AISGILL DISASTER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144199, 16 September 1913, Page 3

AISGILL DISASTER.

EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY. THE LACK OP APPLIANCES. VS ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received Sept. 16, 9.33 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15. At the Aisgill inquiry several passengers gave evidence as to groping in the dark seeking tools. They declared that rescue work would have been much more effective if there had been more appliances and better supervision. Brander, an engineer, said he saw only one extinguisher, which somebody was squirting on the head of Sir Arthur Douglas. Sir W. G. Granet, manager of the Midland Railway, admitted that a portion of the coal used on the night of the accident was too small. It had not been properly screened. Biit its price was higher than that of South Yorkshire coal, which was regarded as the best. Sir W. G. Granet added that the company since the Hawes disaster had been steadily installing throughout the system an apparatus for correcting acts of forgetfulness. Colonel Pringle, of the Board of Trade, agreed that the company was carrying out the spirit of the recommendation