ENGINE DEFECTIVE.
■ CAUSE OF FRENCH DISASTER. ROLLING STOCK IN BAD STATE. By Telegraph—Press Associationr-Oopyright. „ Paris, Juno 21. Le Due, driver of the Pnris-Granvillo express, which collided with a slow train at the Villepreux station, westward of Versailles, many lives being lost, states that tho water-feed tube was being choked, and there Was danger of an ■ explosion occurring unless tho obstruction was cleared. When engaged in removing, it, ho missed tho warning signal.
M. Millerand, Minister for Public Works, admits that when the State recently acquired tho Western Railway, tho materials were in a very bad state, henco tho defects' in connection with trains on the Villepreux section. Ho states that tho Government has placed largo orders with a view to remedying tho unsatisfactory state of. things.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 850, 23 June 1910, Page 7
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126ENGINE DEFECTIVE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 850, 23 June 1910, Page 7
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