LONDON TUBE TRAIN DISASTER
FAULT IN SIGNAL WIRING LONDON, May 27. The Coroner told the jury at the inquest on the victims of the London tube disaster that an inexperienced porter at the- Temple station had telephoned Charing Cross, reporting a fault in the signal wiring'. Charing Cross was unable to understand what the porter meant. However, an official eventually realised the seriousness of the position and rushed to stop the trains, but. was a minute too late.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22414, 30 May 1938, Page 10
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