ECHO OF DISASTER
Lucien Daudigny,' driver of the PSrisStrasbourg express which at Christmas, 1933, crashed into' another train at Pomponne, causing the deaths of 220 and injury to '400 persons,' has at last been placed on trial. He is charged with homicide by imprudence. Aecord: ing to the indictment Daudigny passed four signals, which were against him. The presiding Judge, however, reminded the Court of the fog and the hard frost, which put the auxiliary signalling apparatus out of order; Henri Gharpentierj Daudigny's fireiljan, questioned,by the presiding Judge, said:— '' After : the catastrophe my eyes were tested and it. was discovered that I was.colour blind.- I cannot distinguish between red and green. ■ Until- the I test nobody had noticed my ■ infirmity', and I did not realise it myself." " . j
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Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 5
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128ECHO OF DISASTER Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 5
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