Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160 § 237

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 160:237 - Warning of fire given by train crew

Any engineer, conductor or other employee on a train discovering a fire burning uncontrolled on lands adjacent to the tracks shall forthwith cause a fire signal to be sounded from the engine, which shall consist of one long and three short whistle blasts repeated several times, and shall notify the next sectionmen whom the train passes, and the next telegraph station, of the existence and location of the fire. This section shall not affect the authority conferred upon the department by section one hundred and thirty-nine.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 237