RAILWAY DISASTER
[ ANXIETY AMONG THE PUBLIC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 6. The railway collision at Willesden Junction was duo to omission—regarding the signals. Tho first train was detained for an examination of tickets, and tho other should havo been signalled to stop until tho line was clear. 'ITio driver declares that no signal was given, and that a curve prevented him from seeing tho stationary train until it was too late. Ho applied the brakes in tho quickest time possible. In view of tho enormous number of trains arriving and leaving London daily, thero is a consensus of journalistic opinion that tho accident has created a vory unpleasant impression. [The passenger death record on British railways is tho lowest in tho world. It Ls tho exception for a fatal accident to occur. One person was killed in tho above colli sion.]
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Evening Star, Issue 14532, 7 December 1910, Page 6
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142RAILWAY DISASTER Evening Star, Issue 14532, 7 December 1910, Page 6
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