GYMPIE RAILWAY DISASTER
THE INQUIRY. [ WORKER DISCOVERS A HOLE. TOO NEAR KNOCK-OFF TIME. BRISBANE, July 22. I At the inquiry into the Gympie smash, Mr McGinley, representing the Australian Railway Union, said that he would call evidence in support of this belief that the accident was not caused by an obstruction, but by a depression ■or hole on the outside rail of the I curve. He intended to call evidence to show that the curve was irregular. It [was wavy and showed other variations I from its true form, as to make it unsafe to run over. He contended that | the curve had not been properly laid. A railway fettler gave evidence that he discovered a hole in the curve on I the afternoon of June 8, but as it was close to knocking-off time he put off (remedying the defect till another time.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19365, 23 July 1925, Page 11
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144GYMPIE RAILWAY DISASTER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19365, 23 July 1925, Page 11
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