RAILWAY COLLISION.
TWO PASSENGEES KILLED. By Telegraph—Press Assoc! ation—Oopyrisht. London, December 5. A railway/collision occurred at Willcsden Junction, near London. A fast train crashed into a slow train from Waterford. Two of the passengers were killed and thirty seriously injured. HOW THE DISASTEE OCCUBEED. (Eec. December C, 11 p.m.)
London, December 6. The railway, disaster at Willesden. was due to a question regarding signals. The first train was detained for the examination of tickets, and the other 6hould have been signalled to stop until the line was clear. The driver declares that no signal -was given, and that a curve prevented him from seeing the. stationary . train until too'late. He applied the brakes in the quickest possible time. ~.■■ The consensus of newspaper opinion is that in view of the enormous number of trains arriving and leaving London daily the accident has created a very unpleasant impression.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 993, 7 December 1910, Page 5
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RAILWAY COLLISION.
Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 993, 7 December 1910, Page 5
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