AISGILL DISASTER.
THE JURY'S VERDICT.
TWO CONFLICTING FINDINGS
"ACCIDENTAL DEATH."
By Tolefraph—Pross Association—Copyright London, September 19. > At tho inquest concerning tho deaths of thoso_ killed in tho Aisgill (Yorkshire) railway disaster, a driver named Nicholson agreed that tho regulations afforded ample protection, if properly operated., ' '
Whitley, the guard of tho first train, admitted that, according to tho regulations, ho ought to have placed detonators in tho rear immediately tho train stopped. If ho had d°no bo ho might have prevented an. accident. Tho foreman of tho jury declared that it would indisputably, have saved an accident.
A verdict was returned that Caudlo and Fellows, the driver and fireman of the second train, and tho looomotivo inspector at Cariislo had been guilty, of culpable neg'igeneß. After arguments with the Coroner, tho jurymen wore instructed to reconsider their verdict. They retired four times, and at last tentatively suggested that thoro were extenuating circumstances in Caudlo's case, whilo Fellows had beem negligent in a lesser degree. Tho final verdict was that tho deaths nero accidental.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 7
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172AISGILL DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 7
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