THE HAWES RAILWAY COLLISION.
A THIRTEENTH VICTIM,
THE INQUEST
A SIGNALMAN'S EVIDENCE. LONDON, Friday,
It is believed that the Hawes railway collision death roll numbers 13. Though no relatives have inquired regarding' a woman the doctors believe that female bones were discovered.
A passenger ha s written to the Coroner stating that he 'saw a young woman imprisoned in the debris, and held her hands for a few seconds.
Sutton, the signalman, gave evidence at the inquest a-s to sending "the two engines en to the main line in order to make way for another team. His attention being distracted by the telephone, he omitted to signal the engines to proceed to Carlisle, and thus caused the disaster. • He wa s fully occupied in moving nine light engines from one side of the road'to the other ,and by passing trains on the-main lines. •He did'not attribute the error to lapse of memocy or excessive work. ■
When his mate came to the signal-box and asked where the engines were, Sutton telephoned to the next signal box. He realised that a tragedy had occurred, and said, "I have wrecked the Scottish express." <
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 31 December 1910, Page 5
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190THE HAWES RAILWAY COLLISION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 31 December 1910, Page 5
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