TESTING THE BRAKES.
EF__C_E_rCY PBOVED. i ROYAL COMMISSION OE !. .. ,".'■■ INQUIRY. (Received 10.23 a .m.) .""• ■ -_ELBO-TJ_.NE, this day. In the presence of the coroner and a number of experts tests were made of the brakes of the Bendigo train which collided with the Ballarat train at Braybrook Junction. The tests were made on the train under . conditions simila T to those existing at the time of the accident. The second engine in use at the time of I the collision was employed and the carriages were loaded with sandbags to the approximate weight of the passengers. Al] the suspended engine-men, excepting -lilburn, the driver of the first enginewere aboard, The trials proved that the brakes were efficient in stopping the train. Claims for injuries have been increased to 375. Cabinet lias decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the accident, with Mr. Justice Cussea as president.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 102, 29 April 1908, Page 5
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