THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND.
DRIVER AND STATIONMASTER
CENSURED
By Telegraph.— Press Association.—Copyright.
London, January 20. At the inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade into the railway accident at Elliot Junction on December 28, Gourlay. the driver of one of the trains, lias been censured for not following definite instructions, and the stationmaster has been censured for not using fog signals.
The accident happened on Friday, December 28. As the Caledonian Company's express was waiting at Elliot- Junction, in Forfarshire, for orders to proceed, the North British express, which was travelling 20 miles an hour, crashed into her. There was a fog at the time. Twenty passengers, including Mr. Black, M.P., were killed, and 36 injured. Gourlay, the driver of the North British express, was thrown clear. He said the signals showed the line clear; others said the signals had not fallen, owing to snow having blocked them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13392, 22 January 1907, Page 5
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