TRAIN DISASTER
OFFICIAL INQUIRY Express Was Changing From Fast To Slow Line N.Z. Press Association —Copyright Rec. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 4. The Perth-London express crashed on Sunday while changing from a fast line to a slow line ; said the divisional superintendent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Mr. J- W. Watkins, at the official inquiry into the disaster. Forty-one were killed and 95 were injured. . , Mr. Watkins said that from the appearance of the wreckage the estimated speed of the train oyer the points Was more than 50 miles an hour. It was difficult to know why the driver, Sidney Swabey, had not reduced speed. Swabey was a good, reliable man with a 37 years excellent record. A railway engineer gave evidence that the limit for the crossing points where the accident occurred was 20 miles an hour. The absolute maximum at which a train might safely have crossed the points was 40 miles ain hour. The inquiry was adjourned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 236, 5 October 1945, Page 5
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