THE VICTORIAN CATASTROPHE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 126, 19 May 1908, Page 3

THE VICTORIAN CATASTROPHE.

INQUEST KESUiIKD. CONFUSION OF SIGNALS. * Received IBth, ! 1 p.m. Melbourne, .May 18. The inquest in connection with the victims of tin' liraybiook disaster has U'Cn resumed. The guard of the IJallarai (lain d<'p,,sed that when he saw the liendigo train approaching he waved a lump for the Ballarat train to go forward quickly, but it was too late. Jl„ said lie oft('-i) found the "distant signal" at ••danger'' when a train passed in and the "honie" signal down. Kendall, the stalionniasU-i at liravbrook, in his evidence, stated that lie intended to give the signal "come iO distance" to the liendigo train, but according to the entry in his bJok lie gave "line clear to Sydenham.'' The mistake he made was in not keepin" the Ballarat train at the "home signal 7' when he gave "line dear," but was under the impression that he had given ■the signal to the iJcndigo train "come to distance." lie had been working ten hours on the day of the accident, but that wa« nothing unusual. ]!,. had' t<> look after both the signals and the platform. Another witness said that lie saw sparks lly from the brakes tile jjeudigo train. At the "home signal'' the train stoned down rapidly. With :ilj yards more of clear road there vouhl have been no accident.