RAILWAY INQUIRY.
DISMISSAL'OF GUARD RECOMMENDED, Per Press Association. GISBORNE, June 11 : The departmental board of. inquiry into the accident on May 19 when an engine crashed into stationary passen-. ger cars on the Otoko-llakaroa section of the Gisborne-Motuhora railway found that-the guard" in charge of the train failed to take the precautions; prescribed by file regulations,'namely, to place detonators on the line ahead of arid behind the stationary cars. The board recommended the dismissal of the guard.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 165, 12 June 1928, Page 10
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77RAILWAY INQUIRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 165, 12 June 1928, Page 10
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