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Carelessness

A rather interesting article on the above subject, which has been extracted from a Safety publication, is given below:—

“I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.

“I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations.

“I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns.

“I steal millions of pounds each year.

“I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, the young and old, the strong and weak. Widows and orphans know me.

“I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field of labour, from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every railway train.

“I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earners a year.

“I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me but you heed not.

“I am relentless.

“I am everywhere—in the house, on the streets, in the factory, at the railway crossings, and on the sea.

“I destroy, crush and maim; I give nothing, but take all.

“I am your worst enemy.

“I Am Carelessness.”