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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.

Trespassing.

Fire.

Work involving danger to trains or traffic,

Work in thick or foggy weather.

Blasting.

Pulting in or removing points or crossings.

Presence and responsibility of ganger.

Duties of Ganger when apprehending danger.

PrecautionS

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207.--Each Ganger must endeavour to prevent any tres- passing by persons or cattle on his length of line or within the fence thereof.

208.--If a fire occur on any railway premises at or near any portion of the railway where gang-men are employed, they must endeavour to extinguish it to prevent it from spreading.

209.-A gang shall not commence or carry on any work which will involve danger to trains or to traffic without the previous sanction of the Inspector of Permanent-way, or of some competent railway servant appointed in this behalf by special instructions: and the railway servant who gives such sanction must himself be present to superintend such work, and shall see that the provisions of Rules 213, 215, 216.

(a) Provided that, in case of emergency, when it may be neces sary for safety to commence any such work before the said railway servant can arrive, the Ganger may commence work at once, and must himself see that the provisions of Rule 216 are observed.

210.---In thick or foggy weather, no rail shall be displaced, and no other work which is likely to cause obstruction to the passage of trains shall be performed, except in cases of absolute necessity.

211.----No railway servant employed on the way or on any works shall carry on any blasting operations on or near the railway except as permitted by special instructions,

212. Except in cases of emergency, no railway servant shall put in or remove any points or crossings otherwise than as per- mitted by special instructions.

213.-When repairing, lifting or lowering the line outside station limits, or when performing any other operation outside station limits which will make it necessary for a train to proceed cautiously, the Ganger must himself be present at the spot and shall be responsible that the caution signals prescribed in Rule 116 are shown.

214.-If a Ganger considers that the line is likely to be ren- dered unsafe, or that any train is likely to be endangered, in conse quence of any defect in the way or works or of abnormal rain or floods or any other occurrence, he must take immediate steps for securing the stability of the line and the safety of trains, by using the prescribed signals for trains to Proceed with Caution

Stop as necessity may require; and shall as soon as possible report the circumstances

the the nearest Stationmaster, Inspector of Permanent-way and the Sub-Inspector (if any).

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215.--No person employed on the way or works shall com mence any operation, such as changing or turning a rail, which operation which would obstruct the line and necessitate the showing of Danger

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Showing of Signal.

signals--

(a) until such signals have been shown, and,

(b) if within station limits, until he has also obtained the permission of the Stationmaster and all necessary signals have been placed On."

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216.--(1) When "Proceed with Caution hand signals La e to be shown, a man shall be sent in cach direction, at least a quarter of a mile and as much further as the circumstances of the case may render necessary, to show these signals in such a manner as to be plainly visible to the Driver of an approaching train.

(2 Apother such signal shall also be shown at the spot where cautious deving is required, and a "Proceed "* signal hall be shown to the Engine Driver as soon as the train has cleared the portion of the line over which cautious driving was necessary,

(3) When Danger signals have to be shown under this Chapter, they must be shown at an adequate distance (to be prescribed by special insure:tons) in both directions from the place.

(4) Danger signals must also be shown near and short of the point of danger.

(5) Danger signals must be supplemented by detonators in the manner prescribed in Rules 15 to 23.

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