BRAYBROOK CALAMITY.
'. — 6 _ ■ A STRIKING TEST. EMERGENCY BRAKE' FAILS TO STOP THE TRAIN. AY TELKORAPH—PRESb ASSOCIATION—COPtKtQnT Melbourne, May 29. , At the Braybrook inquiry) in tho> presence of the jury, tests wero made of the Bendigo train under conditions similar to those, on the night of. the accidcnt, when it collided . with the Ballarat train. ; ,Ono test—the full emergency application of tho brake—Was made 250 ft. before reaching the home signal) when tho train was travelling at a speed of 49} miles an hour. : After, fifteen seconds of this application the train reached the point of contact, and, still travelling, ran at a speed of 39 . miles, finally . pulling up 432 ft. past tho point of contact.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 5
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116BRAYBROOK CALAMITY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 5
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