VICTORIAN RAILWAY DISASTER.
BRAKES PHOVED TO BE
EFFICIENT.
378 CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION
United Frpfi A^ociaticn—Bv Electric Tc!c;r.! L ih—Copyrighi. MEUSOUP.NE. April 29. ]n tho presence of the Coroner," a number of exports made with the g el idigo train, under conditions'feirhilar to t!io»e existing; a.t the time of the Braybrook Occident. Tho second oasin* 1 - in use at ttho time of the collision, was employed, ami tho carriages •'*■ were loaded with sandbags to the ap- ( proximate weight of the passengers. All the suspendc-.l onginemen. exceptiijtr Jlilburn, were aboard. The triaJs proved that the brakes were cfHcient hi stopping tho train. The claims for compnnK.ttjon for injury hnv.-> increased to 378. Tho Cabinet has <lc«cidod %r> appoint a Roy.ll Commission to enquire into the accident, and Mr Justice Ou&scn wiil bo president of it.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13103, 30 April 1908, Page 9
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