THE RAILWAY COLLISION.
ARRANGING FOR AN INQUIRY. [By EtjEctiuo 'aeieoeaph—Copyright, [United Fbj bs Association.] (Received 12.30 p.m.) London, September 4. Mr Thomas, M.P., is to be permitted
to attend the Aisgill inquiry if he keeps silent. Mr Paget, i Midland railway eup6rin-
tendent, lias intimated that he d6es not intend to allow the cross examination of witnesses as tit the Hawes disaster inquiry. The railwaymen implicated at Ais.giil do. not desire Mr Thomas to represent them. Mr Thomas protested
against the men ignoring the union leaders’ meeting. Mr, Thomas, interviewed, said the accident was due to the shortness of steam in botli trains through the use of inferior coal. The public would insist on knowing why cross-examina-tion was not allowed where the loss of fourteen lives was involved. Mr Paget protests against the attempt to prejudice the cause of the disaster. The Board of Trade inquiry proceedings will be held in private.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 5 September 1913, Page 6
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152THE RAILWAY COLLISION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 5 September 1913, Page 6
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