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Definition of Derailments
1. derailment [n] - See also: derailment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derailments
Literary usage of Derailments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Transportation System: A Criticism of the Past and the Present by George A. Rankin (1909)
"Accidents caused by derailments One-third of all accidents legitimately chargeable
to railway operation, come from collisions and derailments, ..."
2. Uganda's Katikiro in England: Being the Offical Account of His Visit to the by Ham Mukasa, Ernest Millar (1904)
"... straightforwardness—Turtle soup—Kilindini—Mombasa fort—Lunch with Mr.
Marsden—Departure from Mombasa—derailments on the Uganda Railway—Port Florence— ..."
3. The Carman's Helper by Hugh K. Christie (1920)
"derailments AND DERRICK CARS Derrick cars are placed at various points for picking up
... Many different causes enter into derailments, and the mechanical ..."
4. Notes on Railroad Accidents by Charles Francis Adams (1879)
"CAR-COUPLINGS IN derailments. v WHOLLY apart from the derailment, which was the
real occasion of the Des Jardines disaster, there was one other cause which ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Torts: A Philosophic Discussion of the General by Edgar Benton Kinkead (1903)
"Collisions — derailments — Presumption of Negligence from.—The rule is well
settled that where injury is sustained by a passenger by the breaking down of a ..."
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