The Kaitoke Railway Accident.
DESERVING SENTENCES. [By Telegraph.] (Per Pr, ess Association.) Wellington, This Day. The Minister of Railways has dismissed Ganger Petersen and Platelayers Nicholas and Lett and reduced Inspector Craven from second to third grade. This is the outcome of the inquiry into the Kaitoke railway accident. Petersen admitted to deliberately leaving the rail loose, and by the regulations the men should have interfered as they were acquainted with the instructions in such cases. They made no protest and suffer accordingly. It was elicited that it was not the first time the ganger and his men allowed similiar risky transactions and this is why Craven, who has care of this section of the permanent way, is disrated. Not only did the men deliberately risk the safety of the train but they did not signal it to go slow, as is peremptorily required. If there had been any loss of life those implicated would probably have been tried for manslaughter.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 326, 19 May 1897, Page 2
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161The Kaitoke Railway Accident. Hastings Standard, Issue 326, 19 May 1897, Page 2
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