WORLD RAILWAY ACCIDENTS 1916-1930 (BOOK 4) A chronology of world railway accidents between the years 1916 and 1930, detailing every accident between those dates which has resulted in the death of five or more train passengers, together with a number of other less serious accidents which have been considered to have interesting features. The book is divided into chapters dealing with specific categories of accident: derailments due to track defects, bridge failures, tunnel accidents, level crossing collisions, runaway trains, vandalism, sabotage, and so on, with each chapter detailing the accidents in its category in chronological order, beginning with the earliest. A good number of books have previously been published dealing with accidents in specific countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Australia and so on but the author is not aware of any previous work covering railway accidents throughout the world in such detail. One or two accidents which occurred during this period are fairly or very well-known, but many others have been long forgotten. This book attempts to bring to life the perils of railway travelling, and the various hazards experienced by railway passengers, whether it be from, for example, derailments due to broken axles, the failure of designed bridges, or collisions on single lines. The information for this book has been obtained largely from contemporary newspaper accounts, perhaps especially the London Times, but also numerous American and Australian newspapers. Where, as often was the case, different newspaper accounts were at variance as to the facts, an attempt has been made to get as close as possible to the true details. An invaluable additional source of information for British accidents, covering all those of any significance from 1840, has been the reports of the Board of Trade and Ministry of Transport inspecting officers, whilst for the United States the published reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission have proved most valuable. Unfortunately, most other countries did not possess equivalent investigative bodies, though committees were occasionally appointed to investigate specific major disasters. Previous works by other authors have also been consulted where appropriate, though I have tried as much as possible to keep to primary sources.