THE BRAYBROOK DISASTER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 387, 21 May 1908, Page 2

THE BRAYBROOK DISASTER.

Some Extraordinary Revelations. .Melbourne, May 18. At the inquest on the exhumed victims of the Braybrook disaster, the guard of the Ballarat train deposed that when he saw the Bendigo train approaching he waved his lamp lor the Ballarat train to go forward quickly, but it was too late. He had often found the distant signal at “danger” when the train had passed iu, and the home signal down. Mr Kendall, station master at Braybrook, gave evidence that he intended to give the signal to come to the distance to the Bendigo train, but according to the entry in his book he gave “line clear” to Sydeuhara. The mistake be made was iu not keeping the Ballarat train at the home signal when he gave the line clear, but he was under the impression that he had given the signal for the Bendigo train to come to the distance. He had been working ten hours ou the day of the accident, but that was -nothing unusual. He had to look after both signals and the platform.

Another witness said that he saw sparks fly from the brakes of the Bendigo train at the home signal. The train slowed rapidly, and with 30 yards more of clear road there would have been no accident.