THE HURSTVILLE SMASH.
TRAIN DRIVER NEGLIGENT.
(Received 10.50 a.m.) iSYDNEY, This Day.
The Coroner's Jury inquiry into the HurstV'Llle railway collision found that the wrong signal was given through defective lighting in the railway yard; also that the driver of the second train knew that the signal was irregular and should* have notified ifche siignal man before attempting to shunt.
The Jury expressed the further opinion that the safety work of the Department was very lax.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 27 August 1920, Page 6
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