48.
ACCIDENTS TO PERSONNEL. Fatal. Serious Injuries. Slight Injuries. Passengers 2 2 1 Railway Servants 3 1 5 Trespassers 0 0 3There were five fatal accidents in 1933, the two deaths in the cases of the passengers were caused by their endeavouring to alight whilst the train was in motion, and those to trespassers were the result of walking along the track or crossing the track in front of on-coming trains.
49. The Railway Medical Officer reports that the health of the Railway employees during the year was good. The main causes of admission to Hospital were malaria and dysentery.
FIRST AID.
50. The Railway Division continued to perform satisfactory work throughout the year and twelve accident cases came under its notice for treatment, all more or less serious injuries.
51. A representative squad was present at the Annual Inspection on January 18th when the Holyoak Attendance Cup was awarded for two years in succession.
52. The Division regrets to record the resignation of Traffic Inspector Winyard and Station-master Leung Yat Chiu retirement from Government Service, and Station-master Tsang Chung on being transferred to another Government Department.
53. The strength of the Division stood at 40 officers and men at the close of the year.
LOCOMOTIVES.
54. In the early part of the year it was found necessary to lift the boilers of all the three 4-6-0 tender express engines, owing to rivets in the frames having slackened. The rapid wear on wheel tyres made it necessary to re-turn the tyres on both engine and tenders of all three engines.
55. On June 9th No. 21 engine while passing Shum Chun Market on the trip to Canton, broke a connecting rod at the small end. This necessitated a pair of new connecting rods.