DITTON RAILWAY SMASH.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. By Tolerraph—Press Association—Copyrtehl (Rec. September 20, 9.30 p.m.) London, September 20. At the inquest in connection with tho railway disaster at Ditton, in which tho Chester-Liverpool express was derailed and fifteen persons lost their lives, the Superintendent, of the London and NorthWestern Railway Company attributed the accident to tho express running at too high a speed in taking tho points on to the slow line. Tho driver had evidently not noticed the signal switching tho train from tho fast to the slow line.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1551, 21 September 1912, Page 5
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90DITTON RAILWAY SMASH. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1551, 21 September 1912, Page 5
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