LONDON TUBE ACCIDENT
NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. DRIVER’S COMMENDABLE ACTION. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Sun Cables.) LONDON, December 5. “There is no reason for anxiety concerning the modern tube as it is as safe as any other mode of travel, and subsidence could not occur under normal conditions,” declared the inspector attached to the Ministry of Transport at the inquiry into the Newington tube accident. Driver Bunting gave evidence that twelve balks of timber fell, some ahead of the train and some on the rear coaches. He immediately stopped, removed the obstruction, and though gravel and water were falling, drove the train to safety. The director of underground railways interjected that they had already recognised . Bunting’s commendable action. ' The stationmaster gave evidence that by the time he fetched a hand lamp after the first fall, the tube was completely blocked and was not yet cleared.
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Southland Times, Issue 19116, 7 December 1923, Page 5
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