A witness before the inquiry said that he often noticed the 5.55 p.m. travelling at a high rate of speed. On such occasions the engine oscillated very much, and seemed to draw the carriages by a succession of jumps, "li^e a fox-terrier tugging fat a chain." He said, when he saw it travelling fast on one occasion, that he would not travel on it for "all the tea m China." About a week before the disaster he predicted to Air Lang that- an accident would take place, and when it did take place, Air Lang said to him* "Well, I see your prediction come true." Witness considered the speed was dangerous to human life.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9098, 16 March 1901, Page 3
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