![]() But surely the decision as to all the details of bicycling, especially when bicycling is undertaken for health purposes, is a medical affair, and is also one which may very properly be made a speciality. In stating the broad fact that cycling will do good he is acting within the range of his own knowledge and ex- perience, but when he is asked about speed and gears and lengths of ran, unless he is a cyclist as well as a medical man, he is apt to find himself at sea, tempted either to deal with these matters on general principles," or to refer his patient to the dealer. For in truth the fitting of the machine to the individual is a matter of no small nicety, and is one in regard to which the advice of a medical man knowing in such matters is of considerable importance. new kind of medical specialist, the consulting cyclist, who will devote himself to giving medical and practical advice as to all that concerns the use of the machine whether to ride or not what sort of a machine to ride at what pace to ride how the saddle is to be adjusted where the handles are to be set how the machine should be geared, &o., all being things which differ for each individual. I The growing use of the bicycle and its frequent prescription as a means to healthy, suggests as a possibility, which, in fact, is already not far from ts accomplishment, the evolution of a. ![]() The conditions at this station required the very greatest care in working. The Colonel says the brakesman waited too long before fully applying his brakes. The train ran into the buffer stop, and eight passengers complained of injuries. Colonel Marindin reports to the Board of Trade that the accident at Queen-street Station, Glasgow, on the North British Railway, on November 28th, was due to want of judgment on the part of the brakesman. Colonel Marindin says the collision Was due to the error of the driver of the goods train, who did not make sufficient allowance for the greasy state of the rails, of which he had ample warning on the journey. Four or five passengers complained of injury at the time. Colonel Mariidin, reporting to the Board of Trade on an accident that occurred at Tresmeer, on the South-Western Railway, on November I 19th, says the Oakhampton passenger train came I into collision with the Wadebridge goods train. Newcastle, he says, is not the only important station belonging whoUy or jointly to the North- eastern Company where he has to draw attention to the almost complete absence of standing room fur engines clear of the running lines. jured, says the responsibility for the accident must rest mainly upon the signalman or bridge- man bnt he further points out that the want of proper accommodation in the station for engines is a great blot on the present arrangements. t Colonel Addison, reporting to the Board of Trade on the accident that occurred at Newcastle Station on October 26th, in which an excursion train collided with a light engine standing foul of the points, whereby five passengers were in. Captain Pithie, who is reported missing, was brought up in the company's service, his employers having the highest opinion of him. She was homeward bonnd, and carried a general cargo. ![]() Mr McGregor, the managing owner, informed a Press Association representative that the ill- fated vessel carried a crew of about 54 all told, and that in view of the time of the year it was improbable she had more than one or two pas- sengers aboard, if that. Assistance has been despatched from Hong Kong to the scene of the disaster. The captain of the lost liner (Captain Pithie), first officer (Mr Dixon) and second engineer (Mr Boyd) are, however, missing. ![]() A subsequent message contained the information that a portion of the crew (no number given) was saved and landed at Hong Kong. McGregor, Gow, and Company's information is to the effect that the Glenavon left Hong Kong last evening at o'clock, and at 7 o'clock she struck a rock, foundering almost immediately. I The owners of the Glenavon have received a cablegram confirming Lloyd's intelligence of the loss of that vessel. Lloyd's add that the ill-fated vessel was bound for London and Amsterdam. Captain, chief mate, second and fourth engineers are missing. The Glenavon was an iron steamer of 2,986 tons, built at Glasgow in 1881, and owned by Messrs McGregor, Gow, and Co., of London.1 The following further telegram has been re- eeived by Lloyd's :-Hong Kong, Friday.-The Glenavon sailed last night struck against a rock and sank immediately. Part of the crew were saved and landed here. I A Lloyd's Hong Kong telegram, dated Decem- ber 30th, says :-The steamer Glenavon, belong- ing to the Glen Line, foundered after striking on a. An Exchange Hong Kong telegram to hand this moining says:-The steamer Glenavon, of the Glen Line, foundered after striking a rock. I CAPTAIN, CHIEF MATE, AND OTHERS I MISSING.
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