THE DITTON ACCIDENT.
(By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 21.
The Board of Trade report attributes the Ditton accident to the driver’s insufficient knowledge of that section of the line and misleading signals. ' The engine was insufficiently manned. The lire was caused by the use of gas. It recommends that companies use electricity. A cablegram from London dated September 18tli stated: The ChesterLiverpool express was derailed at Widnes owing to the engine failing to take the points on a steep incline approaching Ditton.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 100, 23 December 1912, Page 6
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85THE DITTON ACCIDENT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 100, 23 December 1912, Page 6
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