CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
DRIVER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
n ess Association—Electric Telegraph—CopyrigM. SYDNEY, Tuesday. The inquest on the victims' of the Exeter disaster has concluded. The jury returned a verdict that the accident was caused by Driver Irwin over-running the home signal, which was at "Danger." A rider was added that the loop lines should be lengthened to accommodate any train, or that a refuge siding should be made at either end. Also that more precautions arc necessary in foggy weather. ■ Driver Irwin has been committed for trial for manslaughter, bail being fixed at £200.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11936, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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