LONDON FLOODS
INQUEST OPENED QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED Rugby, January 10. The Coroner for the Westminster district of London to-day opened an inquest on ten persons who lost their lives in Westminster through the Thames floods. After evidence of identification had been given lie adjourned the inquest until January 14, when he said that two vital questions would be investigated. These tfere: (1) Why the embankment wall opposite the Tate Gallery was unable to withstand the pressure of water. (2) Why the wall at the south-west end of Lambeth Bridge was allowed to remain for so long in an inadequate condition, in view of the possibility of catastrophe. A jury of Westminster citizens would hear evidence on these matters. He hoped to receive assistance and reports from the local authorities concerned.— British Official Wireless.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 88, 12 January 1928, Page 9
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