MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY DISASTER.
RED LEVER SHOWS GREEN SIGNAL. Auckland, May 28. Immediately after the railway accident at Whangaraarino a number of railway officials and passengers proceeded to the buildings in which the signal lever was housed, and found the lever in position to display a red light for danger at the home signal 200 yards distant. The fog was sufficiently dense to make it impossible for the porter, who operated the lever, to see what light was showing from the station platform. After having noted the lever stood correctly set for danger, and was still locked with the patent lock, the party proceed to the signal and found u;. a green light was displayed, instead of red. The night was very cold, and it is presumed the wires contracted and caused the wrong signals to be hoisted, as was the case in the Temora (New South Wales) railway smash two months ago.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1252, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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153MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY DISASTER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1252, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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