an
accident is to admit that it is
wholly or .partly unexpected when
it happens* No one ever deliberat
ely suffers an accident. If he in
tended to do it, or if he knew it
was coming and did nothing to stop
it,, weld say that he. was either
crazy or plain dumb.
We all start cut with the best
of intentions, then sometimes .wind'
up in the.emergency ward, or worse,
in a coffin,
9■ ie ■. 1nute T s carelessness ean
put you in a snot - then, boyoboyl
uhat a jgb you have climbing out,
or explaining it to Saint Peter
afterward.
‘~eon you see nails, nick them
up, or turn the board ever, or beat
the nails down..Perhaps by doing
that you will save someone from a
bad case of lockjaw or blocdpciscn
ing.
See a heavy object leaning so
it will fall if someone sneezes in
front of it? --Look up the foreman
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some help, and straighten it before
it flattens somebody into the mud.
All laboring men have to take a
few chances on their lives. But
there, are chances, he can avoid tak
ing, if only he will use the old
be an o n oe in a wh i le ♦
.Death is our most permanent in
stitution. *No man has ever been
known to grew a new arm or leg
once he has lost one.
Safety/is as safety does....
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