RAILWAYMEN'S EVIDENCE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 8 September 1913, Page 5

RAILWAYMEN'S EVIDENCE

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 5. Nicholson explained that he did not think at the time that it was dangerous to stop. He presumed the Mallerstang signal would arrest the following train. . Metcalf, fireman of the first train, gave evidence that he complained to the superintendent of the quality of the coal a fortnight ago. Other evidence suggested that the gas cylinders exploded, igniting the wreckage. Saws, axes, other tools, and fire extinguishers were distributed among the passengers, but there was great confusion, there being nobody to intelligently direct efforts.