DEAD AGAINST SIGNAL.
FIREMAN IN CHARGE.
COLLISION HEARD THREE MILES AWAY.
(Received vSept. 3, 9.50 a.m.)
It is stated that the driver of the Aberdeen express, finding the engine not running well at Mallerstang, went to the forepart of the engine to oil the workings, leaving the fireman m charge.
Sutherland, the signalman at Mallerstang box, declared that his signals were dead against the Aberdeen train, and he was astounded when it tore past the box. He was helpless to prevent it. Shortly afterwards he heard the sound of a collision, though it was three miles away.
The disaster happened near the scene of the Hawes Junction accident m 1910, one of the most inaccessible and lofty spots m England.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13171, 3 September 1913, Page 3
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