THE GRETNA RAILWAY DISASTER
SIGNALMAN ; SENT TO • GAOL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 15. In connection with tho Gretna railway disaster Hutchinson was discharged. Tinsley sentenced to three years', and Meakin to eighteen, months' imprisonmo[The Gretna railway disaster occurred on May 22, 162 people being killed and 200 injured. Tinsley, a signalman; admitted at the inquest that he forgot the presence on tho up main line or a slow passenger train from Carlisle, which had been shunted across from the down line to allow the Glasgow express to pass. Meakin, another signalman, whom he had relieved, told him that the train had been shunted.]
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2569, 17 September 1915, Page 6
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104THE GRETNA RAILWAY DISASTER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2569, 17 September 1915, Page 6
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