. The Locomotive. ctor of our Cin-cinnati Department, died at his home in Cincinnati on Saturday, April4th, 1925. Mr. Gerner was born in London, Eng-land, in 1870 and was educated in theschools of that country. He first engagedin work as a marine engineer, advancingthrough the various grades to that of chiefengineer of trans-Atlantic vessels, includ-ing in the duties of the latter position thesupervision of construction and repair ofthe vessels of the line with which he wasconnected. Mr. Gerner came with this Company inOctober, 1902, as an inspector in theChicago Department. He was later trans
. The Locomotive. ctor of our Cin-cinnati Department, died at his home in Cincinnati on Saturday, April4th, 1925. Mr. Gerner was born in London, Eng-land, in 1870 and was educated in theschools of that country. He first engagedin work as a marine engineer, advancingthrough the various grades to that of chiefengineer of trans-Atlantic vessels, includ-ing in the duties of the latter position thesupervision of construction and repair ofthe vessels of the line with which he wasconnected. Mr. Gerner came with this Company inOctober, 1902, as an inspector in theChicago Department. He was later trans-ferred to the Cincinnati Department whenthat department was organized and was ap-pointed Chief Inspector in December 1911. Rather taciturn by nature, Mr. Gerner was an energetic, con-scientious and painstaking worker. Characterized as a thorough en-gineer, he carried on the work of his Department in a most approvedmanner. By the death of Mr. Gerner the Company loses a thoroughly ex-perienced and capable Walter Gerxer. 1925] THE LOCOMOTIVE 215 Summary of Boiler Explosions For 1923 and 1924 Summary for 1923 Month. Number ofExplosions. PersonsKilled. PersonsInjured. Total ofKilled andInjured. January .... 97 13 19 32 February 100 8 17 25 March 73 11 20 31 April 49 19 29 48 Max- 45 13 23 36 June 31 12 15 27 July . 44 13 37 50 August . 60 11 46 57 September 44 12 43 55 October 80 13 37 50 November 71 21 37 58 December 61 4 4 8 Total for 1923 755 150 327 477 Summary for 1924 Number of Persons Persons Total of Month. Explosions. Killed. Injured. Killed andInjured. January .... 105 10 50 60 February 85 20 27 47 March . 70 6 15 21 April 47 4 21 25 May 50 7 21 28 June 38 13 10 23 July 29 8 5 13 August . 32 21 22 43 September 56 13 29 42 October 6 15 21 November 86 5 31 36 December 106 8 11 19 Total for 1924 780 121 257 378 216 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, > Oh h O q 2 X H 01 Z o pajnfui P3|!!>l :.HO O . to-3 s 3 en .— to . :* t/3 TO wj ;- ^PhH gig «^ « o ^§3£.*fSOarf
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