VICTORIAN CALAMITY.
• ' A ROYAL COMMISSION. TESTS SHOW, BRAKES EFFECTIVE. SY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. ;■ Melbourne, April 29. In tile presence of tho coroner and a rium- , ber of experts, tests wore made of tho Bendigo train (which crashed into the Ballarat train' at the time of the; Braybrook collision); un- _ dw/conditions'similar'to those existing at the tiiao of tho accident. . Tho : sccond .ongine'in uso in, the Bendigo train.at tho timo of tho collision was employed}' arid tho carriages were loaded'with sandbags of ;tho approximate weight of tho passengers. x ■ All the'; suspended; enginomen, excepting Milburn (driver of the first engino), woro on tho train.: Tho/trials'proved that tlio'brakes were, efficient, for stoppiiig the train. .'Tho claim's for'injuries sustained in the accident havo increased to tliroo hundred and . Bovonty-eight. ■'. ■ : . •. The State Cabinet. has. decided to appoint a .Royal.Commission to inquire into the accident. v Mr. . /justice Cussen. ; will bo prosi- ' dent. 7 :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 185, 30 April 1908, Page 7
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149VICTORIAN CALAMITY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 185, 30 April 1908, Page 7
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