TIMARU TRAIN SMASH.
EVIDENCE BEFORE INQUIRY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHTJRCH. Friday. The Board of Inquiry set up by the Railway Department to investigate the circumstances connected with the railway smash at Timaru last Saturday morning, when a locomotive on the express to Invercargill -and four carriages were derailed, heard further evidence in Christchurch to-day. The board comprises iT^ IS ' ?• \ ® enzon '> district engineer at Dunedin, chairman, H. P. West district traffic manager at Dunedin, L. W Robertson, chief locomotive engineer for the South Island, G. B. Berlingshaw, inspecting engineer for New Zealand, and S. 11. Jenkinson designing engineer, mechanical branch, Wellington. The board heard evidence in Timaru on Tuesday and Wednesday and began its sitting m Chnstchurch yesterdav The evidence heard yesterday related" mainly to locomotive design and construction ' The members of the board inspected the damaged locomotive at the Addington workshops yesterday afternoon. It was expected the evidence would be concluded a / lf J ? ' Doar d would then submit iw report to the- Railway Board.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270611.2.80
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19660, 11 June 1927, Page 12
Word Count
166TIMARU TRAIN SMASH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19660, 11 June 1927, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in